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Jan wrote: "Hi All - this is my first post in this group. Isn't Goodreads great for finding new titles to read?I just started The Cold Moonby Jeffery Deaver. I was impressed by the ..."
Hi Jan! The Deaver books are actually completely different than the movies...same idea, but the characters are really different people in reality. I happen to love the Lincoln Rhyme books, and I enjoyed the Bone Collector as a movie too, but thought the book was better. Have you read any of the other Lincoln Rhyme's?
Christine wrote: "Have you read any of the other Lincoln Rhyme's?"No I haven't - do you recommend starting this series at the beginning? If so I might just return this one to the library and start over with The Bone Collector. I've got several other books in my TBR pile anyway!
Jan wrote: "Christine wrote: "Have you read any of the other Lincoln Rhyme's?"No I haven't - do you recommend starting this series at the beginning? If so I might just return this one to the library and start..."
I do, actually, recommend starting at the beginning. The other books sort of jump right into the characters and their relationships, and it's hard to a)keep them all straight and b)appreciate how they relate to each other without figuring out their inital contacts. The Bone Collector should be easy to find in any library, or you can probably find a paperback copy pretty cheap on ebay or half.com
And if you liked The Bone Collector movie, you'll love the book even better... much higher creep factor... the tension the books builds just didn't tranfer to the screen version.
I have picked up "Die for me" by Karen Rose. I have not read her before.It is a big 695 page book. If any of you have read it do let me know your views. I would rather not start a big novel if it is not good.I look forward to some kind of recommendation as I am presently reading another book which is not a crime thriller and would at least take a week to complete it and that gives me time to change my mind.
I am reading Night Visitor by Gillian White, one of my favourite authors. She writes really chilling, sinister gripping novels.
I've just started Nevada Barr's Winter Study (Anna Pigeon series).
Just started In the Blood by Jack Kerley, the newest in the Carson Ryder series. I had to order this one all the way from the UK, but this author is worth it.
I am finishing up The Fate of Katherine Carr, which I picked up a the library on a whim. I think I'm just a sucker for alliterative names. I have been rather frustrated with this book. It's so damn depressing. The one thing I do find interesting is the theme of vanishing people, both the innocents and the guilty.
That's too bad, Kathy. I usually enjoy Thomas Cook's novels, but I admit I wasn't thrilled with Master of the Delta. Thanks for the heads up on his newest.
Dorie wrote: "That's too bad, Kathy. I usually enjoy Thomas Cook's novels, but I admit I wasn't thrilled with Master of the Delta. Thanks for the heads up on his newest."Well,Dorie, I will revise my opinion a bit. I actually liked the ending of the book and the suggestive path that Cook too readers down as to the fate of Katherine.
Paula wrote: "I've just started Nevada Barr's Winter Study (Anna Pigeon series). "That is an intense book for Anna. Borderline I read over the summer and it is the aftermath of this book.
I am now reading another from M.C.Beaton, Death of a Village a Hamish Macbeth mystery. Just right for a lazy Sunday!!
I just started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson.
Teresa, I will prepare myself for intense! The back cover indicates that the wolves are the culprits, but after reading most of Anna Pideon's adventures I'm inclined to believe it's a human or humans who are the villians.
Karen wrote: "I just started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson."Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!
Well, A Beautiful Blue Death got pushed aside once again for a YA novel. I'm reading Impossible by Nancy Werlin. I have promised A Beautiful Blue Death that it's next.
Paula wrote: "Teresa, I will prepare myself for intense! The back cover indicates that the wolves are the culprits, but after reading most of Anna Pideon's adventures I'm inclined to believe it's a human or huma..."Not giving anything away, but it is very cloudy on whether the wolves cause it or the humans cause it, all depends on you read it : ) Let me know when you finish
I just finished The Return of the Dancing Master and The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell. He's a lot better than most of the mystery/thriller dreck out there.
Hmm, both of those html links in my prior comment are pointing to wrong books.
You must have used html code. That rarely works for book links here. Use the "add book/author" link at the top of your comment box and it should work just fine. It's easier too--for me anyway.
Just loving The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, even if it's not the kind of thing I usually read.
My box finally arrived from Better World Books with Mistress of the Art of Death, but I don't know when I'll be able to get to it. I've got 4 book rings waiting for me!!
My box finally arrived from Better World Books with Mistress of the Art of Death, but I don't know when I'll be able to get to it. I've got 4 book rings waiting for me!!
I'm reading Mr. Monk in Outer Space. My brain is a little frazzled right now, and even though these are technically mysteries, they are fun, easy, quick reads. I think I would get along with Monk, and it's really fun to read his assistant Natalie's thoughts.
I just bought "One Step Behind" by Henning Mankell and "The Nine Tailors" by Dorothy Sayers.
Hi! I'm new to this group.I've been reading everything Patricia Cornwell... currently on Body of Evidence. Love the forensic descriptions and Kay Scarpetta is a great character.
Kathy wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson."Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!"
Hi Kathy
Based on your response I guess you liked this book?
I really love this character Lisbeth Salander. Too bad there will be only one more book in this series.
Yes, Karen, I loved The Girl Who Played with Fire, even more than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I am so sad that there will only be one more. Somebody told me that Larsson had planned on 10 in the series.
