What are you reading?
Luci Davin
most nosy about. These are the posts I get my ideas for stocking up for next
decade - starting 2012 - (my library books and the books I've acquired over
the last 3 years and not yet reread, plus the ones I first read 10 years
ago, will take care of the next one with no problem).
Anyone?
Luci
Luci Davin
Started reading for the Crime in Store Reading group which is meeting
tonight. It only occurred to me as I was trying to make a bit of progress
with this 500 page book after Deansgate that the Friday night when I'd
arranged to go and meet my mum and my sister who's just come down to do an
internship in London, this evening, is the same evening that I'd intended to
go to the reading group. Oops! But it does give me time to finish the book,
I hope Thalia and MrE might let me know some of what's said in discussion
and people's ratings.
It's a historical novel set during the 18th century English South Sea Bubble
crisis, one of our first financial skulduggery scandals. The hero is a
Jewish boxer. Lots of fascinating historical content but the characters
don't jump out of the book into my head, though I must have become more
interested than I was as I decided the pressure was off and to prioritise
another book before coming back to this one - I often need to finish a
library book so I can take it back to get another one, and I have a
reservation for another group read waiting for me.
Donna Leon, Death at La Fenice
First in acclaimed series, again took me well over 50 pages to go from
thinking "this is ok" to "I'm beginning to get what the fuss is about".
Italian policeman investigates the suspicious death of an opera singer with
a few enemies. I do enjoy lots of detail about different settings and stuff,
such as the detective building up a little more rapport with an interviewee
when he asks her how much she had to bribe the authorities with to make some
home improvements.
Barbara Seranella, Unwanted Company
For group reads I'm reading the third in the Munch Mancini series by Barbara
Seranella, as Munch and an old friend get mixed up with a rather scary
business customer. Funny, frightening and a wonderful read so far.
Alison Joseph, In the Hour of our Death
2nd in series features nun-community worker helping out in a London hospital
with weird goings-on. Enjoyable but not as charming or compelling as the
first, Sacred Hearts.
Just starting Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express - a reread for
me after not reading this author since my teens when I read them all. A
reluctant group read but more fun than I expected.
Luci
JillBr
Pontalba series. Skip Langdon makes a cameo appearance. Kind of unusual
story, excellent characterizations, great Louisiana flavor. I like it.
Next up: another Barbara Seranella. I just can't stop myself, although I'm
trying not to read them too fast since I've only got two left in the series.
Jill
Carol Schwaderer Dickinson
are Murder" by Lou Allin. Its going to get a good review.
Carol
A R Pickett
plotted - exploring a seemingly unconnected series of deaths &
disappearances near the wreckage of a WWII aircraft which had been based
near the Peak District. Continues the development of the prickly
relationship between Ben Cooper & Diane Fry. Noticed that Amazon had no
reader comments yet, so I put my reactions up on their site.
Almost done with Don Harstad's "The Big Thaw." Very, very good book! Right
wing extremists vs small town Iowa law enforcement. Since the characters go
on to appear in a fourth book, I know who wins, but finding out how it goes
is a real pleasure!
Next up - a non genre autobiographical work (Are you taking notes, Bridget?)
"Virgin of Bennington" by Kathleen Norris - I really like her books.
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"I think so, Mom's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never
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Stephen Booth
> Just finished Stephen Booth "Blood on the Tongue." Excellent, tightly
> plotted - exploring a seemingly unconnected series of deaths &
> disappearances near the wreckage of a WWII aircraft which had been based
> near the Peak District. Continues the development of the prickly
> relationship between Ben Cooper & Diane Fry. Noticed that Amazon had no
> reader comments yet, so I put my reactions up on their site. <
Cheers, Woodstock. We do so hate being ignored. :)
Steve
Deborah Pesa
book! Thought I had the murderer figured out, throw in a couple of twists,
settle on a different person, and then find out it's someone else all
together. I can't wait to read the next one Mark.
Next one lined up is Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters. I'm still
working my way through the Amelia books with occasional detours.
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the only books I have in my library are those
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Beth Tindall
"Luci Davin" <luci....@unisonfree.net> wrote
...
> This usual strand seems to have gone missing and it's always the subject
I'm
> most nosy about.
thanks for reviving this Luci, I love this thread too -- no one feels like
they have to review, just tell what they're reading. Always interesting.
I picked up and put down unfinished: Max Allan Collins: Chicago
Confidential; Kate Wilhelm: Skeletons; the latest Loren Estelman, Jonathon
Kellerman: Dr. Death, and Minette Walters: Acid Row. I was pretty sure I
wasn't going to like any of those, and I didn't. But since I'm looking to
trade them off at B'con, I figured I should at least give them a look-see.
