Currently Reading - 2011

[Art]

Tonight it's Hypothermia

[???!!!]

Starting , I think I've seen Naomi mentioned it before so am giving it a try.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

???!!! wrote: "Starting , I think I've seen Naomi mentioned it before so am giving it a try."

LOL...yeah, I have only mentioned it a few times!! bahahaha!!

[Susan]

I have just started Lucifer's Tears also.

[Susan]

I've started Peter Nadas's bad-tempered Parallel Stories, littered with his characters' murderous thoughts.

[Art]

Starting Unspoken tonight.

[Ellen]

I'm about halfway through The Boy in the Suitcase. I found the opening very confusing but now it's gripping. I'm curious about how the opening scenes will be worked into the resolution.

[Diane S ☔]

Reading The Secret in Their Eyes which I am enjoying a lot. Haven't read very much with the setting in Argentina. Also reading an ARC of The Darlings which is about the Wall St. set and their downfall.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

I just finished the book by Anthony Horowitz The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel and LOVED it! I hope he continues this as a series. It is def. one I would seek out!

[Diane S ☔]

This is the first book authorized by Doyle's estate. Haven't read it yet but will soon.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Yeah, that is what my librarian was saying. I thought it was fantastic!!!

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

and that is high praise indeed...lol!

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Are you going to read it, Dee...

I am also wrapping up another one today called Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, which is rockin' as well. I grabbed several good ones from the library last week!

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

possibly...i'll add it to the massive list...lol!

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

I am planning on reading The Submission - which Diane gave a decent review to, but first up is The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

[Dee, the Insanity Check]

ok, lied - I realized I can fit it into a current challenge since I DNF'd the book I was planning on using - I just reserved it at the library

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Dee wrote: "I am planning on reading The Submission - which Diane gave a decent review to, but first up is [book:The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Th..."

Awww. I would be interested in the author's hypothesis, since I believe the title to simply be true!!

[Art]

Starting Bad Intentions tonight.

[Susan]

Parallel Stories, a megabook by Peter Nadas: Parallelism makes explicit sexual writing no less obscene than relations among four women in their sixties who've known each other since school. Everything is tinged by the Holocaust, and for the women the extra suffering of growing old. Nadas is my exact contemporary. Is it this or that he plunges me into his lives that makes me share his nightmare? But how can I recommend it?

[Diane S ☔]

Reading Until Thy Wrath Be Past. Has anyone else read this one? Also reading an ARC of The Invisible Ones and the beginning is fantastic.

[Susan]

Diane wrote: "Reading Until Thy Wrath Be Past. Has anyone else read this one? Also reading an ARC of The Invisible Ones and the beginning is fantastic."

Thanks, Diane. I just got a sample of Until Thy Wrath Be Past delivered to my Kindle. We'll talk!

[???!!!]

Just finished and . I like the former better, may not be intense but realistic enough. Plus some culture lessons abt Finland. As for The Hypnotist I think it tried to cover too many grounds. So I wondered why I need to know this stuff many times in the story.

[Ellen]

I have not yet gotten my copy of which is frustrating but I am almost finished (well, 72%) which I like a good deal.

I am also reading (and enjoying) . For some reason, I have grown very attached to poor Rebeccka Martinson (forgive the spelling errors)

[MARILYN]

I finished Lucifer's Tears and can hardly wait for the next one.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

I need to cancel my print copy of LT and buy it on Kindle. My library already has Jim on a automatic order, so they won't need my copy.

[Ellen]

Just got my copy of -can hardly wait to start but I have a waiting list! (I may have to jump my own line though; I'm just so excited).

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

OK, mine copy of Helsinki White is preordered onto my Kindle...Come on March!!!

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

I am currently reading a novel called The Good Father: A Novel by Noah Hawley. The book is absolutely breaking my heart. It is incredibly powerful and emotional. To sum it up, it is about a father whose son assasinates a presidential candidate. While trying to figure out why the son has done it, he reflects on who he was as a father and such.

