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Thanks so much, Deb! I appreciate the help. I've never read books about spies, FBI agents, etc., although I love watching those kind of movies.
Zoe|1372446664|3473862 said:Thanks so much, Deb! I appreciate the help. I've never read books about spies, FBI agents, etc., although I love watching those kind of movies.
VRBeauty|1372055319|3471199 said:babs23r|1372035074|3471093 said:Anyone have a favorite to suggest? Love historical fiction, or a good drama.
Devil in the White City - not historical fiction but history - told in a riveting manner. You'll wish it had been a fictional account.
JewelFreak|1374404649|3487128 said:What fun to find another Georgette Heyer fan! Can't count the number of times I've read her books. They're just a blast. Her mysteries don't do much for me, though -- have you read any of them?
JewelFreak|1374404649|3487128 said:Deb, keep going with Devil in the White City -- I had a hard time getting into it, but it gets rivetting once you do. I couldn't put it down.
What fun to find another Georgette Heyer fan! Can't count the number of times I've read her books. They're just a blast. Her mysteries don't do much for me, though -- have you read any of them? I also LOVE Peter Wimsey -- periodically get cravings for Sayers & dig out Peter from the bookcase, same for Jane Austen. I actually read more history than fiction but need a vacation in the form of good mysteries or classics every so often. I read Oliver Twist recently to catch up my Dickens memories.
Found another author who writes great detective stories: Linda Castillo. Her detective is a female police chief in Ohio Amish country, Kate Burkholder; intelligent mysteries & she's very good at character nuance. Things are clearest if you read them in order: first one is Sworn to Silence.
I'll try some of your authors!
--- Laurie
They are fairly graphic, Zoe. You see the same stuff on every screen, but reading it is different, somehow. However, her stuff is smart -- so many writers make their characters do stooopid things in order to get into the mess they need for the plot & everyone around them is equally dim. Castillo's people come across as real -- I kept re-reading little descriptive asides that were so perceptive & true. She doesn't over-emotionalize either, which is refreshing.Zoe said:I liked her books but found them pretty gruesome.
AGBF said:The Old Girls Network from my former school told me that she had left me something. I met with another teacher the next time I returned to Connecticut and out of the trunk of her car came several large cardboard boxes of Georgette Heyer books! (I now have many duplicates!)
aviastar|1374430419|3487308 said:I haven't tried any Georgette Heyer, yet, any particular titles to start with, ladies?
JewelFreak|1374441980|3487376 said:The Toll Gate and The Convenient Marriage are also good to start with.
Deb -- do you like P.G. Wodehouse? He's another writer of whom I need a fix now & then. Absolutely adore his use of language!
JewelFreak|1374404649|3487128 said:Deb, keep going with Devil in the White City -- I had a hard time getting into it, but it gets rivetting once you do. I couldn't put it down.
AGBF|1375152562|3492874 said:JewelFreak|1374404649|3487128 said:Deb, keep going with Devil in the White City -- I had a hard time getting into it, but it gets rivetting once you do. I couldn't put it down.
I finished Devil In The White City by Erik Larson. I think I finished it this morning, although it might have been yesterday; days just flow together for me sometimes!
I did find it compelling, but I always had a lurking sense about the correctness of those two themes being interwoven to make a book. I mean, Mr. Larson made a very interesting book out of weaving the story of the world's fair and its culmination with the assassination of the Mayor of Chicago with the story of the Mudgett murders, but was there any real reason that they should have been written about together?
I would love to discuss the book those of you who have read it. It seems to have been quite widely read by our little group, so please, tell me what you think. I do think that Mr. Larson did a great job of depicting the era. It reminded me of my forgotten history classes and that the Progressive Era had not yet occurred. Not only in the stock yards, but everywhere that there was industry. That the robber barons had not faced the bravery of men who would lay down their lives for the right to unionize. It was fascinating.
Meanwhile I have gone on to Silken Prey, the latest in the Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford. Someone's got to do it. Read non-fiction all day, I mean.
AGBF
packrat|1375152650|3492875 said:I just got done w/Silken Prey last week. I really enjoy John Sanford.
packrat|1375411280|3494992 said:I'll talk about John Sanford-he's one of my favorite authors. I "found" him when I was in book clubs years ago. You know, the ones where you get a bunch of "free" books and then you have to buy so many in 3 years. I would go thru the catalogs and circle the cheapest books-one of the Prey books happened to be an 8.98 selection so I got it and was totally hooked. I've read all of them, some of them a few times. I like him b/c he kicks a$$. He takes offense, like it's...a personal affront to him, when things happen to women and children. (Like Lee Child's Jack Reacher) Plus, the books all take place sort of in my neck of the woods and I get a kick out of that.
dragonfly411|1375454747|3495260 said:Since this is a books thread.
I have decided that my rabbits surely must be taking silflay fu inle', since surely they did not take off as a group of hlessil over us being there right? We haven't done anything too scary and our hrududu stay at the front of the property, far from their burrows. But I haven't seen them in two weeks, not even the chief rabbit and he was the brave one. It's making me sad.
aviastar|1374430419|3487308 said:How funny that this thread should pop up again today- I just finished a book I wanted to share and was going to dig it up again!
I haven't tried any Georgette Heyer, yet, any particular titles to start with, ladies?
I've finished several enjoyable, fluffy, little fantasy books over the last few weeks. Castle in the Air, a companion novel to Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynn Jones; always a nice read, but I still love Howl the best. The Selection and The Elite, by Keira Cass; super light, fluffy, easy reads. Technically dystopian, but princess dystopian; I'll read the last book in the series when it comes out next year and gave them solid 3 stars each on Goodreads.
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packrat|1375411280|3494992 said:I'll talk about John Sanford-he's one of my favorite authors. I "found" him when I was in book clubs years ago. You know, the ones where you get a bunch of "free" books and then you have to buy so many in 3 years. I would go thru the catalogs and circle the cheapest books-one of the Prey books happened to be an 8.98 selection so I got it and was totally hooked. .
aviastar|1375462739|3495351 said:dragonfly411|1375454747|3495260 said:Since this is a books thread.
I have decided that my rabbits surely must be taking silflay fu inle', since surely they did not take off as a group of hlessil over us being there right? We haven't done anything too scary and our hrududu stay at the front of the property, far from their burrows. But I haven't seen them in two weeks, not even the chief rabbit and he was the brave one. It's making me sad.
Must be the case! I had a little first year go tharn the other day and let me walk almost all the way up to him before he bolted. And a giant (must have been in the owlsa) was stealing my rosebuds, too. But come to think of it, I haven't seen either of them in a few weeks, either. It has been awfully hot, I bet they are sleeping ni frith and taking silflay fu inle' to avoid the heat!
AGBF|1375463712|3495363 said:I don't know what you said, dragonfly, although I am sure it is worth figuring out. I just wanted to say that I have been thinking about you as I have been posting in this thread and am really delighted to see you here. You have always made The Library and Pricescope book threads wonderful places to spend time.
Hugs,
Deb
dragonfly411|1375464875|3495379 said:AGBF - Watership Down. Read it!!!
P.S. Thank you for the compliment. Books are one of my greatest passions, and I believe the world is a better place because of them. I took a literature class last semester and the professor really pushed for me to change my major to literature so I could become a colleague at the local college. I just am terrified of changing majors yet again, though am considering the double up after I get my yoga certification in the fall.