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Sharon wrote: "Jannene wrote: " finished Body Of Lies (Eve Duncan, #4) and it was another good read. I'm starting to get used to the idea of Bonnie the ghost talking to Eve. "I've read a number of the Eve Dunca..."
I enjoyed The Search but haven't read Dark Summer. I should look that one up. I liked her two books she jointly had written with her son,
Shadow Zone and Silent Thunder both were very good.
Tim wrote: "I am finishing up my first Lawsrence Block. Just simply a great writer in this genre. I like everything about 
. I'd love to hear from others who like Block and w..."Block: I love Scudder and Keller-- the others haven't caught me quite so much.
I have Gone Girl Gone Girl on my desk, but haven't had time to pick it up -- one kid going off to college next week, the others all starting the first day of school Monday, and catching up on back-to-school shopping, etc. I'm writing at night, not reading ... but next week!
I just finished Die Trying. It was definitely not as good as the first book. I only finished it because I had gotten to far into before I realized that I wasn't that impressed. It got a little better but not much.
Going to start reading Creole Belle. I've never read this author. I hope people are accurate saying they can be read as a stand alone. I'm one of those freaks that do not read books out of order. This will be my first. I'll be reading this for the book read.
just finished TRACE by Caldwell, very disappointed. Now reading CAPTAIN BY THOMAS BLOCK...co author of MAYDAY with Nelson DeMille. Happy to say I found another favorite author. Cannot put this book down. If you like a good face paced thriller BLOCK'S CAPTAIN IS FOR YOU.
Started four last night/ today: The Dressmaker
, which has already sent me scurrying to Wikipedia to see what fashions by Lucille looked like; Murder With Puffins
, which is the second in a cozy mystery series that I read the first of several months ago; Sand Sharks
, which is one of two or three later books in this series that remain as part of my "batting cleanup" project, and Eight Million Ways to Die
, next in my series reread of the Scudder books. Hoping to race through a couple of these mysteries because I really want to read Gone Girl
and Rules of Civility
.
I Just finished Valley of Ashes by Cornelia Read. It was wonderful. I love all her books but this was the best one yet!
In the thriller category I read Cradle and All by James Patterson and Drink With The Devil by Jack HigginsUke Jackson
Now reading
Just started Bleed A River Deep, the third of the Inspector Devlin mysteries. The best so far, I think.
I am working on Kisscut by Karin Slaughter. I am completely engrossed so far. I recently finished Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson. I liked it.
I started reading Don't Ever Get Old several weeks ago when I got an advance copy through NetGalley. My computer crashed before I finished, and I was unable to re-DL the book from NetGalley, so I had to wait until I could get a print copy from my library. That's finally available, so now I have to figure out where I left off, then go from there!
Rachel wrote: "finished The Lost Hours and i loved itcurrently reading Dark Places"
Love to hear what you think about Dark Places. I am planning on reading it soon.
Vicki wrote: "Rachel wrote: "finished The Lost Hours and i loved itcurrently reading Dark Places"
Love to hear what you think about Dark Places. I am planning on reading it soon."
i'll let you know :)
i just started it but so far so good
Just finished Rain Fall by Eisler No Survivorsby Tom Cain and The Outlander. I Have reviews for all three. Reading The Fifth Servant. Simply said Rain Fall and Tom Cain's sequel to The Accident Man are both assassin themed novels and I liked. Outlander was good but not really a thriller too me, adventure but not thriller.
This Fifth Servant is: historical fiction of 1692 Prague with serious Jewish and Christian themes and mystery intrigue. so far so good. Hits my "UN Countries Challenge too".
I just finished a book I couldn't put down - The Paradise Prophecy by Robert Browne. An epic supernatural thriller, with a spiritual spin on the demon and angel hierarchy. Browne racks up the twists and the "that did not just happen!" moments that you have to go back and indulgently re-read as you didn't see it coming. See my full review:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Now reading The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose- more supernatural intrigue!The Reincarnationist
Just finished the two mysteries by GR author, Steve Robinson. His main character, Jefferson Tayte, is a genealogist who seems to get himself embroiled in deep family secrets while delving into family histories. Titles are In The Blood, and To The Grave. Both were very good...I hope he keeps on going.
Vicki wrote: "I am working on Kisscut by Karin Slaughter. I am completely engrossed so far. I recently finished Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson. I liked it."
I am considering these selections. I do have a totally off-topic question, though. How do you get the titles of your books underlined? Thanks.
I just finished Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva, the latest in the Gabriel Allon series. I love the books and this one definitely hooked me with stunning detail on the Vatican and Jerusalem
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I recently finished Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson. I liked it."
I am considering these selections. I do..."
