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[insomniac]

On 4/4/2015 Judaline said:

I'm reading Serena. I like it but it is very slow going. I wonder if I should just wait for the movie? I don't like her at all. She gives me the creeps. There is something lying deep down I just know it and I guess that's what keeps me going.

Serena is a brilliant book. Keep reading.

You're not supposed to like her; I'd be appalled if you said you did!

[Judaline]

hahahaha ok, I'll keep going.

[lolakimono]

On 4/3/2015 HoneyBit said:

lolakimono -- Great job of describing Lisa Gardner's GONE. Thanks for your review!

Not a review- just a cut/paste from the publisher.

But I liked it, as I like all of her books.

[lolakimono]

I just finished this one-

After a shootout during a convenience store holdup led to the accidental death of a twelve-year-old, Max Freeman left behind the Philadelphia police department for a life in exile in the Florida Everglades. Since then, he has lived in seclusion, haunted by guilt, with the humid night and the nocturnal predators of the swamp as his only company. But everything changes when Freeman discovers a young girl’s body floating in the muddy waters and becomes the prime suspect for her murder. To prove his innocence, Freeman must uncover the real murderer—and confront his own tortured soul—before it’s too late.

[lolakimono]

I am about halfway finished with this one-

On a rainy November night, Dr. Simon Ellerbee stares out the window of his Upper East Side psychiatry office, miserably wishing he could seek counseling for the problems in his seemingly perfect life. He hears the door buzzer and goes to answer it, but flinches when he sees his unexpected guest. Minutes later, he’s dead, his skull crushed by repeated blows from a ball-peen hammer. Once the doctor was down, the killer turned over the body and smashed in Ellerbee’s eyes.

With no leads and a case getting colder by the hour, the New York Police Department calls in former chief Edward Delaney. His search for the truth raises more questions than answers: Who had Ellerbee let into his office? Why were there two sets of wet footprints on the carpeting of the doctor’s townhouse? What caused Ellerbee’s odd personality transformation over the past year? And who murdered, then symbolically mutilated, the prominent Manhattan psychiatrist?

[lolakimono]

I forgot about this one- it's a bit gruesome (mob + medical) and some parts are outlandish (like Carl Hiaasen).

Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from h#ll, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

Pietro "Bearclaw" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you want to see in your hospital room.

Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just might-be the same person ...

Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow beat the reaper.

[SWEET]

Finished Cavendon Hall by Barbara Taylor Bradford. I enjoyed it. Now I have to read the sequel Cavendon Women which I won an ARC of.

Onto Julie Hyzy's mystery Eggsecutive Orders -- a White House mystery.

[lovescats]

On 4/3/2015 lolakimono said:

I just started this-

When Olivia, wild-haired and headstrong, makes a terrible mistake, she must turn to the person least likely to help—her mother, Elaine.

Motherhood was a role that Elaine never embraced and her best never amounted to much. But now Olivia faces prosecution for a naïve connection to a drug deal and she needs Elaine more than ever. As the days count down and Olivia's future hangs in the balance, Elaine must decide just how much she is willing to give for a second chance with her daughter.

How did you like this one? Or anyone with books they liked by this author because I've seen her books but haven't read any yet.

[lolakimono]

On 4/4/2015 lovescats said:

On 4/3/2015 lolakimono said:

I just started this-

How did you like this one? Or anyone with books they liked by this author because I've seen her books but haven't read any yet.

I liked it but thought it was slow in a few parts. I wonder if the ending leaves room for a sequel.

[SWEET]

On 4/4/2015 lovescats said:

On 4/3/2015 lolakimono said:

I just started this-

When Olivia, wild-haired and headstrong, makes a terrible mistake, she must turn to the person least likely to help—her mother, Elaine.<br /> <br /> Motherhood was a role that Elaine never embraced and her best never amounted to much. But now Olivia faces prosecution for a naïve connection to a drug deal and she needs Elaine more than ever. As the days count down and Olivia's future hangs in the balance, Elaine must decide just how much she is willing to give for a second chance with her daughter.

How did you like this one? Or anyone with books they liked by this author because I've seen her books but haven't read any yet.

I bought this years ago and it's still on my shelf. I've read most of her books including her earlier "mommy" mysteries and she's a great author. As for her husband Michael Chabon's, that's another story.