Book Lovers Club
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Last night, after finishing Wakin’s book, I shot him an email on his author’s website. At 6:15 am this morning, he emailed me, thanking me for reading and enjoying his book.
Do any of you visit author websites? They love hearing from readers
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Voracious, where did you grow up? I grew up in the west 80's. Your NYC book looks interesting!
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pat...I grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood where the caper occurred. I didn't know where the caper occurred until a few minutes into reading the book. If you grew up on the Upper West Side you are sure to enjoy the book. It is packed with history and humor
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VR, if it reads like an Erik Larsen, I will HAVE to check it out!!!
Right now, I am racing through a very quick, easy, engaging summer read. Lake House by Kate Morton. A mystery that goes back & forth in time.
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ruth...some how I know you will!
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also read, The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold by Joyce Lee Malcolm......I recently read a juvenile book about him while working with my literacy student. It really raised my curiosity bar about him. So when I saw The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold on the library’s adult book shelf, I had to read it.
https://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Benedict-Arnold-American-Life/dp/1681777371
Reading the book, I was reminded about a Drunk History episode of Hamilton and Burr....having seen the show Hamilton, I thought I knew enough about him and Burr, but the Drunk History episode about them, really nudged my feelings about both men. My thoughts about Burr have really changed...which brings me to Arnold. Today it is easy to associate the word traitor with his name. But when you read the book and understand his perspective somehow the word tragedy comes to mind....he was a traitor. He bet wrong. And lost. But why? This book will try to answer that question. And his wife? I always thought she was a traitor too. But was she?
Arnold and Burr....i think their reputations have been simplified. If you want a more nuanced understanding of these men, read The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold and also watch Drunk History’s take on Burr.....
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I just downloaded the Sawed-Off Leg......I can NOT start it for awhile because we are finishing up a house fix-up project and I've got things that MUST be done NOW. Boo Hoo!
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I hate it when real life interferes with my reading time!
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VR - My library system doesn't have The man with the sawed off leg , not in ebook or regular book. - and it's not a prime book yet either. Drat! I'm not willing to spend the hardcover price, so I will wait until it comes out in paperback or our library system picks it up.
Ruth, I read the Lake House - I loved the story, but found the author a little wordy. But like you say, a great summer read.
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Really enjoyed Quiet Neighbors & will start The Room of White Fire next. Thanks for the recommendations!
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Stopped by my indie bookstore to pick up a copy of "Houston's Lost Restaurants". The review was great fun since I remember many of them. If the book is as good as the review, it will be my Christmas gift for several friends & family members.
Of course I couldn't just pick up the book at the counter. Oh no.... I've been wanting to read Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" so I added that. Then a book just jumped out and bit me - called "Stay With Me" by Ayobami Adebayo. (sorry, can't do the accents on the vowels) It was shortlisted for the Bailey's Women's Price for Fiction & a NY Times Notable Book. No one there had read it yet, but I bought it anyway. Margaret Atwood says, "Scorching, gripping, ultimately lovely." Has anyone here read it? It probably grabbed me because I recently read "Americanah".
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pat...i will often recommend a purchase request at my library and they often honor my requests. Perhaps you can request it and show the librarian the 5 star review from Amazon.....you can also say that Voraciousreader recommended it!
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I will try that Voracious.
Finished Quiet Neighbors, nice story. Not sure what to read next, have 6 days left on my Artemis loan, so that might be it. Also have Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale, a friend recommended it. Going camping Sunday for a few days, so need to load up my Kindle.
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The Other Typist was a creeper. I mean that in a good way. It wasn't creepy but the author slowly developed the story. I knew something was going to happen, and it did, but not until the final pages. Not many times do I fail to see the plot but I said OH! at the end.
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I finished Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. A Jackson Brodie "mystery." Begins with three different unrelated crimes. Years later a family member from each case history contacts Jackson Brodie to find someone involved. I enjoyed reading the book, which is as much "novel" as "mystery." Pieces of the plot puzzle do fit together at the end.
Now I'm reading another Bosch crime mystery, City of Bones by Michael Connelly. It's about the murder of a child whose bones are discovered many years after the crime. I think I may have seen an episode of Bosch centered around this story.
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I am reading Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. I was confused in the first several chapters until I figured out we were hearing the conversations of ghosts plus Willie Lincoln, President Lincoln's son who died at the age of 11. Their souls were caught in the Bardo (the Hindi term for state of existence between death and rebirth).
So I promptly started over and it all makes sense and I really like this book. Different.
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I LOVED Lincoln in the Bardo so was really shocked when a number of my reading friends did not!
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Hi Ruthbru..maybe they need to start over like I did! It is very different..great book.
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For those of us jonesing for the next Jane Hawk, try The Chemist (2016) by Stephanie Meyer. It's the story of an ex-agent on the run from her former employers, who are killing everyone that worked on a secret biological weapons project.
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On vacation with lots of reading time - finished Artemis by Andy Weir - great story, was sorry that it ended. Then the weirdest thing, we were in the car and I looked out the window and there was a sign that said Artemis, complete with the logo! I googled the location but came up with nothing. This is in rural New Hampshire!
Next up was Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline - loved, loved, loved this book, happy sad, just a wonderful storyteller. Highly recommend.
Now I am reading Sully, about the pilot that landed the plane in the hudson river a few years back. So far he is just giving background on his life, a bit boring, but I will plow through it. I'm thinking I will like the movie better in this case.
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Reading The Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Great language and style.
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Just completed Killing Season by Faye Kellerman & really liked it. Now onto The Room of White Fire. (Since I can't workout for the next six weeks, I plan to read lots books!)
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I will be interested in your opinion of Room of White Fire.
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Carole, I found it disturbing & difficult to read at times. The whole subject of torture is an uncomfortable one. I'm not convinced that it actually works to provide accurate information. Even if it does, I want to believe that we - as a country - are better than that.
I think what I found most depressing was that it felt believable that there were so many people profiting from & enjoying hurting & manipulating others. I'm a child of the 60's & grew up genuinely convinced that my generation could bring a positive change to the world. It's not so easy to believe that anymore.
How did it affect you?
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JKL, I reacted the same way. I was actually sorry I bought the book.
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Finished Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology last night. A hundred years ago I was an English major and studied Beowulf & Norse myths at length. That was before we had to read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the original middle English. So with that background I was really looking forward to this 'retelling'. Here's one quote: "Gaiman has such a profound understanding of the conflicts of Odin, Thor, Loki and other gods that he revitalizes them through his imaginative depictions." (The Norton Anthology of Children's Lit..) Mythology is sometimes difficult to read or it drags when it's not 'oral' stories; this book went way too quickly. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes this sort of historical myth.
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I'm reading Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. It's set in France and has a lot of French words. The only reason I'm reading it is that John, an older Texan man here in the resort, has 8 books featuring Bruno and John loves these stories. I feel obligated to read at least the first one. The opening is slow, but I will soldier on.
John also lent me a nonfiction book by a woman from this area in MN. I have managed to read about a third of it. I'm not really big on reminiscence and philosophizing but John wants me to read this book. He thinks I will appreciate it because I am a published writer. But I wrote romance novels for Silhouette Books!
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Hi. I just finished Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things.
I highly recommend this book. It is fictional but based on a lawsuit re a Labour and Delivery RN who was prohibited from caring for a newborn baby. The decision (in the book) was heartwrenching as the baby went into distress and died.
The parents were white supremicists and the RN was African American.
In light of the upcoming march at Lafayette Park, across from the White House, it is a timely read.
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I love all of her books Sandi!
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