What Are You Reading --- November 2015 - Page 3

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

@bella-luna wrote:

I'm reading Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie. It's a book in the Poirot series about a young girl at a Hallowe'en party who is murdered, after claiming to have been witness to a murder at a younger age, not realizing at the time that it was a murder she was seeing. I started it on Halloween and hopefully, I'll be finished in a few days (I'm a s-l-o-w reader).

Apparently, this book isn't a considered to be very good, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Also, being the Anglophile that I am, I love that this book was dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse.

I'm SO glad to see this thread is still alive and kickin'!

Just curious, @bella-luna, who is it that said that? Was it reviewers in her day or modern reviewers? Because I can't stand reading contemporary reviews of Christie's books that ignore the context of her books, the times in which she wrote them, and her innovative contributions to the field of mystery. I still think she is the best, although her books seem dated now and it's considered foul play now to not give the reader any or many clues as to the murder's identity.

I love Agatha and "Hallowe'en Party" is one of my faves. I read it as a teen and can still remember the scene where they bob for apples and other parts of the book!

LoriLori · ‎03-12-2010

I'm reading "Career of Evil." I feel the same way about this series that I feel about Alan Bradley's Flavia books: Wish there was more than one a year! But probably if there were new ones more often they would not be as high quality as they are, and as for JK, she's got her hands in so many things.

Judaline · ‎03-10-2010

@LoriLori wrote:
@bella-luna wrote:

I'm reading Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie. It's a book in the Poirot series about a young girl at a Hallowe'en party who is murdered, after claiming to have been witness to a murder at a younger age, not realizing at the time that it was a murder she was seeing. I started it on Halloween and hopefully, I'll be finished in a few days (I'm a s-l-o-w reader).

Apparently, this book isn't a considered to be very good, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Also, being the Anglophile that I am, I love that this book was dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse.

I'm SO glad to see this thread is still alive and kickin'!

Just curious, @bella-luna, who is it that said that? Was it reviewers in her day or modern reviewers? Because I can't stand reading contemporary reviews of Christie's books that ignore the context of her books, the times in which she wrote them, and her innovative contributions to the field of mystery. I still think she is the best, although her books seem dated now and it's considered foul play now to not give the reader any or many clues as to the murder's identity.

I love Agatha and "Hallowe'en Party" is one of my faves. I read it as a teen and can still remember the scene where they bob for apples and other parts of the book!

Well, I gotta get this one. lori, it isn't dated. The English, in little English villages, still live that way. Unless you mean that Christie books are all old hat. Not happening, kiddo.

pateacher · ‎04-16-2010

I started Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates.

A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. They own vast lands and profitable businesses, they employ their neighbors, and they influence the government. A prolific and eccentric group, they include several millionaires, a mass murderer, a spiritual seeker who climbs into the mountains looking for God, a wealthy noctambulist who dies of a chicken scratch.

Bellefleur traces the lives of several generations of this unusual family. At its center is Gideon Bellefleur and his imperious, somewhat psychic, very beautiful wife, Leah, their three children (one with frightening psychic abilities), and the servants and relatives, living and dead, who inhabit the mansion and its environs.

Can't help myself! Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favorite authors. Some of her books ae terrifying, revolting, and downright mystifying; but I end up loving every single one.

SAGal · ‎08-09-2015

Just finished THE GIRL WITH A CLOCK FOR A HEART. Same author as THE KIND WORTH KILLING. This book was good but not in the same class as A KIND WORTH KILLING. I gave it 3 stars on GOODREADS.

Judaline · ‎03-10-2010

I'm finishing The Yellow Crocus. This is a sweet, easy to read book. I am so enjoying these last chapters. The best of the whole book.

Judaline · ‎03-10-2010

@LoriLori wrote:
I'm reading "Career of Evil." I feel the same way about this series that I feel about Alan Bradley's Flavia books: Wish there was more than one a year! But probably if there were new ones more often they would not be as high quality as they are, and as for JK, she's got her hands in so many things.

Remember how the author of Unbroken was so ill while she was writing it-was it an auto-immune disorder, I forget. How did she continue to write that epic. She was unbroken.

Lilysmom · ‎03-09-2010

@pateacher wrote:
I started Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates.
A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. They own vast lands and profitable businesses, they employ their neighbors, and they influence the government. A prolific and eccentric group, they include several millionaires, a mass murderer, a spiritual seeker who climbs into the mountains looking for God, a wealthy noctambulist who dies of a chicken scratch.
Bellefleur traces the lives of several generations of this unusual family. At its center is Gideon Bellefleur and his imperious, somewhat psychic, very beautiful wife, Leah, their three children (one with frightening psychic abilities), and the servants and relatives, living and dead, who inhabit the mansion and its environs.
Can't help myself! Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favorite authors. Some of her books ae terrifying, revolting, and downright mystifying; but I end up loving every single one.

@pateacher, this looks like a good one. Haven't read one like this for awhile so I'm ready! LM

bella-luna · ‎03-10-2010

@LoriLori I could not agree with you more! The negative reviews I saw were on Amazon. Go figure, right?! I'm almost half-way through it now and I'm still enjoying it! Mysteries are my favorite genre and Agatha Christie is hands-down one of my favorite authors! (I have read And Then There Were None two, maybe three times.) I know some people who poopoo cozy mysteries (Miss Marple, in particular is considered to be a cozy series - according to Wikipedia) and that's OK with me.

SydneyH · ‎03-10-2010

@Judaline wrote:
I'm finishing The Yellow Crocus. This is a sweet, easy to read book. I am so enjoying these last chapters. The best of the whole book.

I have this downloaded on my Kindle, I'm looking forward to reading it now......