Book Club

[duffy2]

i just attempted to finish THE NOISE by JAMES PATTERSON  and J.D BARKER. i don't recommend this what a mess. its a noise that tkills everything in its way. goverment cover-up etc etc. stupid scientists who atre brought into area to solve this. i give it 1 STAR.

[CareBears]

i just finished The Girl In The Mirror by Rose Carlyle, I enjoyed this book.  The first half of the book is boring, it is introducing the characters, but after you get through that, the book takes off, and I could stop reading!

[Janey2]

@CareBears  How are you feeling?

[icezeus]

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@CareBears wrote:

i just finished The Girl In The Mirror by Rose Carlyle, I enjoyed this book.  The first half of the book is boring, it is introducing the characters, but after you get through that, the book takes off, and I could stop reading!

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@CareBears 

Happy to see that you are back. I hope that you are feeling better.  :-)

[CareBears]

@Janey2 @icezeus - As long as I do not do to much I am OK, the doctors say my hand will problably never get better, so I do not want to dwell on that  and tend to think that I am stubborn not to listen to them, in the mean time I just read and read!

[teganslaw]

I'm halfway through "The Girl Who Died" by Ragnar Jonasson. He wrote the Dark Iceland novels with detective Ari Thor, but this is a standalone book with different characters. 

Una takes a teaching job in the northern Icelandic hamlet Skalar, which has a population of 12, two of which are her students. 

The attic room she rents is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of  a young girl in a white dress. Soon after arriving, Una starts to have dreams of a young girl singing a lullaby, and she starts to see images. Is this the ghost or just a vivid imagination? 

The book doesn't have much action, as it mostly relies on characterization and atmosphere. Occasionally, the book changes to the past and takes the tone of a person who allegedly murdered the young girl. At first the change was difficult to read, but it's translated from Icelandic, so that's probably the reason it reads like this. I became used to it after a couple times. Overall, I find the book interesting, and I like the descriptions of Iceland.

[Twins Mom]

The Next Wife (K. Rouda) -  just loved it.  Suspenseful and kept me engaged.  

[smoky22]

I finished Billy Summers by Stephen King, about a hit man doing one "last job."  I really enjoyed this story.  The flashbacks to Iraq were a little too graphic for me and I skimmed some of that.  Considering the book is over 500 pages, it went pretty fast for me.  Billy is quite a character and Stephen King does a superb job of making him real.  This is a writer's book, and one of my favorites so far this year.   

[smoky22]

Now I'm reading Bloodless, the 20th in the Agent Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  No matter how outlandish these plots are, I always enjoy them.  Love this character.    

[icezeus]

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@smoky22 wrote:

Now I'm reading Bloodless, the 20th in the Agent Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  No matter how outlandish these plots are, I always enjoy them.  Love this character.    

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@smoky22 

I will have to add this to the list. I am looking for new series to add to my list to mix it up more. I have just started one by Kathy Reichs who is the inspiration/author for the "Bones" TV series that I use to truly enjoy, and I am interested in checking out this set of books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.