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For a fun series try the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, it had me laughing out loud and my husband looking at me like I am lunatic!
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The Woman in Cabin 10 was great! Highly recommend this as a summer beach read, just not before a cruise lol. Now I am reading Five Days at Memorial, it is about a hospital in New Orleans post Katrina, and very difficult conditions and end of life decisions that were made. A well researched non-fiction book, and of particular interest to me because my son was a coast guard helicopter pilot in New Orleans, and his wife went to Med school and residency there. They both were there well after Katrina, but they have great insight into things that were going on at the time.
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The Woman in Cabin 10 sounds like a book I would like. I'll have to be patient until it's available at the library in e-book form. I'll skip the book about New Orleans and Katrina. A bit too close to reality, since I live on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain and experienced some of the aftermath of Katrina. Thankfully, dh and I were in the UP of Michigan during Katrina. We watched the coverage on CNN.
I'm reading a Harry Bosch book. He has been ousted by the LAPD and misses being a cop. His attorney enlists him as an investigator in a murder case. So far the plot is complex and I'm finding the book good night time reading. I always read in bed before turning out the light to sleep.
I just finished a fascinating and "different" mystery set in Scotland. The title was Quiet Neighbors. I forget the woman author's name. Much of the setting is a used-book store and the murders are 20 years old and not generally recognized as murders until a woman stranger from London with her own past shows up and discovers puzzling comments written in some of the books in the "dead room" of the book store. A room full of books that were owned by town people who died. Quite a well-written, unusual book.
The great thing about being a reader is never knowing when you'll stumble on a real gem!
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Carole, Quiet Neighbors sounds great! - putting it on my list.
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So many book recs! I have started my list.
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I too am going to watch for Quiet Neighbors. Great awards for this book.
A 2016 Agatha Award Finalist for Best Contemporary Novel
A 2017 Mary Higgins Clark Award Finalist
A 2017 IPPY Award Bronze Medalist for Mystery/Cozy/Noir
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Finished the Eleanor* books. The one about Mrs. R was very good but the E. Oliphant was great! Wow what a read! Will look for Quiet Neighbors when I take mom to the library today.
*Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quinn, and Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman.
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Finished The Girl on The Train. Liked it. Moving on to The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick.
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Mom checked out ten books yesterday - two for me and eight for her. She will have hers read by next Sat. I guess the bookworm doesn't fall far from the apple tree. ;-)
My two are the new Alex Delaware Night Moves (2018) by Jonathan Kellerman and Quiet Neighbors as rec here and a good one! I'm already 3/4 done. Will happily eschew housework to finish it up this afternoon.
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A friend finally got to the top of the list at the library for the 2017 JA Jance book - Proof of Life so it came my way. I read it last night. It's from the J. P. Beaumont series set in Seattle. I like Jance, but this one seemed to spend too much explaining about things that happened in earlier books. I realize there are 27 previous books just in the Beaumont series and a new book might be problematic as a 'stand alone' w/o some back story, but I'd rather not have so much regurgitation. If I can't remember or I want to know more, I'll go back & read the old ones.
Hmmm - can't believe I'm criticizing Jance. I really do like her as a person. And her books - particularly the Joanna Brady Mysteries which I don't think she's writing anymore. Her book of poetry After the Fire stays on my coffee table and I dip into it regularly from time to time. (yup - a contradiction of terms)
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Reading my favorite poems by Emily Dickinson
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What a lovely afternoon Mommyof2!!!
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badger...mom turned 93 last week and now lives in a nearby nursing home....these last few years she slowly lost her ability to read books....that said, now that she is nearby, I bring her and her new friends “Q” oversized books from the local library. They LOVE looking at the pictures. They never tire of the Jackie Kennedy books! They also enjoy art books. I am so happy that my mom can continue reading, albiet in another form.....
Enjoy every moment that your mom can read....it is a blessing...
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VR - is she interested in you reading to her? My Mother was but my Dad wasn't. I don't know how I'd feel about that if I couldn't read myself.
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VR, I hear ya. Mom had a stroke in January and couldn't read for months. It was a source of great frustration for her, a fellow VR. I could relate as was similar to what chemo did to my ability to read. You read a page, turn to the next page, then forget what you just read and have to go back a page. But you forgot that page so had to go back another page. GRR! So frustrating that we both gave up on anything complicated and stuck to magazines and newspaper articles. From there, we moved up to light fare (chick lit) like Mary Kay Andrews, then onward from there.
Carole, Quiet Neighbors was so good! Thanks for the rec.