Right now, I'm reading a financial thriller for a new author I'm doing a
website for: Ken Morris: Man in the Middle. Pretty interesting story. I'm
only 100 pages or so in, but there's been some real tension building.
Beth
CarleenML
>most nosy about.
>Anyone?
>
>Luci
>
Not a mystery, but I love the author Kevin Baker so much I'll babble anyway...
If anyone is interested in historical fiction his novel Dreamland was so
wonderful (turn-of-the-century New York City). Just started Paradise Alley,
this one focuses on the draft riots of 1863. I think he's a brilliant writer
and really knows how to paint the most brutal, honest picture of life in the
past.
Beth Tindall
"CarleenML" <carl...@aol.com> wrote
> this one focuses on the draft riots of 1863. I think he's a brilliant
writer
> and really knows how to paint the most brutal, honest picture of life in
the
> past.
Carleen, I love ya honey, but you really do need to get out more.
Beth <shuddering>
CarleenML
>
>Beth <shuddering>
>
Fine. I'm going to buy a Spice Girls cd and go hang out with Dave Matthews.
Joyleen Seymour
Just finished True Believers by Jane Haddam. I had trouble starting this, but
it picked up as it went along. Still took me a long time to finish. The
ending was good though, I didn't have a clue whodunit. The final couple of
chapters promote RAM and Vicki. (I know everyone probably already knows this,
but I get my books from the library and tend to be a couple of years behind.)
Next up James Lee Burke, Purple Cane Road. Although what I really need is
something light and funny to break me out of the depths of depression. Sigh.
Joy
--
"The danger is not that you'll think you're a genius when you aren't; it's that
you'll think it matters."
David Bradley, at Bread Loaf, August 15, 2002
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Hurricane7
last week I think!. It is a cosy but the sense of place is bang on! and the
protag is a really fleshed out nice.....she has day to day things that need
to be attended to and is just a normal neighbour. I usually read heavier
stuff but this had enough "believablility" that I went out and bought
another by the author "Northern Winters Are Murder". Carol take a look at
the author's website...great pictures
Patricia
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Randy Money
Still working on _Every Dead Thing_ by John Connelly. Dipping my toes
into _October Dreams_, a collection of stories set on and reminiscences
of Halloween by many prominent horror writers.
Next up, I think, _Hauntings_, a collection of ghost stories by a
turn-of-the-(20th)century English writer named Vernon Lee.
Randy M.
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Patricia
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Just finished The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman. Now reading December 6
by Martin Cruz Smith. Got Scott Turow's Reversible Errors on deck.
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Bill Burgess
Just finished another Rebus, Mortal Causes, and
The Night Men, by Keith Snyder. I'd recommend
both. Also currently reading Shark Trouble by Peter
Benchley and The Art of Comic Book Inking by
Gary Martin. Next up, In a Pig's Eye, a Jimmy
Flannery mystery by Robert Campbell, and
The Road, by John Ehle.
Bill Burgess
CarleenML wrote:
> >This usual strand seems to have gone missing and it's always the subject I'm
> >most nosy about.
>
> >Anyone?
> >
> >Luci
> >
>
> Not a mystery, but I love the author Kevin Baker
Author? AUTHOR? I thought he was
the six degrees of separation guy.
Tama Filipas
essays about her life and travels and family and such. Enjoying it
very much. Heard the author read on NPR a month or so ago.
Just finished a comfort re-read of one of the Anne George mysteries.
And just started a mystery last night called Too High by Corson
Hirschfeld, but haven't read enough to have an opinion yet, although
it seems to have potential and I do like the cover very much.
Tama
CrimeBks
No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - quite understand the fuss and praise - and now
a Jennifer Crusie which has a quote from Tess Gerritsen on the front!
Thalia
Rik Shepherd
entirely because he read out the first couple of pages at Deansgate and we
needed to know what happened. Purists might say it's not strictly speaking
a crime novel, but there's a crime, and a showdown, and absolutely no
demons. Or serial killers. And there is a lot of good writing.
James Wisher
In the middle of Robert Crais's _L.A. Requiem_. I've read the entire Elvis
Cole series in order and find it magnificent.
Next, I'll begin George Pelacanos and the Nick Stefanos series.
I'm also looking forward to Colleen McCullough's next Rome novel, The
October Horse, coming out in six weeks.
