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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 15:51:45 GMT
I'm in the middle of a book by Michael Palmer called Political Suicide. This is a new author to me (I usually prefer legal thrillers over medical thrillers), and I'll definitely read him again.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Jan 21, 2015 17:25:10 GMT
I'm re-reading To Kill A Mockingbird. It's been many years since I last read it. I had forgotten a lot of it, but I remember enjoying it very much when I first read it so I wanted to read it again after all these years. Yesterday, I couldn't find the book, but it turned out the cat had taken it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 18:18:38 GMT
I think To Kill A Mockingbird is one of those books that always offers something new. It's brilliant, really.
I was trying to read The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West, then I got sidetracked by The Vampre Viscount by Karen Harbaugh - a regency romance I read in 1996. LOL.
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Post by zoesam on Jan 21, 2015 18:34:44 GMT
I apologize if this is only for fiction, I never read fiction. But I just finished Joe Perry's autobiography, Rocks: My Life In & Out of Aerosmith & it was excellent. Just enough fun stories, but without disrespecting others.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 19:26:46 GMT
I started the same thread for non-fiction. It's in this same category somewhere. It doesn't matter which one you post in really, it just seemed a way to help people find recommendations for the type of books they like.
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Post by zoesam on Jan 21, 2015 19:49:15 GMT
Oops, I was reading by 'recently updated'. I'm not gonna bother having it moved, but I'll post in the right thread.
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Post by allikat on Jan 21, 2015 20:54:09 GMT
I am reading Chesapeake by James Michener. I live near and love the area so I thought I would take time to read his book. So far it is really good and an easy flowing read. I love historical fiction and nonfiction.
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Jan 21, 2015 21:00:08 GMT
I just started The Vault by Ruth Rendell.
IMO she is the best living English mystery writer.
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Post by val2525 on Jan 22, 2015 5:08:12 GMT
Michael Palmer's books are awesome. I have yet to read one I didn't like. He died a little over a year ago, and his son is now writing. I can't wait to read his book too. www.michaelpalmerbooks.com/trauma-a-note-from-danielIf you like Michael Palmer's books, you might also like Tess Gerritson.
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Post by Dawn R on Jan 22, 2015 11:08:29 GMT
I love To Kill A Mockingbird. It is one od my all time favorites. I haven't read anything that I would recommend lately. I did read Stephen King's Revival a few weeks ago. It was a really quick read. I did enjoy it.
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Post by homecomforts on Jan 22, 2015 12:36:09 GMT
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Post by Emerald_Door on Jan 22, 2015 14:04:31 GMT
Last year I read The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. I highly recommend it.
Here's a summary from Amazon. "Tom Sherbourne is a lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a tiny island a half day’s boat journey from the coast of Western Australia. When a baby washes up in a rowboat, he and his young wife Isabel decide to raise the child as their own. The baby seems like a gift from God, and the couple’s reasoning for keeping her seduces the reader into entering the waters of treacherous morality even as Tom--whose moral code withstood the horrors of World War I--begins to waver. M. L. Stedman’s vivid characters and gorgeous descriptions of the solitude of Janus Rock and of the unpredictable Australian frontier create a perfect backdrop for the tale of longing, loss, and the overwhelming love for a child that is The Light Between Oceans."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 15:27:22 GMT
I checked that out at the library yesterday Emerald. I took some sort of quiz on Oprah's website about the books I like to read and that was one of the recommended reads in my results.
I had posted the link to the quiz in the book thread on the other site, but most said they stopped the quiz in the middle because they didn't like the choices in the multiple choice answers. I had found the same thing - none of answers were spot on - but I chose the closest to my own preference and completed the quiz. This will be the third book I've read from their recommendations and I really enjoyed the other two.
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Post by SA on Jan 22, 2015 15:30:36 GMT
I'm still stuck on "Gone Girl" that I started about 6 months ago. Almost done, but haven't had much reading time lately.
My most favoritist author is Patricia Cornwell. I am making myself finish Gone Girl before I start on her newest book in the Kay Scarpetta series.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Jan 22, 2015 15:48:37 GMT
Elly, I'll have to try that quiz. I read the book for a book group at my church.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 18:29:16 GMT
I finished The Giver and then had to read the rest of the series. I know they are YA but they're REALLY good. My DD now has my copy. I picked up The Light Between Oceans by M.L Stedman yesterday, but I haven't started it.
