What Are You Reading? June 2009-Mar 2010 Showing 851-900 of 1,072

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The Dante Club was an interesting read.

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

3 Chapters into the Dante Club and I'm starting to get a headache. Really have to concentrate on this one.

Reminds me a little bit of The Interpretation of Murder. Except this seems to bounce around a bit more.

I'll keep on going though!!

[Kathy]

Charlotte wrote: "3 Chapters into the Dante Club and I'm starting to get a headache. Really have to concentrate on this one.

Reminds me a little bit of The Interpretation of Murder. Except this seems to bounc..."

It is definitely one that requires your full attention. I think it's a little more layered than The Interpretation of Murder, which I, also, enjoyed. Keep on going, Charlotte. It is worth the time and effort.

[Laura]

Kathy wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "3 Chapters into the Dante Club and I'm starting to get a headache. Really have to concentrate on this one.

Reminds me a little bit of The Interpretation of Murder. Except thi..."

Thanks for all the good comments on The Dante Club. A friend loaned it to me, and it's been sitting on my shelf for a while - think I'll pick it up after the holidays. Need something light and easy to get me through till the end of the year!

[Kathy]

I'm really enjoying Grafton's latest, U is for Undertow. I think it might be her best one.

[Laura]

I am reading Fearless Fourteen and Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich - fun light reading to get me through the craziness of the holidays.

[Barbara]

I'm reading The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. It draws you right in and holds your attention.

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading Harold Bloom's "Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice". I recently finished "Winter Study" by Nevada Barr, which I enjoyed plotwise, although I thought a lot of the writing was bad.

[Chris]

I just finished Caught Stealing again. This book is great.
The author posted it online for anyone to view.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8784446/Cau...

[Dorie]

Chris wrote: "I just finished Caught Stealing again. This book is great.
The author posted it online for anyone to view.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8784446/Cau..."

Chris, I loved Huston's Thompson trilogy. I think the second book is my favorite, but the first was great too. It amazes me how he can touch your emotions in a book filled with violence.

[Kellyyyylynne]

In the middle of The Lost Symbol. I am loving it but I can't seem to find enough hours in the day. Work is really starting to interfere with my book reading! I can't wait to see what twist is coming next.

[Sakura]

I am starting Running Blind by Lee Child. Has anyone read this novel??

[Lobstergirl]

I'm reading "Pleading Guilty" by Scott Turow and I hate it.

[Lobstergirl]

Reading "The Crooked Hinge" by John Dickson Carr (1938).

[Jan C]

I just love John Dickson Carr (and all his other names). But it gets difficult to find them these days.

[Lobstergirl]

Jan wrote: "I just love John Dickson Carr (and all his other names). But it gets difficult to find them these days."

True, you have to frequent estate sales and used bookstores.

[Sandra]

Jan, check alibris.com. They are sure to have some John Dickson Carr available. And at a decent price, too.

[Jan C]

Thanks for the suggestion, Sandra.

I have a couple of used book sales I go to every year. And he is one of the first things I check for. Some of them are more organized than others.

But almost all of them classify Assassination Vacation as a mystery. Always makes me chuckle.

[Sandra]

Assassination Vacation a mystery, huh? Hmmmm. Well, there was a very funny happening here in my apartment complex the other day - at least I found it amusing. We have a library on the third floor and the books are sorted by "Romance," "Mysteries," "Sci-Fi & Fantasy," "History," etc. There are two large book shelves that are unclassified and the other day I picked a copy of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities. When I opened it, I noted that someone had written their "corrections" and "additions" to the book. The amusing part was when I noticed that the Dickens book had been shelved next to "Chutzpah."

[Jeane]

Barbara wrote: "I'm getting ready to start Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. "

Did you like it Barbara?

[Ananth]

Tried reading "A Place of Hiding" by Elizabeth George. Managed about 140 pages.Just cant read any further.The book drags and leads no where. There is hardly any Mystery in it.
May be I will play it safe and read an Agatha Christie novel next.

[Barbara]

Jeane wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I'm getting ready to start Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. "

Did you like it Barbara?"

Not finished yet. I took a break from Scarpetta because it was moving so slowly. I decided to read The Girl Who Played with Fire first.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Ananth wrote: "Tried reading "A Place of Hiding" by Elizabeth George. Managed about 140 pages.Just cant read any further.The book drags and leads no where. There is hardly any Mystery in it.
May be I will play it..."

Hi Ananth, I just finished Dekok and the Dead Harlequin. It was written by the Dutch author A C Baantjer in the 70s or 80s and this was a new English translation, I think. Very interesting setting, characters, and it made me think of Hercule Poirot a bit.

[Chris]

Just Finished Robert Crais LA Requiem.....Um....WOW....

Now I am either going to start Elroy's Black Dahlia or start on John D Macdonald with The Deep Blue Good-by.
Can't Decide.

[Sandra]

I (sigh) just read my first two Karen Moning Highlander books. Now, I'm finally going to tackle "Under the Dome."

[Dorie]

Chris wrote: "Just Finished Robert Crais LA Requiem.....Um....WOW...."

Chris, that's my favorite of all Crais' novels. It blew me away the first time I read it.

