What are you reading the week of July 25, 2010?

[DUgosh]

Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell

[Bluzmann57]

1. Just started a book the other day

A James Patterson novel, "Judge and Jury".

[jwirr]

2. Is she writing about Scottish history in this one also? I have loved her books

in the past.

[Mira]

3. The Promise and The Odessa File n/t

[Speck Tater]

4. I mostly read non-fiction. Starting "The Codebreakers". Last read it in 1967. nt

[japple]

5. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. Good read. eom

[pansypoo53219]

6. i am up to E

in my 1891 encyclopedia britannica. ireland in the famous orations(1907).

[hippywife]

7. I finished Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler

so now I've nothing to read. I do however have six books on reserve at the library. :D

[femmocrat]

29. deleted

posted in wrong place

[azmouse]

8. "Contested Waters" byJeff Wiltse

subtitled: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

[sea_dream]

9. great book

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall. One of the best books ever!

[fadedrose]

10. TWICE BURIED by Steven F. Havill

This is 3rd in the Undersheriff Bil Gastner mystery series...

[fadedrose]

22. I liked this better than BITTER RECOIL... eom

[DUgosh]

24. Sweet

I think I have a copy of it, I'm gonna start it next. Thanks

[Onceuponalife]

11. Just starting The Religion by Tim Willocks

[abluelady]

12. "What is Left The Daughter" by Howard Norman

[hippywife]

13. The Virgin of the Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

The Scent of Rain and Lightning was so good, I thought I'd give this one a try. :hi:

[fadedrose]

16. Keep us posted... eom

[hippywife]

17. Will do! :0) n/t

[hippywife]

21. So far it's okay.

I'm 120+ pages in and it's about the same length as the last one. It's really the same theme basically as the last one...unsolved murder from decades ago being revived in a small town. Just a slightly different twist in that it's not a family member that was killed, but a seemingly unknown, unidentified victim.

It could be my mood, too, that I'm not enjoying it as much as the last one. Plus, like I think I said before, this isn't my usual genre. For someone that likes to read murder mysteries, it might be a whole different review.

:hi:

[fadedrose]

32. Am a mystery reader...

Almost every book I read (not all) I think is a waste of time till I get half-way through. Then, it seems the author wakes up and decides to "write." At that point, most books seem very good.

Then, there's the killer book at page 25 where the author falls asleep and by half-way, it's a waste of time.

Seems no book is good from beginning to end.

[MaineDem]

14. "Void Moon" by Michael Connolly

One of Connolly's I've missed until now.

[Hayabusa]

15. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

Love the novel so far (halfway through), but I absolutely hate the society.

[Paladin]

20. Don't Deny Yourself The Pleasures Of The Movie.

Big controversy when it came out, because it reflects Heinlein's fascist ruling class notions. AND FEATURING---Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris) as an S.S.-uniformed bug torturer. Yowza.....

[Hayabusa]

36. I have seen it.

True, it doesn't follow the book exactly, but I thought it was good. The society was pretty much spot on, in my opinion though, albeit updated for then-modern technology. I do wish that they would have at least used the power armor, though, instead of the armor they did use.

[Paladin]

41. Glad You Enjoyed It.

I love making references to the flick here at DU, because it generally sets of one or more Heinlein True Believers, who absolutely hate it for not adhering to the novel, word-for-word. Go figure......

[closeupready]

18. Sourcery, by Terry Pratchett.

n/t

[bikebloke]

19. The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke

[uncommon]

23. Speaker for the Dead (sequel to Ender's Game) by Orson Scott Card

Again :)

Great series for anyone who likes sci-fi.

[Onceuponalife]

31. Wow, what a great book

I read it many years ago and is probably my favorite Card book. Better even than Ender's Game, probably. Glad somebody else appreciates it.

[MaineDem]

25. "This Body of Death" by Elizabeth George

Another Inspector Lynley book.

[CBR]

26. HMS Unseen by Patrick Robinson. nt

[LWolf]

27. The Imaginarium Geographica

by James Owen

Read the first 3 last week, am working on the 4th today.

[hippywife]

28. Cane River by Lalita Tademy.

It's a fiction that is based on the intensive genealogy she did into her own family which started out as slaves in Louisiana. Only 26 pages in at this point but I think I'm really going to enjoy it.

:hi:

[femmocrat]

30. This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

33. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.

I've always been curious about his work; I'd really rather read Less Than Zero first, but the library doesn't have it.

I'm about 100 pages in. Don't really know what to think yet.

[Onceuponalife]

39. OMG That is one of the most disturbing novels I've ever read.

I still have daymares about this. It makes the Christian Bale movie look like a Disney film by comparison.

[AngryOldDem]

40. It sure is.

My god.

But I'm halfway through and now I'm curious as to where Ellis is going with it.

And I remember the controversy about the movie -- and you say it's a cleaned-up version of the book?? :o

[Paladin]

34. "The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet" by David Mitchell

Historical novel of a Dutch trading company official in Japan, circa 1799, currently on the best seller lists. I just got it from the library today and started reading it---looks very promising, like "Shogun" but a lot sharper.....

[closeupready]

35. Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

n/t

[fadedrose]

37. Finished THE CONTRARY BLUES by John Billheimer

Not bad, not great, but some great funny lines in it.. characters all likeable...

[fadedrose]

38. HIGHWAY ROBBERY by John Billheimer

2nd in series about Owen Allison. Just started it.

This character is starting to grow on me.

[fadedrose]

42. Finished this last night..

I think it was good. Not my usual mystery - more of a drama, but with a lot of humor. Bittersweet story.

Most of the time my hero is a detective, sheriff, cop, agent, etc., but this hero is an unemployed consultant.

[sueh]

43. Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor

[MaineDem]

44. I just downloaded it

I'll read it next.