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Badger - that's exactly what I did through the active treatment phase. I read only magazines & newspapers and didn't pick up a book for almost 2 years.
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i have been reading with her. She also loves Geoff Dyer. So, we read together, White Sands, a group of travel essays by Dyer. Arguably, she is Dyer’s oldest fan! The last time I went to a book signing of his, he jumped from his seat and asked how she was doing. She reads the newspaper each day, cover to cover. She used to enjoy doing the Jumble, but, by her own admission, she seems to have lost her flair at completing the puzzles....
Badger...so glad your mom is doing really, really well. Following my aunt’s stroke, she never regained her ability to read....
and to all my sisters who endured chemo and fought back chemo brain and regained your love of reading...which I am sure was no easy task...not to mention overcoming all of the other indignities of being in treatment, you are all profiles in courage. I hope other book lover, bc newbies read this thread and will be comforted by your Patience with yourselves and Fortitude
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I love reading with - or to - someone. When my 20-y-o DGD was young, she & I took turns reading chapters of Harry Potter to each another. It's a memory I will always cherish. (And she now sends me book recommendations!)
I'm currently enjoying Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen. I have no idea where it is going but I am enjoying the ride!
BTW, yesterday my 10-y-o DGD had her nose in her Kindle, immersed in one of the Perry Jackson novels. I love seeing readers develop!
Love all the suggestions here!
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Badger, so glad you enjoyed Quiet Neighbors.
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The Man in The High Castle was perplexing. Not what I expected at all. Loved Quiet Neighbors! Thanks for recommending it.Moving to The Winter Ground by the same author.
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Another Saturday, another ten library books checked out. My two are: Artemis (2017) by Andy Weir, and An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery (2018) by Rachel May. The first is a sci-fi adventure featuring a moon-dwelling woman with a crappy job and a chance to get rich via scheme. It's by the author of The Martian, which I enjoyed and BTW thought the movie was a decent adaptation. The second is by an MFA textiles expert who came across a quilt top and pieced together the stories of four enslaved women and their quilts.
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I'm reading Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, recommended by someone on here. I have not read this author before, it is an entertaining book.
Inna, I have the Man in the High Castle on my list to read. I guess there was also a tv series loosely based on it, which I have not seen.
I guess I better put Quiet Neighbors on my list too, as you all seemed to love it!
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I just finished The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah & really liked it. (It brings Alaska alive in a way I'd never imagined). Following recommendations here, I've now added Vinegar Girl (I always enjoy Anne Tyler!) & Quiet Neighbors to my reading list. Thanks!!
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Will add Vinegar Girl to my list. Have enjoyed Tyler's fiction in the past.
Out of necessity I'm reading a paperback book that cost $7.48 (ouch!). I much prefer my Kindle and should have it back in my possession by Friday. I packed it in my computer bag and managed to leave the bag in MN when I flew home to Louisiana for two weeks. I will be glad to be reunited with my wonderful laptop too!
The paperback is The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker. The cover information says he won three Edgars so that influenced me to spend the cover price. I made a good choice and will look for more of his books. In eBook form!
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I'm glad I'm not the only one having trouble getting into books after going through chemo brain. On the bright side, I've reread some old favourites and rather enjoyed them!
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pingpong - For almost a year during & after chemo I read only magazines. It was fun reconnecting with some of those, but I'm glad to be back to books.
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Got my ticket for the book signing with Robert Beatty for my Willa of the Wood advance reader copy. And got information on another author event in October... Jodi Picoult. I’m so excited
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ahhhh renee...just like movie lovers love premieres....book lovers love our book signings! ENJOY
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Finished Vinegar Girl, just a delightful book. Then I finally got to the top of the list for Quiet Neighbors, so that will be my next read. Of course, I also came to the top of the list for Artemis, but that one will have to go back in the rotation. Isn't that the way it goes, all the good books become available at once?
Carole, I hear you about missing your E-reader - I'm hooked too. I haven't bought a book in ages. I've never heard of T. Jefferson Parker, but Room of White Fire looks good, I'm adding that to my list.
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I'm getting near the end of Room of White Fire and feeling some anxiety about one character in particular. I can't really recommend this book because the back story is dark and disturbing, dealing with torture of detainees during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I almost wish I hadn't bought the book but I have to finish it.
Yesterday UPS delivered a box with my laptop and Kindle, left behind in MN. Yay! Now I can read the Washington Post and New York Times on the laptop and my next book will be on the Kindle.
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