Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB ’s Comments (group member since Oct 06, 2009)

Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB ’s comments from the THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB group.

KnowledgeGeek wrote: "New Year's Greetings All, I was pleased to find this group as I'm enamored with old films and my favorite type of books are true crimes of the past. I especially enjoy reading of how forensic scien..."

So very happy to have you as a member!!!!

Warren wrote: "At midnight the holiday price of 99 cents for 4 of my books will go up! Until then, you can still get The Kor, The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes and Other (non-Sherlockian) Tales of Adventure, as wel..."

Gary wrote: "Nice to meet all. If you're interested in thrillers and SCI FI novels, please consider my book, free today on KINDLE...
FREE today on KINDLE - 'This book has been in my to-read queue for quite a wh..."

Welcome!!!!

Barbara wrote: "I looked up "Mary Sue Character" and got this description. 'A female fanfiction character who is so perfect as to be annoying. The male equivlalent is the Marty-Stu. The Mary Sue character is almos..."

Ah!!! Makes perfect sense. Yes. Very often the female lead is stunningly beautiful and "turns heads"

Lance wrote: "Just saw The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It's a live-your-life-stop-dreaming parable that likely has very little to do with the Thurber story, but is surprisingly gentle and -- dare I say it? -- s..."

I am sure I will enjoy it. Just like the Danny Kaye version so much. This is an updated one but I almost always like the originals best

Seeley wrote: "Lana wrote: "I have two major pet peeves when it comes to books. The first is bad dialogue. If I cannot imagine someone saying something in real life, I do not want to read it. The second is Mary S..."

Lana wrote: "I have two major pet peeves when it comes to books. The first is bad dialogue. If I cannot imagine someone saying something in real life, I do not want to read it. The second is Mary Sue's - they n..."

I also must plead guilty to being ignorant of what "Mary Sue's" are! I really would love to know. Itching to know!!

Helena wrote: "Bryan wrote: "I would have to say a pet peeve of mine is in the research aspects of writing a novel. This can go two ways: 1) an author hasn't done any research at all, and it is blatantly obvious,..."

A very astute point Helena. I love historical fiction. I am also a bit of an "info geek" so I love when the author includes alot of historic facts and incorporates their research into the story. I can understand that too much historical facts and narrative can slow the plot. It is a very difficult line to see. I guess it is a personal reaction in most cases.

I saw American Hustle yesterday and was a bit let down. It was a fine movie but not the GREAT film I kept reading about. Alot of predictable situations and a bit too smug with itself.

Chris wrote: "I can't recommend The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism highly enough, especially if you know anyone who is autistic."

I most definately want to see that. I was a special Ed teacher and worked with many autistic students. I am truly amazed at the dedication of the parents. It is a very complex condition and the parents I met were such inspirations.

Gardavson wrote: "A year or so ago I listened to an audio book, a steamy romance, narrated by what sounded like a geriatric male. I couldn't stop laughing."

Haha!! Too funny.

I have read about a third of . It is a very eerie Victorian thriller. The synopsis describes it perfectly.

Building on his haunting, superbly written debut, The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox returns to a story of murder, love, and revenge in Victorian England.

In the autumn of 1876, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood in Northamptonshire. There she will serve as the new lady's maid to the former Emily Carteret, now Lady Tansor. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal - and to set right a past injustice in which her own life is intertwined.

Lance wrote: "Just saw The Wolf of Wall Street, a three-hour slog through the worst behaviors available during the 1990s in the company of a group of Wall Street testosterone-poisoning victims. This film would b..."

Curious. I have heard the same from several friends who saw it. Yet it was nominated for a bunch of awards (Golden Globes?). Before it was even released. Which I find suspect.

The author of just passed away this past week. I strongly recommend this sterling biography. It is utterly fascinating. The writer and her husband were longtime members of Rand's inner circle. Rand had a 15 year affair with the writer's husband (with the consent of the writer as well as Rand's own husband!). When the affair ended Rand banished Branden and her husband forever. Yet Branden writes a very fair biography and it is a most interesting read

Coincidences!!! Some books have just to much convenient coincidences in plot. Helps move the story along but takes away from the realism

. I just started reading the second Robin Monarch novel. Very enjoyable and fast moving thrillers

KOMET wrote: "Whilst en route to my home on the East Coast (2:11 AM as I write this), I've now taken to reading The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum. It's my first Ludlum nove..."

That one of the few Ludlum books I have not yet read. Written during his prime so has to be great

Bryan wrote: "Rick wrote: "Lance wrote: "I saw Dallas Buyer's Club, the based-on-a-true-story film about one man's hard slog to beat the odds at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.

Matthew McConaughey disappear..."

Very interesting review Bryan. The story is so interesting and important, yet I really do enjoy character development - especially the supporting ones- so I can certainly appreciate your criticisms

I love these intro posts!! Welcome all!!!

I just finished
A very fast moving and quite intriguing mythological thriller.

Hock wrote: "Have just watched The Count of Monte Cristo, in four parts and in French with English subtitles. Enjoyable."

Sounds great!! What version and year of production?

I want to see the 1934 French 5 hr version of Les Miserables

Barbara wrote: "Rick wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I finished A Question of Honor by Charles Todd, the 5th book in the Bess Crawford series. In the early 1900's, young Bess lives in India wh..."

Just read A Pale Horse. Loved it!! And I just realized Charles Todd (mom and son) are members of our James Mason Group!