Book Club

[kindred cats]

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@itsmetoo wrote:

@kindred cats  I also read The Last Thing He Told Me.  Not sure if you are aware but they made it into a series on Apple TV with Jennifer Gardner.

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@itsmetoo , Thanks for telling me who starred as Hannah.  Jennifer Garner had to be perfect for that role. 

[Alter Ego]

I finished listening to THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Stuart Turton.  This is kind of a different genre for me - yes, it's a typical murder mystery, but it is more futuristic/sci-fi than I usually read.  In fact, it took me a while to get into it, particularly as I was confused about the first person narrative.  But I admit I read a review that set me straight and I ended up enjoying the rest of the book.  

I'm reading the latest Auntie book that I didn't realize came out earlier in the year.  Honestly, it's so bad, but I want to see how it progresses.

[beckyb1012]

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@kindred cats wrote:

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@itsmetoo wrote:

@kindred cats  I also read The Last Thing He Told Me.  Not sure if you are aware but they made it into a series on Apple TV with Jennifer Gardner.

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@itsmetoo , Thanks for telling me who starred as Hannah.  Jennifer Garner had to be perfect for that role. 

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I would love to see The Last Thing He Told Me have a second book.  I think it could work well.

[FranandZoe]

I forgot to mention I read Darling Girls too.  Good mystery but kind of disturbing.

[beckyb1012]

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@FranandZoe wrote:

I didn't say to boil jewelry - just bring to a boil.  That means then turn it off.

I've been cleaning my rings this way (with laundry detergent) for years.  Works great and it hasn't clouded the diamonds.

Why knock it if you haven't tried it?

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@FranandZoe I think maybe you posted the above in the wrong forum.   

[icezeus]

I finished City of Dreams (Danny Ryan,#2 ) by Don Winslow. I really enjoyed this book.  I read the first book in this series and, quite honestly, thought it was just okay. This book was excellent, in my opinion. The story bounces between Hollywood and Las Vegas, where Danny and some of his group are on the run after they have had to leave Providence, RI.

Edited to add: This book is about a fictional crime family.

Don Winslow is an exciting storyteller, but as usual, his books are not for the faint of heart.  I will never forget  "The Power of the Dog"

The next book that I will be reading is Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb.

[FranandZoe]

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@beckyb1012 wrote:

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@FranandZoe wrote:

I didn't say to boil jewelry - just bring to a boil.  That means then turn it off.

I've been cleaning my rings this way (with laundry detergent) for years.  Works great and it hasn't clouded the diamonds.

Why knock it if you haven't tried it?

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@FranandZoe I think maybe you posted the above in the wrong forum.   

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Oops - sure did!

[SWEET]

Finished The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin.  Fictional account about Anne Lindbergh and a lot about Charles of course and the kidnapping of their 2 year old son, Charlie.  It was 400 pages and a little too long for me but an interesting read.

One of my favorite recent books by her was California Golden.

[mildoo]

I should have included this book for May but never got around to it. End of May I finished GONE TONIGHT by Sarah Pekkanen (she also authored THE WIFE BETWEEN US).

This was a good psychological mystery about a young unwed mother and her over-protective relationship with her young adult daughter.    A good read, kept your interest and hard to put down.  

I have just finished  FINDING MARGARET FULLER by Allison Pataki who authored THE MAGNIFICENT LIVES OF MARJORIE POST.  This book is written in a similar vein in that it is historical fiction about a woman (Margaret Fuller) who pioneered the women's movement and has been forgotten.  She was an independent thinker, way ahead of her time and was a journalist, a novelist, a teacher and friend and cohort of such infamous people as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Edgar Allen Poe, Horace Greeley. Louisa May Alcott (as a child), Nathaniel Hawthorne and more.  A lot of name dropping.  It was rumored that Hawthorne based THE SCARLET LETTER  on Margert Fuller.  This was an excellent book and if you think Marjorie Post led a life please read about Margaret Fuller.  She has been lost to history until now and all women owe her a debt of gratitude.

In addition, I read HOLMES MARPLE & POE by James Patterson  and Brian Sitts.  Never read Patterson before and may not do so again.  Book was formulaic and you could see a movie coming out of it.