Book Lovers Club
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This year I discovered the TV show Rizzoli and Isles and last week I discovered Tess Gerritsen, the author of the Rizzoli and Isles book series. I read Ice Blood because I bought it for $1.99 on my Kindle. I usually don't read detective type books but I enjoyed the suspense of this book. Has anyone else enjoyed her books? Just an add on....I googled Tess Gerritsen and she's suing the producers of the movie Gravity for stealing her idea.0
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Hi fgm! I have read all her books, having found her about 10 years ago. Several of her books are a series of Rizzoli and Isles adventures. I liked the characters very much.
Recent reads: The Orphan Train (loved it!), The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe (okay), Don't forget to write (good), In the Shadow of the Banyan (very good).
Re-reading the Good Earth series by Pearl S Buck. Originally read it in middle school. Interesting.
Happy reading to all!
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Teacher - when I was trying to "clean off" my bookshelves several years ago, Michael Connelly's books are some that I re-read & decided to keep the series. The early 90's Bosch stories - Black Echo, Black Ice, Concrete Blonde - held me just as they had the first time. Haven't read Burning Man yet.
fgm - haven't read Tess Gerritson in awhile but she was a favorite with an old friend.
Moni - The Good Earth is definitely a keeper. I first read it as a pre-teen and recently read it again.
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There was earlier discussion on this thread about chemo brain impacting our book reading. I thought I was immune until I discovered much of what I read during the 18 months of treatment is no longer in my memory banks.
Stephen White is one of my favorite authors. I picked up his latest Compound Fractures, and discovered it was to be his last in the series about Boulder, CO psychologist Alan Gregory, his family & his friend Sam Purdy, a Boulder cop. Great series started 20 books ago with Privileged Information. Anyway, the forward said it completed what began with the previous book, Line Of Fire. I pulled that off my shelf and found I remembered nothing at all about the plot - or even reading the book. So I had to read it again before I moved on to the new one. Marathon reading weekend like badger. Hate to get back to reality. Hate that the series is over.
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OH, Stephen White sounds interesting ! Will have to add him to my list.0 -
Apple, RIP, was a huge fan of Pearl S. Buck....she read many books devoted to her as well....Scroll back on this thread and read about all the interesting things she had to say about her....
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Glennie - I like him better than Kellerman's Alex Delaware. Both psychologists, both have a cop for a best friend. But Boulder is a world very different from LA.
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I just did a search for Apple and "Pearl" and came up with a half dozen links! She would surely be happy knowing there were many more Buck fans.....
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Oh really, minustwo? Cuz I LOVE Delaware and Milo,, will definitely have to check it out.0 -
Moni - just read an NPR blurb on In the Shadow of the Banyon. Sounds fascinating & probably pretty accurate since she was a child in Cambodia when the regime changed.
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Rats! Library does not have Privileged Information. Will have to search for it.0 -
Glennie - check for the second one - Private Practices. I've found in most series you can read a little ahead and go back to catch up
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They are missing the first 3 books of the series. And then two others down in the middle. Weird how that happens! They have the first 2 of the series on audio book, but I never sit still long enough to listen. I'm sure I can find them on Abebooks, etc.0 -
Glennie, ThriftBooks.com is having a big sale this weekend so you might want to check it out if AbeBooks doesn't have it.
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There are several good used bookstores in Houston that will check their shelves and you can even put in requests & they'll notify you when a book comes in. Sadly many used book store owners consider themselves a dying breed and don't expect to be around in another couple of years.
Interesting comparison, since I've been wanting to check ThriftBooks
Amazon shows new for $7.99 and $3-4 for used if shipped by Amazon - free shipping over $35.00. Powell's has used for $4.95 - free shipping over $50.00. ThriftBooks is $3.30 - $4.00 and appears to be free shippping.
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we have 2 used bookstores in town, that I could check out. Support the locals! If not,, Thrift or Abe can be back up. Thanks for mentioning Thrift,, I have not checked them out before.0 -
Glennie - I take it back, read the first one first, 1991 Privileged Information. I picked it up to peruse while I ate dinner & I'm hooked all over again. Forget about the bills I was going to pay.
"Clinical psychologist Alan Gregory faces disgrace and ruin when several of his attractive female clients die untimely deaths. But professional ethics prevent Gregory from revealing the "privileged information" that will clear his name and perhaps save his life-since the killer responsible for these deaths may be one of his patients."
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Minustwo,, I read the blurb on Goodreads and was immediately intrigued.I am terribly OCD when it comes to books. I must read the first one first! So when I get a chance, I'll find the first 3 books and start there! Not that I'm lacking anything to read,,,, **do not look at piles of books in bedroom**
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Sounds like something i would read, i dont re read books either.
Also who reads books n who reads kindles, i like the feel of the books
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I am going to Prague in March (not on my bucket list - but the opportunity arose) so I am reading up on the Czech Republic! just finished Gottland by Mariusz Szczygiel. He is a Polish journalist and the book is subtitled Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia. The book concerns all the upheavals in the 20th century - about most of which I was unaware. A country cobbled together, ripped apart once and then again. The thought-control tactics, the suspicion about artists and intellectuals, the misuse of power by bureaucrats, the destruction of lives and careers - all true stories - but part of the story is how at this late date, people were still unwilling/afraid to talk about. And woven through is their Czech sense of irony and humor.
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Jelson....OT.....POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE FOREIGN FILM IS a Czech film made in 2000 and I've watched no fewer than 6 times.... DIVIDED WE FALL..
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided_We_Fall_
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/08/movies/film-in-r...Every time I watch it, it stirs such emotion in me that I weep! I can go on and on raving about the film...Please see it before you visit. Enjoy your visit!
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I just read the plot from the first link. absolutely insane. I will certainly look for the film. thank you for the recommendation!
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OH, Jelson,,, that's wonderful that you get to go to Prague!! I hear wonderful things about it. I will have to look for that book and for the film that VR mentioned.0 -
blondiex46 I'm with you, I like the feel of a book.
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I'm weighing in on the side of "real" books. I do have a Kindle but have only used it for vacations so I don't have to drag along 10 books
Edited to add - paperback books. I couldn't hold a Ken Follett or the new Greg Isles in hardcover long enough to get to chapter 2.
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I like real books too. I get most of my books from the library, and save paperbacks for trips. Much lighter than carrying HB books!0 -
hard v paper back, hmm. sometimes I find that the paperback's ink smudges and that - if a long book, the type is often very tiny and harder to read - forcing me to wear my glasses which I don't like to do if I can avoid it. I like that I can lay a hard cover flat on the table while I read. But yes paperbacks are lighter and much easier to carry around during the day and there are some higher quality paperbacks that a larger and therefore bigger print and more sturdy than others - are the smaller ones referred to as trade paperbacks?
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I read about new books coming out and reserve them at the library. I have had every version of Kindle, and have taken it on vacations. But those are few and far between, so I recently sold the one I had. You can read everything thru the app on any device, so I know Id have access on my tablet. Sure is hard to pass up the new one tho! It sounds really nice.
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I too have found hardcover books tough to handle because of arthritis in my hands so I use a pillow on my lap to hold the book and it works wonders - I used to have a back of the sofa table which was the perfect height for standing and reading and miss it terribly but it went on the block with many treasured household items when downsizing a few years ago.
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