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Jun 30, 2017 06:02PM
I just finished listening to This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer. It is the last book in the Clifton Chronicles. I must say that I have enjoyed the series tremendously and am sad to say goodbye to my literary friends. Jeffrey Archer is probably one of the best pure storytellers around!
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I am now reading and listening to
. I am liking this one more than the previous book.
If you haven't branched out into her other series, do. ALL of them are fun. I'd save the "Midnight, Texas" series for last, as several characters from several previous series make an appearance, and it's fun knowing who they are!
Rebecca wrote: "If you haven't branched out into her other series, do. ALL of them are fun. I'd save the "Midnight, Texas" series for last, as several characters from several previous series make an appearance, an..."Are you planning on watching the Midnight, Texas TV show? It starts on the 24th on NBC. It probably won't be much like the books, like True Blood, but plan on checking it out anyway. I didn't care much for her non-supernatural books.
Wow...thanks for the headsup! I still had it down for the original July 25th! Yes, I do plan to watch it, although I'm not expecting much. I'll give it two episodes before I make a decision to follow it or not. Network tv (and most premiums) do a poor job with series. I was SO disappointed in True Blood! I wish STARZ was doing them all. They do a terrific book-to-movie job.I actually like the Aurora Teagarden series. AND the Lily Bard series. AND the Harper Connelly, although that last one is supernatural-ish. AND Lily Bard shows up in the Sookie Stackhouse books, too. And a BUNCH of people show up in the Midnight Texas books.
I love the Aurora Teagarden series too, and have liked the Sookie Stackhouse books from the time they were first published, though the "True Blood" TV show got crazy and I had to quit watching it. Haven't read "Midnight, Texas." Wow, Ms. Harris is mighty prolific. I will look for that series.
You'll run into folks from ALL of the other series in Midnight, Texas! Enjoy!
Rebecca wrote: "Wow...thanks for the headsup! I still had it down for the original July 25th! Yes, I do plan to watch it, although I'm not expecting much. I'll give it two episodes before I make a decision to foll..."The Lily Bard books were okay, but the Aurora Teagarden books never grabbed me. Read 2 of the 4 Harper Connelly books and never felt compelled to read the other 2.
I actually liked True Blood, though it did get really weird. You just had to separate the two as a TV show and a book series that just happened to have characters with the same names. I thought it was cute the way she brought Lily into the Sookie books. Also, enjoyed seeing some of the Sookie characters show up in Midnight, too.
Melodie wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Wow...thanks for the headsup! I still had it down for the original July 25th! Yes, I do plan to watch it, although I'm not expecting much. I'll give it two episodes before I make a ..."If I remember correctly, Lily Bard may have shown up in one of the Midnight books, as well. And I THINK I remember at least a reference to Harper Connelly.
I am taking a moment to breathe after the last cozy I read. I am now engrossed in Karen White's House on Tradd Street. So much of Charleston from another author. I like how it clearly will be a Romance. Yet there is a ghost story going on. It reminds me of reading a cozy.
Catherine wrote: " I am taking a moment to breathe after the last cozy I read. I am now engrossed in Karen White's House on Tradd Street. So much of Charleston from anoth..."I do love me a good romance with a ghost story! YEARS ago I read a book called "Ammie Come Home." I may have to track it down and read it again.
A good romance/mystery cozy is _Lilac Night_ by Michael T. Hinkemeyer.
I've now started book2
which also helped as I needed a pink book cover.
MadameZelda wrote: "I've now started book2 which also helped as I needed a pink book cover."You might also like Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends" trilogy. I loved them!
Melodie wrote: "MadameZelda wrote: "I've now started book2 which also helped as I needed a pink book cover."You might also like Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends" trilogy. I love..."
The first book in the trilogy is the best the two that followed were OK...since i'm from SF I loved the books when I read them years ago
I also liked The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove, #2)
Paris (kerbytejas) wrote: "Melodie wrote: "MadameZelda wrote: "I've now started book2 which also helped as I needed a pink book cover."You might also like Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends"..."
I actually liked the 2nd and 3rd books a bit more than the first one!