I'm almost finished with Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer, my first experience with this author. Quick and entertaining read. I'll have to pick up more by him.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Hi Dorie, The Rumpole books and the BBC TV series have long been a favorite of mine. The funny thing about the Penge Bungalow Murders - all through the series, Rumpole refers to his famous case of the "Penge Bungalow Murder" but there was never a book about it until 2005.

[Dorie]

Donna, I wish I could see the series, but it's difficult to find here in the US. I bet it's amusing. This happened to be the only book I found at Half-Price Books. I thought since it was his first case it would be a good place to start. Now when I read the rest I'll know all about the case when he refers to it!

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Hi Dorie, I'm in the US too and the Rumpole series is available on DVD or from Netflix. They were originally done in the 70s and 80s so they are like old Masterpiece Theater DVDs but still good.

[Esther]

Donna wrote: "Hi Dorie, The Rumpole books and the BBC TV series have long been a favorite of mine. The funny thing about the Penge Bungalow Murders - all through the series, Rumpole refers to his famous case of ..."

In my teens I watched Rumpole of the Bailey religiously. I nicknamed my mother "She who must be obeyed"

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

I believe I have heard my husband mutter under his breath once in awhile - "She who must be obeyed" - and he wasn't referring to his mother.

Great series and I am glad the books and DVDs are still available.

[Chris]

I am two thirds of the way through The Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

That is a great title.

[Paula]

I finished Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris. I am going to start again on R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton. I've neglected my mysteries!

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I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke. Love his series, I'm reading them in order, although I'm beginning to see that is not as necessary as I first thought. I'll keep the order though I guess.

[Sandra]

I am reading my first Jacqueline Winspear book and really enjoying it. Had to take time out of my reading to make sea salt caramels for my Christmas treat, darn it, but yum yum! I spend so much time reading that I sometimes forget that there are lots of other things to do with my time. Santa came and went and once again, somehow forgot my KitchenAid mixer that I've been asking him for for about thirty years now. (So I didn't leave any caramels for him - maybe that's why). I have "The Historian" to read next or I might read "The Time Traveler's Wife." I promised myself to start "Under the Dome" on New Year's - that's my resolution. Hope you all are having a wonderful day and that you all have something wonderful to read (and eat) and people you love to be with.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Glad you're enjoying the Winspear (Maisie Dobbs?). I really like that series.

Santa has good taste, of course he likes caramels!

[Sandra]

Susanna, I like Maisie very much. I'm reading the last book in the series, so far the last one - Among the Dead - and I do like it very much. I like Brit crime and it's fun that the books are set post WWI so you get a feel for what it was like. And you're right about Santa. Who wouldn't like caramels? They are a big hit today.

[Melisende]

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[Kathy]

Melisende wrote: "Currently reading:

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I've got this one on my to-buy list, Melisende. Let me know what you think of it.

[Chris]

I've now moved onto Snow Blind by PJ Tracy. Looking forward to this one for a while.

[Sandra]

I was going to read "The Historian" next, but then received James Lee Burke's "Rain Gods" and since I am a Burke fanatic, I'm reading that first. The book is written in his usual unique style and I highly recommend his writing to anyone who has not had the pleasure of Mr. Burke's company yet. The Dave Robicheaux series is great.

[Jan C]

I just finished Margaret Maron's Bootlegger's Daughter. I enjoyed it. Plus it helped me get ready to come to NC for the holdiays.

I received Rennie Airth's The Dead of Winter so maybe I will read that one next although I still have his previous one unread.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Hi Jan, I just finished Bootlegger's Daughter A Deborah Knott Mystery too and really enjoyed it - even if I headed to Pennsylvania for the holidays.

I also finished listening to An Incomplete Revenge on the drive.

[Dorie]

I've started the first of a historical mystery series by an author I've not tried before, What Angels Fear A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery by C.S. Harris. Only about 40 pages in but so far I like it.

[Jan C]

I decided to wait on the Rennie Airth book and read Barry Maitland's All My Enemies A Brock and Kolla Mystery in the Kolla and Brock series. This is an excellent series if you haven't tried it. I just discovered this book, I had read several books beyond it. So when I found this one I thought I would go back and read it. His first in this series, I think, The Marx Sisters was one of the best I had read in a long time. I ranked it right up there with Rennie Airth's first book, River of Darkness.

[Becky]

I'm currently reading "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett.

I'm only about 60 pages in, but I already feel like this is one of those books that has to be read twice to completely "GET" everything.

It's very good so far, but I'm feeling confused about some of the thought processes of our main man Sam Spade. I've never seen the movie, so I have no idea where this is going. Look forward to it though!

[Sandra]

Becky, Maltese Falcon is a wonderful book. Dashiell Hammett only wrote five novels (I think it's five), and lots of short stories. To read about him and his life is as interesting as his books. He was really a detective for the Pinkerton Agency at one time, and was considered a "left-wing pinko" during his later years. Fascinating guy and his books are to me an absolute joy. Thanks for reminding me of something I need to re-read!

[Becky]

I hope to finish it tonight. It's pretty short, and easy to read. I am just hoping that some of the questions I have already will be answered by the end.

I don't mind leaps of faith about a character's logic, but I want them to be explained so that I can understand what I should've seen to keep up. :)

[Jeane]

Melisende wrote: "Currently reading:

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How is it going? I got this one for my birthday in october.