Re: WHAT ARE YOU READING? AUGUST 2019

appm · ‎04-17-2010

@icezeus wrote:
@appm wrote:
I used to read V. C. Andrews books a long time ago. Saw "Mirror Sisters" at the library and decided to read it. It was excellent. I didn't realize when i started the book that it was the first of three in the series (I found out when I finished the book that it wasn't "the end"). Looking forward to book number two in this series.
@appm
I read several of her books many many years ago, as in while I was in High School. I am 52 so that's how many years it has been LOL!!

I thought that she had died.

You're right - she died in 1986. I'm pretty sure the copyright date in the paperback I read was in the 2000's. Maybe they're reprinting some of her books, like they do Agatha Christie's?

Ainhisg · ‎03-09-2010

I just finished The First Mistake by Sandie Jones. It was the first book I've read from this author, and I enjoyed it! It is a mystery/psychological thriller-type book. I liked it well enough that I put her other book on hold at the library: The Other Woman.

CareBears · ‎08-30-2015

I just finished A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay, excellent book, full of action,leaving the reader guessing!

Onto From scratch by Tembi Locke, will post my final review when I finish!

pateacher · ‎04-16-2010

@beckyb1012 wrote:
Daisy Jones & the Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid; If you enjoyed being young and in high school/college in the late 70's jamming to Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks this book will take you back. Loved it.
The Gifted School, by Bruce Holsinger; Mercy the things parent will do get their children ahead as we are witnessing with the College Admission scandals. This book is grade school to high school level from upper economy to a working class family trying to get into the best. I really enjoyed this book.
The Chelsea Girls, by Fiona Davis. About half way through and not as good as I had hoped. Her last The Masterpiece was not up to the high quality of The Dollhouse or The Address. I really had hoped her next would be but so far it is lacking compared to her first works.

I agree with your assessment of The Chelsea Girls in contrast to Davis' earlier books. Still a a good read, though.

pateacher · ‎04-16-2010

@LoriLori wrote:
@pateacher wrote:
@LoriLori
Believe it or not, I was flipping through the guide on my tv and noticed that We Have to Talk about Kevin was playing. What a coincidence!
I didn't get to see the entire movie, but I do understand what you mean. I almost changed the channel after the garbage disposal jammed. Very disturbing!

@pateacher

Wow! That's a major coincidence!!! Thanks for posting about it. The movie is so disturbing and leaves out so much but you got the idea. Shriver's books are dense and both the ones I've read had incredibly shocking endings. .The ending of "Kevin" may have affected me more deeply than that of any other book.

They couldn't have done better with the film. Tilda Swinton did an amazing job. She won awards and so did the film. The kids were great too and the dad. Reading the garbage disposal scene was so painful and when he escalated...OMG.

MAJOR SPOILERS below, safe for PATeacher and anyone else who has seen or read it but it's an incredible movie. Would you recommend it, PaTeacher?

Spoiler
The book is written as letters she's writing to what you think is her ex-husband, until the end.. You knew Kevin hated his sister (that poor child) but his mother thought he hated her too and then it turns out it was his father he despised. The irony of the dad buying the bow and arrow, OMG! And then Kevin leaving them there as a gift for her, knowing she'd find them at the end of the longest, most difficult day of her life.

I suppose the book is ruined for you now but I'm very glad you got to see the power of what they were able to show with limited time.and Shriver's shocking end...imagine reading the whole thing thinking they're divorced and then at the very end...I'll never forget it.

Still surprised -- and pleased -- at the coincidence. :hug:

Yes, I would recommend with a "not for the faint of heart" disclaimer.

dawg lover · ‎03-15-2010

I'm going to the library tomorrow to pick two new cozy mysteries, that are the latest entry in their series:

"A KILLER EDITION" by Lorna Barrett (Booktown Mysteries)

"LOVE AND DEATH AMONG THE CHEETAHS" by Rhys Bowen (Royal Spyness series)

CareBears · ‎08-30-2015

@CANDLEQUEEN A Noise Downstairs is right up your alley, you would enjoy that book!

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

Finished The Hotel Neversink...

which was hyped as a multigenerational saga about a Jewish family that owns a large hotel in the Catskills, and a mystery and ghost story. Mystery mostly ignored. Ghost less scary than Casper. No saga. But some great reviews. Not my book.