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Mbue spoke at an author talk I went to last month. Turns out she lost her job, was job hunting (unsuccessfully) and after an interview happened to walk past a group of chauffeurs waiting at the curb for their affluent employers. Now she's a best-selling author!
That is on my list of TBR books, I'm not sure when I will get to it yet, but I always find time to read Oprah's book club books at one time or another I have read all of them so far!Mary'
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Mary - That's very impressive! I've read some of the Oprah book picks but I have a shelf full of others that are in my TBR.
I just heard Behold the Dreamers: A Novel was the new Oprah choice. The author must be over the moon! The job loss that led her to write this book turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Nell wrote: "Mary wrote: "That is on my list of TBR books, I'm not sure when I will get to it yet, but I always find time to read Oprah's book club books at one time or another I have read all of them so far"..."
Nell,
I don't think she will be worried about finding another job now that Oprah picked her new book for the Book Club. I think she will be on easy street from now on. Oprah usually makes the authors wealthy when they get a book on her lists. Be on the look out for it to be a movie or on TV!
Mary
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It will be. The author sold the movie rights to Behold the Dreamers: A Novel before it became an Oprah pick. I learned that at the author talk last month. She was asked who she'd like to see playing the MC roles but declined to offer any suggestions.
The book focuses on the experience of immigrants at a time when that's a hot topic in America. It was already a bestseller but now sales will skyrocket!
Having just finished
Arson Plus and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 1 I am now working on the second volume in the series.
I'm reading the next in the series. It's
.
Nell wrote: "Mary wrote: "Nell wrote: "Mary wrote: "That is on my list of TBR books, I'm not sure when I will get to it yet, but I always find time to read Oprah's book club books at one time or another I have ..."Oh sure, she is on her way, she will be on Easy street soon, if not already. She does not need to think about money anymore or where her next meal will come from.
Mary
A dear friend sent me a box of goodies, and in it was a beautiful book,
by Sarah Addison Allen. If this book lives up to its jacket, I will be looking for more by Ms. Allen.
Rebecca wrote: "A dear friend sent me a box of goodies, and in it was a beautiful book, by Sarah Addison Allen. If this book lives up to its jacket, I will be looking for more by ..."What a lovely friend you have, Rebecca.
C-shaw wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "A dear friend sent me a box of goodies, and in it was a beautiful book, by Sarah Addison Allen. If this book lives up to its jacket, I will be look..."She is wonderful. I get boxes of books, in fact, from TWO friends! I can't say how grateful I am to have them.
I am now reading and listening to
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"This really sounds fascinating. I'll be interested to know what you think of it.
I just finished
, and it was as wonderful as I had hoped. I highly recommend Sarah Addison Allen to anyone who loves Alice Hoffman.
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, and it was as wonderful as I had hoped. I highly recommend Sarah Addison Allen to anyone who loves Alice Hoffman."I read this a few years ago and really liked it too. I've enjoyed all the books that I've read by this author.
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I am currently listening to Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Her books are fascinating and written in a way for lay people to understand. Which I appreciate. While I may be interested in the topic, I don't need every tidbit of information out there.
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Reading "The Japanese Lover" by Isabel Allende. Interesting as far as the Japanese internment times in our history but ... oh well, interesting book.
I'm currently working my way through a lot of old Jennifer Crusie books that I read years and years ago. It's a bit like seeing old friends again.
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I wish I could find more cozies or even mysteries that feature African American women. But I read a wide range of mysteries - just finished F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton and the psychological thriller The Break Down by B.A. Paris
Jeanne wrote: "I just finished 
News of the World by Paulette Jiles. I found it uplifting and beautifully written."Me too - a great little book!
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News of the World by Paulette Jiles. I found it uplifting and beautifully written."Me too - a great little book!"
Good to know. It's next on my list.
I just finished both of Gabriel King's "WIld Road" books. I'm a cat person, and the beauty, sadness, joy and hope just floored me.
jaxnsmom wrote: "Tell us what else you're reading""The Little Flower Shop Beside the Sea" by Ali McNamara - set in Cornwall, England.
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