What Are You Reading? June 2009-Mar 2010 Showing 401-450 of 1,072

[Chris]

I have just finished Death of a Glutton by M.C.Beaton. Another Hamish Macbeth quirky murder mystery. I am also reading The Second Wycliffe Omnibus by W.J.Burley. This consists of three complete novels and I am now reading the second which is Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist.

[Dorie]

Well, I already finished the Grabenstein book. They are always quick reads. I'm now starting Bloodline by Mark Billingham.

[Ananth]

Started with "Die for me" by Karen Rose.Unfortunately this is less of a mystery novel and more of hotch potch of romance,family Drama etc.Looks like our detective is so involved in his personal life that he has no time for the case in hand.

Dumped it halfway through and picked up "The Fifth Woman" by Henning Mankell. Hopefully this should be good.

[Sandra]

Just finished "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" last night and am still digesting it. I now want a Sawtelle dog just like Almondine. I read "Cemetery Dance" just before "Edgar" and was, as always, very entertained by Pendergast. Now I am starting on "Death Benefits" by Thomas Perry, one of my favorite authors.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Ananth wrote: "Started with "Die for me" by Karen Rose.Unfortunately this is less of a mystery novel and more of hotch potch of romance,family Drama etc.Looks like our detective is so involved in his personal lif..."

Hi Ananth. I hope you'll like Henning Mankell's work. Although he does bring in some of the personal lives of Kurt Wallander and his staff the cases they are involved in are complex and the setting very interesting.

[Kathy]

I just finished The Sister by Poppy Adams. It left me frustrated and disgruntled. My review sums it up.

[Heidi]

I finished The Twisted Root by Anne Perry and am staying in the mystery genre (sorry historical fiction).. I started the first book in the Inspector Morse series... will post title when I can find it.

[Donna]

AHH I finished NOTHING. I am still on Shantaram but very close to done. Then it's The Girl who PLayed with Fire then Stiff...

[Kathy]

I'm reading Mermaids in the Basement for the Southern Lit group I'm in and will lead its discussion beginning 9-15. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Teresa]

Carved in Bone great look at forensics, not overly violent or graphic in detail, good case, and the writing has a good flow to his writing

Sunstroke not sure where this book is going, took a strange turn

Marley & Me Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog have watched the movie twice, a very LOL book, and I KNOW a couple dogs like this

Die Trying got sidetracked and got to get back to reading this book for a book group

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Just finished Pat Conroy's South of Broad and loved it.

[Dorie]

Teresa, I really liked all of the Jefferson Bass books I've read. I think the author(s) balance the personal life stuff and the forensic case work very well.

[Teresa]

Dorie wrote: "Teresa, I really liked all of the Jefferson Bass books I've read. I think the author(s) balance the personal life stuff and the forensic case work very well."

I am enjoying it about 1/2 way done. One incident in this book bothered me (cock fighting). It fits into the story, it just rubbed me the wrong way.

[Nancy]

Just finished The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell. It surprised me - I thought it would be a cozy Victorian mystery - but it is not. Everyone has a secret and they are revealed slowly fron within the narration. Started reading Through the Glass Darkly - by Donna Leon - have not read one of hers in a long time. It will be fun to visit Venice -

[Donna]

The Girl who Played with Fire

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I am really looking forward to that one, Donna.

[Donna]

It is starting out really good all ready. The first one was a little rough in the beginning but this one grabs you right away!

[Donna]

I can't wait until The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is translated!

[Bettie]

I'm halfway into Beyond Suspicion on mp3 and it's good enough to distract me from the mundane.

[Faith]

I'm reading The Likeness by Tana French. Loving every minute of it after recently giving up (which I never do) on The Last Child.

I read In The Woods. The two books do share a few characters but from what I can tell it isn't absolutely necessary to read it before reading The Likeness. On the other hand I always prefer reading things in order when possible.