JW
Jr@Ease
hard boiled detective in the Hammett and Chandler mode. He speaks in
what I call PI code. I had a hard time getting into it, but once the
characters and plot got sorted out, it's picking up.
Also reading John Connolly's "Dark Hollow" after finishing "Every Dead
Thing" Since being here, I have't read one author's book directly
after another for a long time, always jumping to the next
recommendation that strikes my fancy. But after reading EDT, I had to
read another by John.
I also read the prologue and first chapter of Marshall's "Straw Men".
Phewwwww. What an opening! It's next on my bedside, after Dark Hollow.
Finally, in my car I'm listening to Hillerman's "Wailing Wind", which
is one of the few books published in an unabridged CD that I've been
able to find. It is interesting having the book read to me, after
having read all the others. Hillerman never fails me. I love the
Navaho reservation as a backdrop for the mystery he weaves out of
normal everyday reservation life. But hearing a different voice in my
head is almost disconcerting after becoming so familiar with Chee,
Leaphorn and the others. It's also nice to hear the navajo words
spoken, and getting the right pronunciation.
John P
Mrebookman
writer in New York.Great dialogue.(Think "Goodfellas".But funnier.)
It's only a slim volume but already one of my books of the year.
MrE
Sarah Weinman
extensively, I thought it was a great book) and now finally, finally
started BLOOD ON THE TONGUE by some dude who's about to drive on the
right side of the road....
Sarah
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Lois
> I just finished "The Murder Book" by Jonthan Kellerman. I think I would
rather have Robin there than for her to be gone but not forgotten.
I'm reading "No One To Trust" by Iris Johanson now. I don't think I've ever
seen her books discussed here.
Next up are "Blood On The Tongue" by Stephen Booth, "The Big Dig" by Linda
Barnes and "The Last Place" by Laura Lippman.
Lois
>
CarleenML
>Yeah so you are coming to Toronto then Carleen....way cool
>
>Patricia
>
That would be way cool, and I do need to visit Toronto at some point (no excuse
with all those trips to Buffalo, really)...
so leave the light on for me.
Mary Reagan
> From: darve...@aol.com (Naomi Darvell)
> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
> Newsgroups: rec.arts.mystery
> Date: 11 Oct 2002 21:34:01 GMT
> Subject: Re: What are you reading?
>
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> I just got The Murder of Helen Jewett by Patricia Cline Cohen. (Nonfiction.)
> Thanks to whoever recommended it. It's terrific so far!
>
> Next: the Tart Noir anthology and Pilikia is my Business, by Mark Troy.
>
>
> Naomi D.
>
I've been looking for a copy of Pilikia is My Business but haven't found it
yet. If I go to the Linda Barnes signing (Big Dig) at Black Orchid next
week, they are likely to have it though. I'll be interested in hearing what
you think of it.
Mary
Sarah Weinman
THE BOY NEXT DOOR. Contemp "chick lit" but done entirely in what I
call nouveau epistolary, aka email. OMG it is hilarious. Especially
the emails done by the hero's nieces (all in caps) and a particularly
vacuous supermodel (even more caps). The plotline is pretty typical of
romance--nice girl falls for nice guy who's pretending to be someone
else so there's a Big Misunderstanding of Biblical Proportions--but
damn, Cabot's got an ear for funny exchanges. But then I'm also a fan
of her YA stuff (loved ALL AMERICAN GIRL).
It's meant to be read in about a sitting, but on a rainy day like
today, it was letter perfect.
Sarah
Melissa
Melissa
sandi
>excuse
>with all those trips to Buffalo, really)...
>so leave the light on for me.
*swerving off topic a bit*
you must visit toronto, carleen. we had so much fun there (mini family
vacation) we plan to go back in november.
sandi
-------------------------------------------
"murder is messy, my friend."
nick stokes, csi
sandi
>hard boiled detective in the Hammett and Chandler mode. He speaks in
>what I call PI code. I had a hard time getting into it, but once the
>characters and plot got sorted out, it's picking up.
this is #6 in the amos walker series. did you read any of the first 5? not
that its required, but it may fill in some blanks.
also, if you like his writing, you should read his peter macklin series (not a
p.i., but a hired killer!).
sue kelso
they came out faster!!
starting tonight (between innings) "one door away from heaven" by Dean
Koontz.
next up-"blessings" by anna quindlin
sue k
sue kelso
>
>
> Not a mystery, but I love the author Kevin Baker so much I'll babble anyway...
> If anyone is interested in historical fiction his novel Dreamland was so
> wonderful (turn-of-the-century New York City). Just started Paradise Alley,
> this one focuses on the draft riots of 1863. I think he's a brilliant writer
> and really knows how to paint the most brutal, honest picture of life in the
> past.
