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You people are such a bad influence on me! Now I've added The Outsiders to my Wish List. Bad, Bad, Bad! LOLCurrently feeding my vampire craving with Blood on the Ice and my need to read some of the books I already own with Never Cry Wolf.
I just found my box of Hardy Boys books, I have a feeling one or two of those may show up soon in one of the what are you currently reading threads.
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by Elie Wiesel for the 2016 Sugarpop Challenge."That's a really good one, quite profound. I've read it twice -- first for a college course, and then again years later on my own.
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Well, I finished it Tuesday and while it was okay, it wasn't one of the best mysteries I've read. I guessed whodunit and the motive as soon as the murder occurred, which left the how to figure out. As I said previously, there is a lot of strong language, particularly in the first half of the book, and I felt like a few threads pursued near the end were left dangling. I'll let all of you decide whether to read it or not.
Back to the cozies, at least momentarily....
Just finished reading
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. This brings me to 23 out of 41 books read for the Popsugar Challenge! I'm over halfway there!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey both for the Ultimate Challenge.
After I finish
I'll be finishing off
by John Jakes. I first read it in high school. I bet it ends up on my ultimate challenge after I finish it. Glory in Death will work for that as well in at least one category.
Is that the same John Jakes that wrote The Bastard? If so, I never thought of him as a fantasy writer.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Is that the same John Jakes that wrote The Bastard? If so, I never thought of him as a fantasy writer."He was best known as a sci-fi and fantasy author before he wrote The Bastard. Apparently he still gets asked by fans what is Brak up to these days. All of the Brak adventures have been compiled in two E-book collections from Open Road Media which is also the E-book publisher of The Kent Family Chronicles.
They have also issued a collection of Jake's western short stories, all of which are in my TBR stack.
Just finished my Kindle Unlimited selection
The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gary wrote: "Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Is that the same John Jakes that wrote The Bastard? If so, I never thought of him as a fantasy writer."He was best known as a sci-fi..."
I did not know that. I have read some of the John Jakes books. Thanks for the info.
Back in my high school days in the early 1970s and into my college and law school years 1972-1979 I was all over sword and sorcery books, Robert Howard's Conan, Michael Moorcock's various Eternal Champion series, Lin Carter's Thongor, Jake's Brak the Barbarian, Gardner Fox's Kothar Series and others. That was in addition to anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as mystery novels, epic fantasy novels, science fiction novels and short story collections, pulp fiction (Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider, The Avenger) and comics. Somewhere in there were TV novel spin-offs from The Man From UNCLE, The Avengers, Dark Shadows and of course Star Trek.
Gary wrote: "Back in my high school days in the early 1970s and into my college and law school years 1972-1979 I was all over sword and sorcery books, Robert Howard's Conan, Michael Moorcock's various Eternal C..."I loved the Dark Shadows novels. A few years ago I put together the whole set from eBay and online bookstores. I pick one out and reread it every now and again.
Were those based on the TV soap? (Dark Shadows)
Think I’ll try and put together a Nancy Drew collection like you did Dark Shadows. A quest!
Nancy wrote: "Were those based on the TV soap? (Dark Shadows)"Yes, they were. They were written by Marilyn Ross, which was a pen name but can't remember the author's real name.
Melodie wrote: "Gary wrote: "Back in my high school days in the early 1970s and into my college and law school years 1972-1979 I was all over sword and sorcery books, Robert Howard's Conan, Michael Moorcock's vari..."I just found 2 Dark Shadows at Goodwill.
Leona wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Gary wrote: "Back in my high school days in the early 1970s and into my college and law school years 1972-1979 I was all over sword and sorcery books, Robert Howard's Conan, Michael..."Which ones did you find?
Now reading/finishing
Haven't read this since high school.
Also started the 3rd Merry Wrath Mystery. After reading yhe cussing topic, I think maybe this series is soft-boiled as opposed to cozy. Still funny is funny, the infrequent use of damn and dammit and what the hells do not bother me.
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It's in Mount TBR. ,-)
I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee last night. I know this book is an American classic but I found it boring.
Teresa wrote: "I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee last night. I know this book is an American classic but I found it boring."That's why there are so many different genres. We don't all like the same things.
Melodie wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee last night. I know this book is an American classic but I found it boring."That's why there are so many dif..."
For sure. I LOVED To Kill A Mockingbird but I HATED Of Mice and Men and most people I've come across really like John Steinbeck but I've never been a fan of his.
Melodie wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee last night. I know this book is an American classic but I found it boring."That's why there are so many dif..."
Agreed. Although, I love Dickens and Austen, Harper Lee just wasn't my thing. I have to admit that I like the PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge because it makes me broaden my reading horizons a little. Some categories I like, and some I don't but I enjoy stretching myself.
I'm getting ready to start
by Susan Ee which is the last of the Penryn & the End of Days trilogy, which are amazing books. It also crosses off the dystopian category in the PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge.
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Recently finished The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis for the "Ultimate" challenge. I had encountered at least half the poems included previously. Would recommend it for those who haven't read much poetry.
Gary wrote: "Leona wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Gary wrote: "Back in my high school days in the early 1970s and into my college and law school years 1972-1979 I was all over sword and sorcery books, Robert Howard's ..."I need to get the Dark Shadows books as they at my office. I keep forgetting.
Leona wrote: "Gary wrote: "Leona wrote: "Melodie wrote: "Gary wrote: "Back in my high school days in the early 1970s and into my college and law school years 1972-1979 I was all over sword and sorcery books, Rob..."I'll dig the 2 or 3 I found out of the box they are in and post them here, assuming they are in the GR database.
I just finished reading my 3rd book by Kate Morton,
The Distant Hours. This book is literally going to haunt me for a while. I absolutely love her story telling, what a gift.
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Good book!
Still reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, about 2/3 of the way through it. Made good progress over the weekend, though not quite as much as hoped.
I finished The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey over the weekend and really enjoyed it. It wasn't a particularly original plot but it was well written.
When I am not reading Cozy Murder Mysteries (or working on them) I am quite often to be found mulling over places like this, looking for the next book to read. Fascinating and very distracting - as I am now getting lists of books I haven't heard of before :-)
Currently reading
Just finished my Kindle Unlimited selection
First Activation by Darren Wearmouth and Marcus Wearmouth.I really enjoyed it. It starts like a standard zombie apocalypse. But there's a twist! No zombies. Definitely worth a peek!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. Now I have the nothing says read me now syndrome...I'll figure out by this afternoon.
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You did see the smiley there right? Such distinctions were silly even back in the 1960s when I was in grade school. I could never figure out why it was ok to read the Hardy Boys and not Nancy Drew. I did read one of cousins Nancy Drew books and learned that it was mighty similar to the Hardy Boy books. I later learned that the group of authors was responsible for the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift The Bobbsey Twins and several other series for younger readers.