Book Club

[smoky22]

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@icezeuswrote:

I will be picking up The Late Show by Michael Connelly later on this afternoon. The Genre is Murder/Mystery. I have read several books by Michael Connelly years ago and enjoyed them so I will be interested in seeing if I still enjoy his writing style.

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@icezeus I returned this book once because I couldn't get into it but I'm going to try it again.  This is a new character for Michael Connelly and I read that the next Harry Bosch is going to also have the character from this book.  Sometimes you just have to give a book a second chance.

[Lilysmom]

I finished The Rooster Bar by John Grisham today.  Not bad but I wasn’t wowed by it.  I have been rather picky about my books lately.  I know it was recommended here and other liked it more than I.  LM

PS, Up next Deeper Than Dead by Tami Hoag.

[Judaline]

I am wondering, is the new movie Mudbound the same as the book of the same name? Such a good book.

[sheilababe]

I just finished The River at Night by Erica Ferencik.  A very good read.  

[sunala]

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@Judalinewrote:

I am wondering, is the new movie Mudbound the same as the book of the same name? Such a good book.

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@Judaline - I believe it is. Check out the description of the movie. I loved the book and hope to see the movie as well.

[sunala]

I finished reading The Party by Robyn Harding.

I can honestly say this was the worst book I've ever read in my entire life. I read the whole thing only because I stupidly thought it would get better and the ending would tie everything together. I should have known better because I hated the plot and I hated the characters. So, what's left? NOTHING!

I certainly don't recommend it to anyone here. 

[sunala]

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@LoriLoriwrote:

@sunala, @CareBears, and several people who I am leaving out and I feel very badly about that, sorry!  I have a question about

"The Story of Arthur Truluv" by Elizabeth Berg

which I found out about on this forum and sorry I can't remember everyone who posted about it!  Can someone tell me where it takes place?  I'm forty pages in and unless I'm having a memory lapse she hasn't established exactly where they are, which is bothering me.  Establishing place is so important.

Thanks to anyone who can answer and everyone who can't but recommended the book!  

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@LoriLori- I loved Arthur Truluv with my whole heart! Elizabeth Berg is one of my very very favorite authors, and I was sorry to read that she's writing one more book with one of the same characters as was in Arthur Truluv, and that will be it.  I am a Facebook friend of hers, and she said there will be no more books after the next one, called Night of Miracles, coming out around November. She may write a play or another genre, but no more books. I guess I'm going to have to read all her books over again, one more time. I've loved them dearly.

[LoriLori]

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@sunalawrote:

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@LoriLoriwrote:

@sunala, @CareBears, and several people who I am leaving out and I feel very badly about that, sorry!  I have a question about

"The Story of Arthur Truluv" by Elizabeth Berg

which I found out about on this forum and sorry I can't remember everyone who posted about it!  Can someone tell me where it takes place?  I'm forty pages in and unless I'm having a memory lapse she hasn't established exactly where they are, which is bothering me.  Establishing place is so important.

Thanks to anyone who can answer and everyone who can't but recommended the book!  

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@LoriLori- I loved Arthur Truluv with my whole heart! Elizabeth Berg is one of my very very favorite authors, and I was sorry to read that she's writing one more book with one of the same characters as was in Arthur Truluv, and that will be it.  I am a Facebook friend of hers, and she said there will be no more books after the next one, called Night of Miracles, coming out around November. She may write a play or another genre, but no more books. I guess I'm going to have to read all her books over again, one more time. I've loved them dearly.

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@sunala, it was around page 60 that she said where they were located.  IMO she's not a great writer (like Backman or even Alice Hoffman) but she's got heart, she's great things to say and she says them simply. 

I'm sorry for you she won't be writing more.  I never heard of her until this forum, I'm loving the book so please tell me your favorite(s), I would like to get one or two more of her books.  Thank!

[teganslaw]

Elizabeth Berg's book The Dream Lover is very good. It's about the author George Sand and is written in the first person. I didn't know much about Sand or what she had written. She was an interesting and controversial person; Berg does a good job of describing her and the world around her.

I have The Story of Arthur Truluv on hold at the library right now.

[lork]

Woke up early this a.m. and finished C. J. Box's  "BLUE HEAVEN".  It was really good!  I have been reading his Joe Pickett series, equally good, but this was a stand alone novel/thriller.  Two troubled little kids witness a murder and run for their lives from the retired cops who were the murders.  The hero is a tough 'ole rancher; my favorite kind of good guy.  (I like my heroes the strong, silent, steady guys who aren't perfect, but always trying. . .).   Also finished Roy William's  "HARD WORK", in a recorded book format, this last weekend.  Williams was my dad's Huge FAVORITE while he was coaching at KU, but when he returned to NC. . .not so much).  It was an interesting autobiography, with lots of humble beginnings that I never imagined.  If you're a basketball fan, the chapters about various players/tournaments/games would probably be interesting.  I more enjoyed the reminiscing about his personal life and the years he lived through to become the basketball icon that he remains.