What Fiction are you reading this week, October 20, 2024?

[hermetic]

I'm reading The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. There's a whole lot going on in this 21st Pendergast novel. I'm finding it hard to put down.

Listening to The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman. Great story from 1982 and I hear it's become a quite popular TV show.

These great books are helping me cope with this very messed up world right now.

What books are helping make the world right for you?

[murielm99]

1. Every Last Lie by

Mary Kubica. I am reading much more slowly these days. Post-covid symptoms are taking a toll on me.

[hermetic]

5. Oh, dear

Do take care. I had the damn disease a couple of years ago and food still doesn't taste the same. And I think I'm more tired. Hang in there.

Book sounds good, though. Told in alternating perspectives, master of suspense Mary Kubica weaves a chilling thriller -- "one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some secrets might be better left buried."

[Srkdqltr]

2. I have been reading books by D.B. Elrogg. Cosy murder mysteries. They are what i call popcorn stories.

Easy to read. Interesting situations. The people are easy to read about. Just fun. There are 6 now I'm hoping for more.

[hermetic]

7. Those do sound like fun

Love this title: GREAT PARTY! SORRY ABOUT THE MURDER

[Srkdqltr]

3. Also started Terry Pratchett 's A Stroke of the Pen:The Lost Stories. His early short stories. Very good.

The first story is about the invention of fire. The peoples reaction to it is predictable. People are people no matter what age.

[displacedvermoter]

4. Rereading Dracula for Halloween

Hound of the Baskervilles and Frankenstein next two weeks!

Movie versions to follow.

[40RatRod]

6. Yesterday is Tomorrow

I published this years ago

[Bayard]

8. You are the author?

[hermetic]

13. I found that title

on GoodReads. Says author is: "writing as tracy." Is that you? 968 pages, ebook, Published November 21, 2021. Interesting.

[40RatRod]

34. Thats not me.

I am Carl F Pirkle

[40RatRod]

36. Yesterday is tomorrow

This is the link to my book. There are two with the same title.

[Bayard]

9. I finished, "The Killing Hour," by Lisa Gardener

Engrossing, as usual.

Just started, "The Witch Elm," based on recommendations here. Haven't made up my mind about it yet.

[hermetic]

17. Ah, Tana French

I remember the plot points but can't recall how much I liked it. Reviews are mixed.

[bbrady42]

32. I'm reading The Witch Elm right now too

[cbabe]

10. Eruption: the unfinished Michael Crichton, finished

by James Patterson.

Volcanoe explodes. World ending secret toxic waste dump at risk. Light romance. Clashing egos and fiery deaths.

Don’t expect too much. Simple enjoyment.

I also read a couple Tony Hillerman books! Thief of Time and Listening Woman. Special and satisfying and ageless.

[Dear_Prudence]

15. Love Hillerman

I have a poor memory for book plots, but I remember book characters very well. So I have enjoyed re-reading Hillerman because I it is like I am visiting old friends, while the mystery part, well, I can't remember who-done- it. 😄

[Bayard]

23. I liked Eruption

I could see it as a movie.

[cbabe]

25. Yes, would make a good action movie. Lots of derringer do and fire. Contrasted to surfing moments and ocean waves.

Daring do not derringer. Darn auto correct.

[brer cat]

11. I'm reading The Fuhrer's Reserve by Paul Lindsay.

This is a new author to me, and was published in 2000. Good so far.

[hermetic]

19. Sounds good

Agent is charged with locating Hitler's priceless, missing art treasures before a band of neo-Nazis can sell them to benefit a neofascist regime.

[LogDog75]

12. I just finished theiry follow-up novel Angel of Vengeance

I enjoy the Aloysius Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child but the one criticism I have is they use obscure or antiquated words and Latin phrases (without translation) causing me to look them up in the dictionary or online.

[hermetic]

20. For sure

Lots of that Latin verbiage in this book. I do wish they'd include the translations.

[Dear_Prudence]

14. So stressed out...

I am audiobooking a couple of cozy mysteries: 'Granny's Got a Gun' (the snoop is an old retired lady, like me) & Witchy Whiskers (snoop is a cat lady, like me). Also I am listening to an old (2011) non-fiction course, 'Astronomy II, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe', which takes me about as far away from election news as I can get.

[hermetic]

21. I hear ya

This retired granny, cat lady loves cozies. I will check those out. Hang in there.

[hermetic]

35. I just got

Witchy Whiskers!. Been listening to it while I feed all my critters.

Quite entertaining. I've always enjoyed stories with talking cats.

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

16. Sarah J Maas- The Court of Thorn and Roses series

I love fantasy, so I am enjoying this series tremendously. I started with Sarah's Crescent City series and was hooked. I still have the third book to read in that one, but in the meantime I started her Court series books.

Robert McCammon - Swan Song. I have read this book multiple times. I go back to it every couple of years.

[hermetic]

22. Oh my

AN EPIC JOURNEY OF TERROR ACROSS A LAND SEETHING WITH UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. AMERICA!-HAUNTED BY AN EVIL WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.

Did you know there's almost 90 books with that or similar title?

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

24. I did not know that

It was given to me by my mom, who had received it from a friend. I read it and kept it with me all these years.

[LogDog75]

18. I'll Be Waiting by Kelly Armstrong

Kelly Armstrong is a Canadian author who wrote the Rockton novels, which I enjoyed. I

[hermetic]

26. I couldn't find that

Then I found her name is spelled Kelley and this book was just published Oct 1. "a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood." Perfect Halloween fare.

[cbabe]

27. New to me series. Put a couple on library hold. Thanks for the tip.

[mentalsolstice]

28. Honey by Victor Lodoto

It’s about an 82 year old woman who moves from Los Angeles back to her childhood home in NJ where she grew up in a crime family. So far, so good.

Have a great week everyone!

[hermetic]

29. That sounds wonderful

"Utterly enchanting. A deeply human novel that sings the song of life itself. What a brilliant feat of empathy, style, and transcendent beauty"

[rsdsharp]

30. I'm rereading The Corps series by W. E. B (William Edmund Butterworth III) Griffin.

I’ve read the first two, Semper Fi and Call to Arms, and am now working on Counterattack.

I’ll probably take a break on Tuesday when the new Reacher book comes out.

[Jeebo]

31. "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish

Won a Hugo award. I have a nice leather-bound Easton Press copy that they sent me as part of their Masterpieces of Science Fiction series 35 years ago, and that's when I read it for the first time. Blish wrote some good stuff; I also read his "Cities in Flight" novels.

— Ron

[hermetic]

33. Nice!