Hi VickieLee, The underline of the title means the link to the book. To do that, when you have the comment box open just above it on the upper right you will see the words add book/author (some html is ok)
Click on the add book/author and you will get a box in which you can search for the book or author you want to include. When you find the book click on Add and it will put the title in underlined. You can also include the cover if you want using this same feature.
If you just want to make something bold or italics or use the spoiler feature the html coding is listed in the box that is revealed when you click on the (some html is ok). There are more instruction in the various threads in the Techno Corner folder, just scroll down to the bottom of the folder on this site.
Jannene wrote: "Have you read his other series, Michael Osbourne? I have The Marching Season and The Mark Of The Assassin but haven't started them yet"I have not read them. I might down the road when I finish the Gabriel Allon series.
I just finished Prince Of Fire. Another good read from Daniel Silva. I am now reading The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston
Just finished The Ghosts of Belfast. Excellent crime fiction novel, gave it 5 stars. Halfway through The Night Class.
I just finished reading
. This was a crazy book, literally. But it was very entertaining. Right now I am reading
, Very creepy
I just finished Fire Season by Jon Loomis. It was a short, light read, but still carried enough weight to be worth the time. Now I'm reading Calico Joe by John Grisham. I'm always happy to have Grisham step away from his usual legal novels. So far, I'm really enjoying this baseball story.
I finished the 50 Shades books this past weekend & enjoyed them, although not usually my type of read. I've been waiting for The Hunger Games movie to come out so that I could watch it and get a visual for what happened in the first book (I had a hard time picturing what was going on). Now I've started
so that I can finish the trilogy.I also started
by Gregg Hurwitz. It was a random book I had in my library that I got for a good price. I read one other of his books,
and LOVED it so I'm hoping this one is good as well!
If you have ever seen Tom Selleck Playing Jesse Stone in one of the Jesse stone versions of Robert Parkers series you would believe that the Movies came first. He portrays Jesse Stone exactly as Parker wrote it. Never liked Spencer series either the books or the TV series. But Jesse Stone are a winner both The Movies and the Books. (on page 146 of 304)
Just finihsed Hostile Witness, courtroom drama. There are plenty of reviews so I won't add one on the book page.OK, I'm not a big fan of the Grisham type books as they are usually written by lawyers (wife of a judge in this case) and the lawyer is always conflicted about their client and has some emotional baggage they carry around. The client is one of several stock characters. In this one, the lawyer has an ex-cop boyfriend. Well, there's something new and unexpected. The story rolled out as is typical with lawyer books and turned on a piece of evidence they had all along and surprise, just didn't look at right. Scott Turow this isn't but, if you like attorney/courtroom exchanges between attorneys, it might be a go. No. No. I object. Calls for speculation on the part of the witness.
Finishing that I started The Moghul. The billing on this is 'The best book on India since Kipling'. I'm only about four chapters in and never once thought of Kipling (a fav of mine) once. What I did think of was James Clavell's Shōgun with a bit of Hornblower or Master and Commander. I'm liking this so far. It follows the founding of the East India Company and how they worked to take India from the Portugese. A little history I didn't know and more than a dash of swashbuckle. If this finishes as well as it started, I'll happily write a five star for it.
Just finished
Much of it was what I learned in High school but the second half of the book was the interesting Part, that I knew Little about. The Escape and the Possibilities of conspiracy's involving High political parties.
Finished reading
this afternoon. A good story, but I had to suspend disbelief too many times to rate it very high. How many 87 year old ex-detectives are going to be able to outwit an entire major city police department AND solve a decades old mystery at the same time? Now I can start my re-read of
for my F2F book club meeting on Friday!
I'm in the middle of reading
. It's the first of Gordon Ferris's novels I've read, and I'm impressed. Set in post second-world-war Glasgow, it tells of a man wrongly convicted, and due to hang, for a child murder. Ferris captures the poverty, depravity and slum conditions of The Gorbals and blends it in with the suspense and tension of – I expect – a police stitch-up.
I just finished The Innocent by David Baldacci. It was a good book but I do not particularly like to read books that require you to suspend your belief system: That all these things could happen perfectly and on time without any kind of mishap. There were so many things going on and all it would need was a stranger to stump their toe to bring it all tumbling down but of course that did not happen.
Just finished
. Disappointing, gave it 2 stars. Just starting
.
Just finished reading
and am now starting
Aparna wrote: "I am going to start 
"Enjoy
I am reading
which is the first in a series. This is middle ages crime and thriller and a bit of gore rolled up together!!
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Have you read his other series, Michael Osbourne? I have The Marching Season and The Mark Of The Assassin but haven't started them yet.