What Are You Reading? June 2009-Mar 2010 Showing 1,051-1,072 of 1,072

[Jan C]

Ivy

I tried one of Barbara Lee's books. I used to visit my cousins on the Magothy River so I thought I'd like to read a book that took place there. Well, I still might like to read a book that takes place there but I just didn't Ms. Lee's book. It didn't make the cut when I moved last year.

Not sure what I didn't like about it. Maybe the people, maybe the writer's style, maybe the story ... I don't know. It just didn't strike my fancy.

[Janiceinbellevue]

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley.
Evidently the first of a new series with eleven year old sleuth, Flavia de Luce. Looking forward to the next one!

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Janiceinbellevue wrote: "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley.
Evidently the first of a new series with eleven year old sleuth, Flavia de Luce. Looking forward to the next one!"

I can't wait to read this one! Who knows when I'll get my hands on a copy...

[Shannon]

I am reading Dying For Dinner by Miranda Bliss. A cozy mystery.

[Ivy]

I am reading Fantasy in Death by J. D. Robb. Don't know if you could consider it a Thriller but is for sure a good series. I am about half way through and really like it.

[Dorie]

I'm almost finished with Field of Blood by Denise Mina. She's really good at creating characters and making them realistic and unique.

[Paula]

I just started listening to Real Murders.

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Just started The Tale of Holly How... having a few problems with it, especially the fact that it is #2 in the series and I haven't read #1... has anyone read these? Does it matter?

I am also having interference from the movie of Beatrix Potter's life, the one with Renee Zellwegger, or however you spell it. As I'm reading I hear RZ's voice in my head and I'm finding it really annoying! (I hate seeing a movie before reading the book!!)

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Gave up on Holly HOw... just wasn't in the mood for something cute.

Am now reading The Blind Assassin, which isn't a true mystery, but is very mysterious. I'm not sure what to think yet, but I'm just at the beginning.

Has anyone read this? What did you think?

[Paula]

I finished Real Murders and continue to read Bone by Bone.

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Paula wrote: "I finished Real Murders and continue to read Bone by Bone."

Bone by bone sounds good... creepy, but good! How are you enjoying it?

[Theweebarrell]

Just Finished reading 'Gangster Girl' by Dreda Say Mitchell . Really enjoyed it a bit like Martina Cole books. Now started 'Sadie' by Jane Elliott

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Hi Hayes, I have wanted to read something by Margaret Atwood for a long time. I get the impression that she does not have any one style so you may like one book but not another.
Let us know what you think of this one.

[James]

I just finished reading "Red Dragon" again. It's a good book, but not in a league with "Silence of the Lambs." But then again, few things are.

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James wrote: "I just finished reading "Red Dragon" again. It's a good book, but not in a league with "Silence of the Lambs." But then again, few things are."

How about posting your review? I'd like to see it.

[Paula]

Hayes wrote: "Bone by bone sounds good... creepy, but good! How are you enjoying it?"

I'm only on page 60, but I am enjoying it. The book doesn't seem like a complicated read. Two boys (brothers) go into the forest and one returns. Twenty years later the lost boy's bones are reappearing one bone at a time and so the investigation begins (again). Carol O'Connell is one of my 'read right away' authors.

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Donna wrote: "Hi Hayes, I have wanted to read something by Margaret Atwood for a long time. I get the impression that she does not have any one style so you may like one book but not another.
Let us know what y..."

It's pretty weird, but I love the way she writes. I adored her dystopian book, The Handmaid's Tale. Alias Grace was a little strange but good: Atwood proposes a solution to a true crime that was never really solved in 19th century Canada.

[Jan C]

yes JAMES but how much earlier did harris write RD? I know i read it long before SOTL.

[James]

You're right; RD is seven or eight years before SOTL. I also read it well before SOTL and thought it was very good. But when I read SOTL, I was completely blown away. One of my favorite books ever.

[Jan C]

I will admit SOTL was good but it is not a book I will reread a bunch of times.

[James]

Yeah, I can understand that it might not be a book that a lot of people would go back to on a regular basis and, to tell the truth, neither will I. But I think that in many ways, it is almost a perfect thriller and extremely well written.

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