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Post by kritter on Jan 22, 2015 18:38:00 GMT
I am number 16 of 37 on the library waiting list for Gone Girl.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 19:34:46 GMT
Don't know if anyone has ever read any books by Jane Green. I've read a couple and really enjoyed them. She's British, but has lived in the US for many years and was in my town recently for an author talk charity fundraiser. She was charming, funny, down-to-earth and just a great speaker.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jan 22, 2015 19:41:53 GMT
I think To Kill A Mockingbird is one of those books that always offers something new. It's brilliant, really. I was trying to read The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West, then I got sidetracked by The Vampre Viscount by Karen Harbaugh - a regency romance I read in 1996. LOL. i've known karen harbaugh for years - we used to work together at a hospital back in the mid-80s. great person! i'm not sure if she's still writing or not - we haven't kept in touch lately. ETA: i have a thing for 'swords and sandals' novels - roman army military adventures. some are better than others.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 2:35:45 GMT
I love Cheryl Strayed's writing. "WILD" of course, but she also wrote a book called "Tiny Beautiful Things" which are a collection of her answers when she was an advice columnist named Sugar. Very honest in her writing, very good at giving advice.
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Post by val2525 on Jan 23, 2015 4:56:05 GMT
I am number 16 of 37 on the library waiting list for Gone Girl. I got the paperback as a present for Christmas and won't be tackling it for a bit yet -I can mail it to you if you want, Kritter. Just send it back when you're done.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 5:19:14 GMT
I think To Kill A Mockingbird is one of those books that always offers something new. It's brilliant, really. I was trying to read The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West, then I got sidetracked by The Vampre Viscount by Karen Harbaugh - a regency romance I read in 1996. LOL. i've known karen harbaugh for years - we used to work together at a hospital back in the mid-80s. great person! i'm not sure if she's still writing or not - we haven't kept in touch lately. ETA: i have a thing for 'swords and sandals' novels - roman army military adventures. some are better than others. Well, there's no market for regencies anymore unless you write the big fat sexy ones. It's a shame in the case of writers like Karen Harbaugh, as she was one of the good ones, definitely one of my top five. Even when she dipped into the supernatural stuff it was still very firmly a regency novel.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jan 23, 2015 5:27:37 GMT
i've known karen harbaugh for years - we used to work together at a hospital back in the mid-80s. great person! i'm not sure if she's still writing or not - we haven't kept in touch lately. ETA: i have a thing for 'swords and sandals' novels - roman army military adventures. some are better than others. Well, there's no market for regencies anymore unless you write the big fat sexy ones. It's a shame in the case of writers like Karen Harbaugh, as she was one of the good ones, definitely one of my top five. Even when she dipped into the supernatural stuff it was still very firmly a regency novel. Karen was at the upper tier - very clear on history, passionate about good writing. she's always been interested in the supernatural and has done a lot of work in past lives theory, so her interest in this for writing is honest. she used to give tarot card readings on breaks in our little office - she's very hard-headed and open to other dimensions which is a great combination. yes, she was really very much a regency writer and knew a great deal about it. she was thinking that her style of writing had gone out as none of her work is being published any longer. she and i started writing at the same time - she did well and i completely failed - an essayist was the best i could do, despite her encouragement. not sure what she's doing now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 11:48:50 GMT
I'm reading "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress" by Rhoda Janzen.
I was reading in bed last night and woke up DH because I couldn't contain my laughter.
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Post by kritter on Jan 23, 2015 22:47:22 GMT
Thanks, Val, I am fairly "booked" up for now but if I get through this stack, I will take you up on it.
I am working my way through Monica McInerney who is like the Maeve Binchy of Australia.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2015 0:36:53 GMT
I miss Maeve Binchy and will continue to miss her for as long as I continue to read. When I picked up Chestnut Street I was so glad it was essentially a book of short stories so I could read it slow and savor every one. I will look for Monica McInerney.
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Post by kritter on Jan 24, 2015 0:42:01 GMT
I miss Maeve too and was so disappointed when I discovered that I had read all her books.
I am on my first McInerney book but picked her up because I had read she wrote like Binchy
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2015 4:06:33 GMT
I am reading Chesapeake by James Michener. I live near and love the area so I thought I would take time to read his book. So far it is really good and an easy flowing read. I love historical fiction and nonfiction. I need to make time to read him and Pearl S. Buck since both authors are local to my area. Pearl Buck's home is lovely and the Michener Museum has a recreation of his study I believe. I've seen where they wrote, I should read what they wrote.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2015 4:20:28 GMT
Recently finished The Secret Life of Bees, which was pretty good and The Help, pretty good but a little long/tedious in places. I would like to see the movie version of The Help, the two main maid characters and the bitch character were great and it is probably a fun movie; the book had a lot of heavy foreshadowing that took an annoyingly long time to resolve and then the resolution wasn't worth the wait.
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Post by val2525 on Jan 24, 2015 4:21:25 GMT
If you like mysteries with a bit of romance tossed in -ANYTHING by Beverly Barton.
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