[JP]

Fiona wrote: "Me neither. I'm 3rd in line to get it in the library in October! Whoopie! But darn it I signed up to read Pillars of the Earth... I bet I get it JUST as I'm about to start that, I bet you anything...."
Hi Fiona,
I would have to consider Pillars of the Earth in the Top 5 of books I have read. It is an epic classic.
Best.
JP O'Donnell

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

I just started the eighth Alex Cooper book, Death Dance by Linda Fairstein. Finding it very hard to build up any enthusiasm about it though.

[Precious]

I'm reading Hurting Distance by Sophie Hannah. She is a really amazing thriller writer and I am so glad to have 'discovered' her.

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Re-reading (for the 800th time lol) Whose Body? by dorothy sayers, which I found on feedbooks for my ereader... :-)

always a pleasure!

[Paula]

I've started The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. I haven't read a Gerritsen book in a long time. I loved her stand alone books, not her romances. I didn't like the first book of Gerritsen's series with Jane Rizzoli. I can't even remember why, but Jane Rizzoli has become a more readable character for me. So far The Keepsake is a good book.

[Sandra]

I just finished Thomas Perry's "Death Benefits" and enjoyed it very much. Now I am going to re-read the Andrew Vachss "Burke" series from start to finish. Great character and good books (and Andrew Vachss is as interesting a character as those he writes about). Does anyone else like Mr. Vachss?

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Don't know the series, Sandra... they look a little gruesome *she said, shaking in her boots*

the first one anyway... child killers and all. Are they very gory?

[Bettie]

Onto the audio of 206 Bones on my home pc.

[Bill]

I just finished THE MENTALIST by Rod Duncan. This was a fun little book. 96 pages. Really a novella. There seems to be a whole series of these books from Crime Express, short novels by current hard-boiled writers, some not very well known over here in America. This one was quite well done. In a very quick time, Duncan was able to create four very distinct and interesting characters. He even managed to get in quite a lot of backstory of his main character. The writing was crisp and stripped down. My only quibbles are I did not get a very good feel for the place, which isn't a real problem in such a short narrative that is plot-driven, and I did figure out who the bad guy was fairly quickly, which again wasn't much of a problem in such a short book.
I'm looking forward to reading others in this sereis, especially the one by Alan Guthrie.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Started Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne, the first book in the Sister Fidelma series. I have been wanting to read this series for some time and I had a copy that will fit in my bag on my trip tomorrow so it was a perfect choice.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I read that one, and wasn't impressed, Donna, though a lot of people like the Sister Fidelmas. Great concept and setting, though.

[Faith]

Sandra wrote: "I just finished Thomas Perry's "Death Benefits" and enjoyed it very much. Now I am going to re-read the Andrew Vachss "Burke" series from start to finish. Great character and good books (and Andr..."

I've read Vachss. I think he's very good but very, very intense. Good luck reading the series straight through!! Sometimes I have trouble getting through just one.

[Chris]

I have just started Mourn Not Your Dead by Deborah Crombie only a few pages in but hooked already.

[Sandra]

Hi, Hayes, Andrew Vachss books can be pretty disturbing but they are very well written. He is an attorney with clients who are exclusively children and young adults. He is the founder of a child protection organization (the acronym slipped my mind just now) and really knows about what he writes. But, yes, they can be gruesome, indeed.

[Amayzun]

Just finished reading The Concrete Blonde

The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly

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Thanks Sandra... I read Keeping Watch a few years ago and found it tough going, good but shocking... will keep it in mind.

Continuing with the Sayers book and am adding A Plague on Both Your Houses, which looks really good.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Hi Hayes, I read A Plague on Both Your Houses some time ago and I do remember liking it especially the setting. Let us know what you think.

[[deleted user]]

Hi Donna. It's off to a good start! Just the kind of thing I adore, historical, mystery, well written!

[Ananth]

I am halfway through "The fifth Woman" by Henning Mankell.The novel is excellent and the mystery is gripping.Find it difficult to put it down every day but do not have the time to read through it one sitting.

The Murderer is a woman who brutally tortures and kills Men who have physically abused their wives.
The story is set in the 90's in Sweden and the author is Swedish..What is shocking is the violence against women is not one off rage incident but deliberate and repeated cruelty.

The book is fiction but writers are not likely to write something which is toally absent in the society.