The book was recommended to me and I am really happy it was.

[Diane S ☔]

Naomi wrote: "I am currently reading a novel called The Good Father: A Novel by Noah Hawley. The book is absolutely breaking my heart. It is incredibly powerful and emotional. To ..."

Read this and loved it. Defending Jacob is also a very good read.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Actually, weren't you the one who recommended it to me???

[Diane S ☔]

Reading an ARC of The Lost Saints of Tennessee: A Novel. Also reading A Corpse's Nightmare: A Fever Devilin Novel which is a series I like a lot set in the Blue Mountains.

[Diane S ☔]

Naomi wrote: "Actually, weren't you the one who recommended it to me???"

Probably, I liked it quite a bit, found it heartbreaking as well.

[Naomi, the Sanity Check]

Diane wrote: "Naomi wrote: "Actually, weren't you the one who recommended it to me???"

Probably, I liked it quite a bit, found it heartbreaking as well."

You know I think it is so real that anyone who is a parent could put themselves there and ask how they would react.

I through Defending Jacob on my wishlist with Amazon. I will grab it from my library if I am still around here.

[Ellen]

Just started Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser It came through on my e-nypl hold so I couldn't wait, which I would have since I'm also way into Henning Mankell's The Dogs of Riga and Mari Jungstedt's Unseen. And for non-Nordic, I'm also reading Mr. Fox and The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (a very interesting collection with helpful commentary).

[Kailey]

Now that I am on winter break from school I can read whatever I like!! I am just starting The Uprising by Vaino Linna. I have wanted to read the Under the North Star trilogy forever and had to stop after the first book because of school demands.

[Steven]

I just finished The Snowmanwhich I loved and would like a recommendation of which book to read next by this author. I had a little trouble getting intoThe Devil's Star

[Diane S ☔]

Reading Ice Moon and an ARC of Believing the Lie, both are very good.

[Susan]

Steven wrote: "I just finished The Snowmanwhich I loved and would like a recommendation of which book to read next by this author. I had a little trouble getting intoThe Devil's Star"

I guess this means you're not reading them in order? That makes suggesting something more difficult. I've just begun The Snowman, but I've read the series in order. I have the next book, The Leopard, waiting on my shelf. Did you read TheRedeemer?

[Art]

Steven wrote: "I just finished The Snowmanwhich I loved and would like a recommendation of which book to read next by this author. I had a little trouble getting intoThe Devil's Star"

I'd read The Redbreast next and finish up the series from there.

[Art]

I've been reading lots of different things but not really anything Nordic or Noir at the moment...but I am listening to Cop Killer on CD as I work around the house right now.

[Steven]

Actually the The Redbreastis the one that gave me trouble. I'll take your advice go back and start at the beginning. Thanks

[Diane S ☔]

Finished Ice Moon which I did like, especially the main character or detective, though it is different from other Nordic crime novels, much moire psychological. Now reading Dregs which is fantastic so far and getting very good ratings, 4.57 so far.

[Dalia]

I just picked up Nesbo's The Leopard will start it tonight

[Ed]

I finished "The Leopard" today. Think "The Snowman" on steroids. Great energy, complexity, wit and style. One of the best books I've read this year.

[Susan]

Just finished Nesbø's REDEEMER, though Anne reminded me that I don't like Nesbø much. Here's my review: Frelseren by Jo Nesbø

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Not the worst, but far from the best of the current crop of Nordic noirs, THE REDEEMER follows a disturbing series of murders starting with that of a Salvation Army leader in Oslo. Cinematic crosscutting of scenes adds to the suspense, and the plot is sufficiently contorted but not extremely neat. Even when balancing compassion with alcoholism, Harry Hole still is not a very attractive protagonist. Perhaps I've been reading too many of these, because I feel like I've been compulsively stuffing myself with leftovers.



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[Dee, the Insanity Check]

my Helsinki White showed up today, so i'm reading Lucifer's Tears - since I refused to read it before HW came out because of some of the reviews I read...yeah, i'm naughty...lol!