What Fiction are you reading this week, March 13, 2022?

[hermetic]

Erin go Bragh

National Library of Ireland

Still reading Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. A rather unusual story, for me anyway. Mantel is such a good writer. She can really transport you to another time and place. I suspect it would not be a good choice, though, for anyone triggered by reading about child abuse.

Listening to Death of a Gossip by M. C. Beaton. My library has a bunch of these Hamish Macbeth audio books available so I'm going to do a deep dive and listen to all of them. And love every minute of it. Next up, Death of a Cad.

What books will you be finding time for this week?

[SheltieLover]

1. Still working on Kate Carlisle's cozy series

A couple of Baldacci's waiting in queue.

And Patterson & Dolly Parton have released "Run, Rose, Run!" I'm about 500 on the waiting list at the library. Lol

I need something funny to read. War news is wearing on me.

[hermetic]

2. Doesn't that sound great!

Run, Rose, Run is a novel glittering with danger and desire—a story that only America’s #1 beloved entertainer and its #1 bestselling author could have created. A thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.

500!!
Maybe we can talk about it next year....

And yeah, I'm giving myself over to M. C. Beaton to keep my spirits up, somewhat anyway.

[SheltieLover]

3. Protagonist is a rare book restorer

So there are some interesting parts, but generally blah. 😏

Thx, I'll check out Beaton's work!

[hippywife]

4. Private Life by Jane Smiley

Just started it, so no impressions yet.

Still waiting on book #2 of the Lonesome Dove series to arrive. My library didn't have it so had to request through Mobius.

Have been reading mostly non-fiction in the meantime.

[hermetic]

8. Private Life...

"a heartbreaking portrait of marriage and the mysteries that endure even in lives lived side by side; a wondrously evocative historical panorama; and, above all, a masterly, unforgettable novel from one of our finest storytellers."

Sounds great.

[question everything]

14. Same Jane Smiley of Moo?

This was a great book Especially if ones knows about the politics of academia

[hippywife]

18. It appears so,

tho I've not read it.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. The Man Who Died Twice .... by Richard Osman

Oh, this is a good one.

Also started "Show Girl" but dropped it.

[hermetic]

7. A new one

There are several books with that title and I think I even read one of them many years ago. But THIS, this just came out a few months ago and is part of the Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg. That should be great!

[question everything]

15. Is this the continuation of the Thursday Murder club?

It was intriguing.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. yes

[bif]

6. "The Saffron Kitchen" by Yasmin Crowther

Pretty good story. I'm about 1/3 of the way through it.

[hermetic]

9. Sounds lovely

"Set against the breathtaking beauty of two very different places (London and Iran), this stunning family drama transcends culture and is, at its core, a rich and haunting narrative about mothers and daughters."

[Number9Dream]

10. Just finished James Rollins, "The Starless Crown".

Thanks for the thread, hermetic.

It is different than his Sigma series in that it is a fantasy (for lack of a better word). In the vein of Tolkien, etc. I liked it very much, especially the fantasy beasts / animals he has created. Some of the human characters are interesting too. My only complaint is that the 'bad guys' seem to anticipate every move by the 'good guys', and are always hot on their trail. As this is book one of the 'Moonfall' series, the ending is the prelude to book two. Also, there is much death, sadness, and sorrow in the ending, so be forewarned.

[hermetic]

11. That sounds quite intriguing

Hopefully I will someday get to read this one.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope that storm isn't hitting you too hard. It is almost spring, after all.

[japple]

12. Thank you, hermetic, for the weekly thread. I am feeling a bit bogged down in the 2nd

book of Jane Smiley's Last Hundred Years trilogy Early Warning and think I will take a break from this series to read something else soon. I am not sure just what that will be, but I'm sure I'll get some ideas in this thread.

Happy St. Patrick's Day friends.

[hermetic]

21. If nothing caught your eye

you might want to have a look at Stewart O'Nan. I just started The Good Wife and it's a real page-turner so far. This not the same Good Wife as the TV show. He has written a bunch of other novels. DUer PoindexterO encouraged me to read this one.

Hope you have a Happy St. Patrick's Day. I've got my corned beef and cabbage all ready to cook.

[question everything]

13. You will love all of Hamish Macbeth books

Beautiful description of the Scotland Highlands. Plain village people but enough murders and Macbeth the "village bobby" solve them all with his basic understanding of human nature.

[hermetic]

19. I surely am

They are lovely to listen to and I have become quite fond of Hamish. Wish I could relocate.

[question everything]

16. Started Elizabeth Peters The Seventh Sinner

An "older" book 1972. A group of fellow students at an archeological institute in Rome. One of them is found murdered at a small room several structures and centuries below street level.

She provides such detailed descriptions of the field that I had to read about her background: a Ph.D. in Egyptology.

Looking forward to see how the story unfolds.

[hermetic]

20. That does sound quite good.

[The King of Prussia]

22. Bit late to the party this week

Currently reading "The Marlow Murder Club" by Robert Thorogood (he came up with the "Death in Paradise" TV show). Think it's going to be good.
Previously read the latest by Elly Griffiths - "The Locked Room". Not quite up to the usual high standard, but the first novel that I've read set during the 2020 lockdown.
Before that was "The Drowning Pool" by the master Ross MacDonald.
Busy week away from books. Went to a gig. Went to football. Tested positive for Covid.
Feel pretty good at the moment, but it's early days.

[hermetic]

23. Oh jeeze...

I do hope it just stays mild and gives you later protection.

Glad you got out for a bit, though, and had a good time.

Drink a lot, rest a lot, read a lot, .

Be well!

[The King of Prussia]

24. Sound advice

Thanks hermetic. I'm currently sheltering within the house. The only living things i have seen, and that's at a distance, are the crows in the trees opposite. I read that the worst stuff kicks in on days 4 and 5, so I'll find out at the weekend if it's going to hit me hard. At the moment it's anti climactic. Vaccines doing their job!