What Fiction are you reading this week, August 23, 2020?

[hermetic]

Hooray!! It's Biden time.

Just finished Simon the Fiddler. Good story. Next up: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. I like how it's starting.

Just started listening to Unleashed by David Rosenfelt. I'm really liking this. Murder and mystery. "A thrilling read, full of Rosenfelt's trademark clever plotting, humor, and engaging prose." Plus, a "good dog". What's not to like?

What books are you liking this week?

[SheltieLover]

1. I love Rosenfelt!

He is my all time favorite author.

I just finished another Joe Grey & nosing around looking for another outstanding series.

[hermetic]

18. He's sure ascending my favorites list

So, nothing new showing up here yet. Be patient, though. Someone is bound to show up eventually with a whole new series to discover.

(Sorry, I didn't see you earlier. Maybe cause my eyes are blurred from all the smoke around here from wildfires. It's pretty intense.
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[Wellstone ruled]

2. The Las Vegas Journal Review .

[AmyStrange]

3. I'm just finishing up the Joe Grey series, and...

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for her fans, I've also added a cameo by Dulcie to my new book:

[SNIP]

Towards the end of our sixty-mile search, before Randy decided to put his foot down and said we had to move on, we ran across that small village with the talking cats.

It was just a rumour, but Amy was determined to check it out, and so we let her go.

As we walked around the main drag, I couldn’t help but like the whole layout. It had this quaint little village thing going, that not only looked like a good place to retire but also felt like a working town run by a community of artist.

A couple of the front windows were boarded up, but the rest of it was a mix of artistic styles that somehow complemented each other, rather than overwhelm you with their differences.

It was right on the ocean, and I could see a couple people on the beach with easels that were probably painting the fog that was slowly creeping in.

It was also geared towards the tourist trade, because there were small souvenir shops everywhere.

They were in between the art galleries, restaurants, cafes, delis, taverns, clothing stores and antique shops.

You couldn’t throw a rock blindfolded without hitting one.

I bought a bunch of postcards from each one to send to Beth.

The next thing I noticed were all the cats.

They were everywhere, sleeping under chairs and tables, running across the rooftops, eating in the back alley of a deli, and even a chocolate striped one that looked like it was window shopping for clothes.

It wouldn’t be a bad place to live, I thought, and if Amy finds those talking cats, maybe we could move out here, so she’d have some friends, other than just us evil human ones.

Unfortunately, when we met back two hours later, Amy hadn’t found them, but I promised that we’d come back again.

“It won’t be anytime soon, but I promise, before the end of the year, we’ll come back for more than a couple hours,” I told her, and that seemed to brighten her up a little.

[SNIP]




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[hermetic]

10. Sweet!

Thanks

[murielm99]

4. A Long Petal of the Sea

I read The Book of Longings a short while ago. I was not sure I would like it, but I did like it! Very much.

I am reading A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende. It is about exiles from the Spanish Civil War who go to Chile on a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda. This part is fact.

A Long Petal of the Sea is the poet Neruda's description of Chile.

Allende's writing is so wonderful that it seems ethereal. My daughter who translates Spanish and speaks it fluently, reminds me that the wonderful translators of this work deserve great respect. She wishes that she had their reputation.

[hermetic]

9. So true

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Crazy Rich Asians

by Kevin Kwan. I saw the movie when it came out and finally got around to the book. It's really good. I will also be reading the next two in the series as soon as this one is done.

[hermetic]

8. Oooh, I did not know

there were 2 more books after the first one. Fun stuff!

[northoftheborder]

6. The Scent Keeper, Erica Bauermeister

I love this book; it is enchanting; maybe not for everyone

[hermetic]

7. It sounds lovely

Lyrical and immersive, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths...

[Srkdqltr]

11. I'm reading my way through the Thursday Next books.

Things are so weird now they almost seem real. (Not really) they are a fun strange read.

[hermetic]

12. Jasper Fforde's

I have read The Eyre Affair which I quite enjoyed. I do want to read One of Our Thursdays is Missing, just cause the title is so intriguing.

[Srkdqltr]

13. Just finished it. You will enjoy it.

[Srkdqltr]

14. Try to read them in order. They are strange enough in order. Out of order would be nutz.

😂😂😂😇😇😇😂😂😂

[hermetic]

15. Got it

[shenmue]

16. Last Seen Wearing, by Colin Dexter

Second in the Morse series. Parts of it are good, parts of it are pretty terrible.

[hermetic]

17. Oh my

Well, they can't all be winners.

Good to see you.

[japple]

19. Still reading Edmund White's A Saint from Texas. These folks are getting a bit

tiresome, but I like the writer's style so I will keep on with it for awhile.

[hermetic]

20. It's funny, eh?

How we will sometimes put up with tiresome people, just for a bit of art.

[japple]

21. It has its moments of humor, but some of these characters are just way too

into debauchery to suit my tastes. I chose this book based on a review in Book Page. I was looking for something that might take me out of the current political funk, but this was not a very good choice. I am yearning for a good yarn, similar to True Grit or any of Paulette Jiles books. Something with real people, strong characters and a story that makes me yearn to know more about the circumstances of the characters. With this current book, it's kind of like

I really don't care--do you

ETA: and I notice that I used yearn/yearning twice in this post. After the Democratic National Convention last week, I really developed a bad case of yearns.

[hermetic]

22. I hear ya

I get so enthused and hopeful about having such kind and intelligent people running things again. Then I see what the other side offers and don't see how we can possibly survive that for even another year, let alone four. Yearning, indeed...