Reading: The Tehran Conviction: A Novel of Suspense by Tom Gabbay. Pretty interesting so far... Historical too. :)
I have just finished The Spare Room by Helen Garner. It was such a sensitive story and had me in tears a couple of times, and a huge lump in my throat for the remainder. Sad, funny and will be unforgettable.
Still slogging through Corelli's Mandolin for book club... also trying to read The Twisted Root by Anne Perry, but have to avoid that side of the bed table 'cuz book club is this weekend.
After The Spare Room I am now back to Crime.....The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner. As I said on another thread this is my first Perry Mason!!
Heidi wrote: "Still slogging through Corelli's Mandolin for book club..."
Didn't do much for me either. Haven't seen the film, which I suspect is better.
Didn't do much for me either. Haven't seen the film, which I suspect is better.
I am planning to read "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", should I read "The Girl Who Played With Fire" first. Has anyone read his latest and last thriller? 
Hayes wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Still slogging through Corelli's Mandolin for book club..."Didn't do much for me either. Haven't seen the film, which I suspect is better.
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The film was terrible, totally ripped the heart out the book (which is one of my favourites) Nicolas Cage should never have been cast as Corelli.
I did struggle with the book to begin with, but it's one of the those books that just took off when it reached a certain point and I couldn't put it down after that. I cried my eyes out reading the passages about the firing squad and the subsequent burial.
The film missed the point completely.
Oh, I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray at the moment.
Hayes wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Still slogging through Corelli's Mandolin for book club..."Didn't do much for me either. Haven't seen the film, which I suspect is better."
I dodged the film as I try to dodge every film with Nicholas Cage.
I bought a cheap copy of the book and left it so long on my TBR pile the glue dried out and it fell apart before I got to the end.
I was already so sick to death of it that I left the fallen chapters on the floor and skipped to the last dozen pages just glad to end the experience.
I have just finished Twilight, which wasn't nearly as bad as some people make out.Next up is Water for Elephants
Esther wrote: "Hayes wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Still slogging through Corelli's Mandolin for book club..."Didn't do much for me either. Haven't seen the film, which I suspect is better."
I dodged the film as I tr..."
Yeah, I can see why... I'm about 3/4 through it and I've already skipped to the end... not thrilled with the ending, so I'm guessing I won't like how it got there... too much war, too much Communism and too much literacy, if you know what I mean. I guess I'm just in the mood for a who-dun-it
Esther wrote: "I dodged the film as I try to dodge every film with Nicholas Cage..."
Can't say as he does much for me as well.... ;-)
Heidi, that was perfect... too much war and communism. The story part was nice, loved the old man and the little girl and the relationship between the soldiers and Corelli and the ending was good, but "slogging" was what is was really (sorry Charlotte... )
Can't say as he does much for me as well.... ;-)
Heidi, that was perfect... too much war and communism. The story part was nice, loved the old man and the little girl and the relationship between the soldiers and Corelli and the ending was good, but "slogging" was what is was really (sorry Charlotte... )
There were only about 100 pages where I was in love with Corelli's Mandolin (The parts with the firing squad, bad as that sounds). The rest was just okay. It was mostly just a slog :-)I didn't see the movie, mostly because I just cannot picture Nicolas Cage as Corelli.
I'm reading to Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly and Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov. I like to read two genres at all times.
I have just finished The Case of the Howling Dog it was my first Perry Mason, I found it too dated. Good story but repetitive and very slow moving. Now reading another dated (1975) book by P.D.James The Black Tower.
Awwww..I'm sorry to hear that Chris. I always find the "dated" aspect of Perry Mason to be part of the appeal.
Kandice wrote: "Awwww..I'm sorry to hear that Chris. I always find the "dated" aspect of Perry Mason to be part of the appeal."I am not saying that I wouldn't read another of his, maybe a later one as the story itself was very good. In the TV programme was Perry Mason in a wheelchair or am I getting confused with another legal eagle?
Raymond Burr, the actor that played Mason, later played an attorney named Ironsides. That's the gentleman in the wheelchair. I watched that show too, but it wasn't quite as engaging as My Man Mason!
On a little, funny sidenote, my son, who is now 16, used to watch Perry Mason re-runs with me. For his 8th Halloween, he was Perry Mason. He wore a black suit and skinny tie, white shirt, and...we painted his face and hands grey! I thought it was ingenius.
Kandice wrote: "Raymond Burr, the actor that played Mason, later played an attorney named Ironsides. That's the gentleman in the wheelchair. I watched that show too, but it wasn't quite as engaging as My Man Mason!"Oh of course 'Ironsides' is the one I was thinking of. Thanks Kandice.
Kandice wrote: "On a little, funny sidenote, my son, who is now 16, used to watch Perry Mason re-runs with me. For his 8th Halloween, he was Perry Mason. He wore a black suit and skinny tie, white shirt, and...we ..."Nice how a little chat about a book can bring back lovely old memories.
Finished reading Voices by Indriðason. This is a wonderful series set in Iceland; yet another series from the cold north that looks deep into the dark depths of the soul. These books must be written during the long dark winters.
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I just started The Cold Moonby Jeffery Deaver. I was impressed by the movie, The Bone Collector, which is the first in Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series. So far it hasn't grabbed me the way I wanted it to. We'll just have to see if I actually finish the book....