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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016


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@smoky22 and @Judaline - I always picture Elvis Cole looking exactly like the picture of the author, Robert Crais. He looks a bit "smirky" and smart-alecky. I enjoyed the Joe Pike books very much. He is such a "cool" character, and it is interesting to read his backstory.

I thought the exact same thing-but enter John Cassavetes. It's a cross between the two of them. You can see the glint of fun in Crais' eyes in some pics, while others are more tough guy. I'll take either one. And yes, I don't think there's a cooler character than Joe. Why is it that men who say little come across as cool. Clint Eastwood is cool. Steve McQueen was cool.

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

I read mostly non-fiction ... but I'm taking a break and reading C. S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce."   

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

 

 

 

I read All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker.  A friend gave me this book and it has been sitting around because I did not think I would like it.  Boy was I wrong - a real page turner!

 
 
"In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, prefers to pretend this horrific event did not touch her perfect country club world. As they seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town - or perhaps lives among them - drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion."-- Provided by publisher.
 
I just finished Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler which was just OK.
 
 
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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

@DiAnne Seems to me this was a tv movie.

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

@Judaline

 

It might have been.  The book she gave me says "Early Readers Edition" on it.  It also says "movie rights sold to Warner Brothers with Reese Witherspoon directing".  The date for the copyright is 2016.  

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

On another thread, someone talked about how some writers self e-publish, and when I read that I thought about the number of Young Adult fantasy books and celebrity books that have been published in recent years. I've read many classics and will enjoy rereading them in the future, but I thought there may be authors and ideas I could be missing. On Kindle, one of the authors I have is Emmy C. Haines. Titles are: UNDER THE BREAKUP BRIDGE (1930's Reno divorce fiction), CEMENTING OVER MR. MITCHELL (women's fiction), RADIO SHRINK (women's fiction), and INSIDE HER WARDROBE (women's historical fiction). I don't know which one(s) I'll read of these, but it seems like I'm on a women's fiction kick. There's also a multitude of other authors and genres to choose from.

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

@DiAnne No, I guess not. This would have been a while back-maybe 5 years.

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

I can't remember if I have posted this one:  The Survivors by Robert Palmer.

 

i read it about a month ago and it has stayed with me, a sign of a really good book.  Highly recommend.

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

This morning I finished In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume.

 

It is based on true events, but is fiction.  It was based on 3 plane crashes that happened in the early 1950's in Elizabeth, NJ.  It was really good.  I was sad to to finish it!  She is really a great writer.  

 

 

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Re: What are You Reading? ~~ August 2016

Not Pretty Enough

 

bio of Helen Gurley Brown

 

recently published, recommend