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08-04-2015 12:06 AM - edited 08-04-2015 12:08 AM
I finished Wolf To The Slaughter, one of the early Inspector Wexford books by Ruth Rendell. The characters were a little confusing but it had a great ending. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.
Also read The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. This book was a chore to finish. It was part fantasy, part allegory, with some lofty themes. I feel like I "got" all the symbolism and nuance, but ultimately the book was unsatisfying for me.
Now I'm reading The Last Policeman (Ben H. Winters) which I'm enjoying so far.
I also have The Anchoress (Robyn Cadwallader) on my kindle, as well as, Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. It took me so long to read The Buried Giant, I'm afraid these will have to go back before I get to them.
08-04-2015 04:51 PM
I just finished THE SECRET WISDOM OF THE EARTH - really good book - very different from anything I've read lately. I'm giving it a 4 on Goodreads. The following is from Goodreads:
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 · rating details · 2,462 ratings · 568 reviews
08-04-2015 05:28 PM - edited 08-04-2015 07:31 PM
@dawg lover Good to see your name here again. My sympathy for all you've been through with your mom. You said, Honeybit, please post if you ever track down that Penelope Rich book. I really do think that I read that book too, many years ago, as it seems very familiar. I have read tons of British historical fiction over the years.
I'll certainly let you know. I was surprised how few references there were to fiction about Elizabeth's era when I started hunting. I guess modern technology doesn't reach back to embrace old books because I remember library shelves full of books about that period. I've got the new Spencer Quinn on my to read shelf but saving it for a "treat drought." I'm re-reading Eloise Jarvis McGraw's "Pharaoh" (1958) as an antidote to some of the current stuff. Do you remember a book about Beth Throgmorton who was Sir Walter Raleigh's wife? I couldn't find a reference to it, either. ( ETA: I found the Rosemary Sutcliffe "Lady in Waiting" but that isn't the one I remembered.)
08-05-2015 01:50 AM
Loved Pretty Baby! Have you read her first book?
08-05-2015 09:01 AM
I do so love to read all your comments, and have found so many new authors and new books, thank you all! I too am starting The Kind Worth Killing For,by Peter Swanson, very good so far.I just finished The Dead Key, by D.M. Pulley, I really enjoyed this mystery, of an old bank,loved the descriptions of the high ceilings with the paintings and the furniture etc.Also, Murder On Molokai, by Chip Hugh's, I had to read because so many of you on the old format enjoyed,I am glad I did, it was refreshing from all the dark ones I've been reading. Speaking of dark, Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn, was extremely dark psychological novel. I also had read the first book of The Pines, which I did not like much more Sifi than mystery.
08-05-2015 10:29 AM
I know a bunch of you have already tried to get QVC to provide a dedicated Books Forum but I'm having a lucky day so I decided to try (can't hurt). Here's my post, please visit and let your thoughts be known as Sunala and others have done.
08-05-2015 11:30 AM
I finished The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters. It's the first book in a trilogy and I'm looking forward to reading the other two. I loved the author's style, sort of quirky and unexpected. I really enjoyed it.
08-05-2015 11:34 AM
08-05-2015 12:50 PM
@dawg lover I'm on waitlist for the next Inspector Wexford (The Best Man To Die). He isn't very prominent in the early books, is he? I've read this series gets better as it goes along.
I'm just a little way into The Anchoress (Robin Cadwallader) and I'm not sure it's really my kind of book, but I'll keep going for a while.
08-05-2015 02:10 PM
@lainey1 wrote:I just finished The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson and enjoyed it. Lots of twists and turns! Thanks Lynneuk for the recommendation!
Now I'm starting Twisted by Andrew E. Kaufman - recommended by Big Sister.
I d/l The Kind Worth Killing to my Kindle Fire and cannot put it down. Last night, I read until it needed a new charge but I was ready to watch the news anyway. Great book. I also d/l Twisted and that will be my next book.
BTW, for those who loved Joan Rivers, I went to Amazon and found "The Book of Joan" by Melissa Rivers and clicked on the hard copy edition and read "read inside this book".... It is hilarious. There is so much to read inside, that I can't imagine what else could be in the book. It's a hoot. I discovered that when you read inside the book by clicking on the hard copy edition instead of the Kindle edition, there is a load more to read. It took me almost an hour to get through it while eating my gelato of course.
Thanks again to those who recommended these books. This is the only Forum worth reading IMO. I don't even read anything else - just not worth trying to figure out what is where.
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