Sweden is right on top of developed nations and known to have strong legal deterrants on physical abuse.In spite of all this this bane continues. Looks like prosperity and education is not enough to end this scourge.Wonder what else is required to eradicate it.

[Chris]

I have just started Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer He is one of my favourite authors. Only a few pages in but enjoying it already.

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Ananth wrote: "I am halfway through "The fifth Woman" by Henning Mankell.The novel is excellent and the mystery is gripping.Find it difficult to put it down every day but do not have the time to read through it o..."

I hope that wasn't a spoiler Ananth...

[Bill]

Just finished Connelly's THE SCARECROW. Michaels Connelly's books go down like comfort food. Easy to digest with a familiar and comforting taste. And The Scarecrow is a welcome addition to the Connelly world. I enjoyed the pacing of the book: the action takes place over about two weeks during which a serial killer is discovered and we learn a lot about the failing newspaper business. I also like the way Connellly references his other characters periphally - both Harry Bosch and Micky Haller are alluded to, but not by name. My only complaint about the book is the romance between the two main characters. Connelly often has the need to include romances in his books between leading characters and then in later books he has to somehow deal with the relationships. Jack and Rachel's even goes back to Jack's first appearance in THE POET, and Connelly then needs to explain what happened in the intervening ten years to Jack while Rachel was having her on-again/off-again relationship with Bosch. Didn't he see SPEED where Sandra Bullock tells Keanu Reeves that relationships forged in intense circumstances never last. The only benefit the relation between Jack and Rachel had for the book was it allowed Rachel to believe Jack at the beginning, setting in motion the FBI's involvement. After that, in many ways, the relationship was distracting for me. But I still liked and enjoyed the book.

[Donna]

Just started Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach.

I think this one will be a quick read.

[Joyce]

I've just started Working Stiff by Annelise Ryan and am enjoying it. It's another book touted as a read-alike for Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. Ryan's book isn't as over-the-top, but I'm enjoying it so far.

[Fiona (Titch)]

About to read Succubus in the City - Nina Harper.

Lily has what looks like the perfect life: a fabulous day job at a fashion magazine; a killer figure she can literally never lose; and a great group of girlfriends who are always there for her. Oh, and she also just-so-happens to be a succubus: an immortal demon who draws her power from other men's pleasure. Although working for the Devil does have it's perks, Lily's realising that serving up bad boys to the fiery pits of Hell is just getting ...well, lonely. Just once, Lily would like to wake up in the morning to something more than a pile of ashes but, contractually bound to Satan, she will only be released if someone truly loves her. Then the devilishly handsome PI Nathan Coleman enters her life and Lily begins to wonder if he might be the man she's been waiting for. He wants to ask Lily a few questions about a missing man, but suddenly someone - or something - wants Lily and her demon friends dead, and Nathan seems to know more than he'll admit to. Can a sweet-talking mortal and a girl from Hell ever really find true love?

[Donna]

Fiona wrote: "Donna, I really loved that book and really want to read Spook and Bonk. My library has Bonk actually maybe I'll reserve that. They also have Six Feet Over which I hadn't actually heard of...

Would..."


I plan on donating my body to Science, Not because of this book but because I think it is for the best.

[Janice]

Some of the above authors/titles I have not heard of but have written all down per your reviews so will head to library tomorrow. Meanwhile I went off the beaten path and read BeachClub by Elin Hilderbrand just the kind of fluff I needed before reading The Likeness which I will start tonite. Anybody read Hilderbrand?

[Heidi]

I've finally got The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in my hands and am taking it with me to the HS football game tonight (my kid is in the band so I'm not much for the football part)... I sure hope it's as good as everyone says... good use a great read!

[Joyce]

I've finished Working Stiff by Annelise Ryan and I think this series has promise. I've now started Tarquin Hall's The Case of the Missing Servant: a Vish Puri mystery.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Heidi wrote: "(my kid is in the band so I'm not much for the football part)"

I was in band and I can't tell you how many hours my parents clocked at football games, just to watch our show every time. My sister was four years behind me, so they went through it for 8 years straight. It was always great to have them there though.