He wrote a baseball book, I own it. what was it called?
sue k
sandi
but all the comments here sent me right to the bookstore. loving it so far.
finished "tart noir" anthology! absolutely fab (with or without dolphins).
also read "the weedless widow." enjoyed this immensely despite being into
antique shopping.
non-mystery read: "the impressionist" by hari kunzru. wow!
i also found "blood, threat and fears" with our own dan sontup! its now my
'quick read when i have a minute' book.
CarleenML
>
>sue k
>
Sometimes You See It Coming.
Pam K
<joyse...@attbi.com> wrote:
>
>
>Just finished True Believers by Jane Haddam. I had trouble starting this, but
>it picked up as it went along. Still took me a long time to finish. The
>ending was good though, I didn't have a clue whodunit. The final couple of
>chapters promote RAM and Vicki. (I know everyone probably already knows this,
>but I get my books from the library and tend to be a couple of years behind.)
>
>Next up James Lee Burke, Purple Cane Road. Although what I really need is
>something light and funny to break me out of the depths of depression. Sigh.
>
>Joy
Light and funny? Try Jane Heller, if you haven't already. Most
should be at the library. Also Dorothy Cannell and the Vicki Bliss
series by Elizabeth Peters.
The last light & funny book I read wasn't a mystery - it was
Confessions of a Shopaholic. I laughed, my mom laughed, my sisters
laughed. Try it. It made my (at times) pathetic existence seem,
well, not so pathetic.
Pam K
sue kelso
Ah Thank You. good book, love the description of how each baseball
season gives you hope. then again, the top of the 7th gave me hope
tonight :-).
sue k
Pam K
<luci....@unisonfree.net> wrote:
>This usual strand seems to have gone missing and it's always the subject I'm
>most nosy about. These are the posts I get my ideas for stocking up for next
>decade - starting 2012 - (my library books and the books I've acquired over
>the last 3 years and not yet reread, plus the ones I first read 10 years
>ago, will take care of the next one with no problem).
>
>Anyone?
>
>Luci
>
After a detour, I'm ready to pick up "Kisscut." I was waiting for
the opportunity to read it without having it interrupted by work and
other evil things.
I picked up a copy of "Irreconcilable Differences," a collection of
short stories edited by Lia Matera, at Half Price Books a few weeks
ago. A big $2! So I've been reading one story before bed at night.
Up next: The Rival Queens, a Minette Walters (or 2), and (gasp!) a
non-mystery about a newspaper columnist who has it all - or doesn't,
that I read about in Vogue last month. And, no, it isn't Candace
Bushnell.
Pam K
Lauradog
It's the first of his that I've read and I think I would have enjoyed it even
if there had been no plot. His writing is wonderful. I felt like I was there,
hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling every scene. I'll be looking for more.
Lauradog
Kat Richardson
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:45:37 GMT, Joyleen Seymour
> <joyse...@attbi.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Although what I really need is
>>something light and funny to break me out of the depths of depression.
>>Sigh.
>>
>>Joy
>
>
> Light and funny? Try Jane Heller, if you haven't already.
Cha-Cha-Cha had me giggling non-stop... well until I got to the place where
the printer had swapped the last third of the book for the middle third and
ruined the whole story. That was a disappointment. Naughty printer! (Ten
lashes with a limp squid for them.)
On the non-mystery front, I'm just starting in on Sir Apropos of Nothing by
Peter David. Punny, but not Piers Anthony, smack-you-over-the-head punny
and very silly, so far.
--
Kat Richardson
"Not my planet, understand, monkey-boy?"
http://www.eskimo.com/~strange
Carol Schwaderer Dickinson
> >something light and funny to break me out of the depths of depression. Sigh.
> >
> >Joy
>
> Light and funny? Try Jane Heller, if you haven't already. Most
> should be at the library. Also Dorothy Cannell
Ditto on these recommendations.
Also Anne George, Annie Griffin, Donna Andrews, Willard Scott, Tamar
Myers. I'm not allowed to read these authors in bed with DH because I
laugh too hard and jiggle the bed too much.
Graham Landrum's "The Famous D.A.R. Murder Mystery"
Carol
Robert Rennick
ought to read something by a crime author who lives on the island where I've
set my own book.
Really enjoyed it - excellent stuff. Readers who don't like coincidences
might think there are too many, but it didn't bother me. Anyone who had the
misfortune to be sent to boarding school will certainly relate to it.
Robert Rennick
Author of The Fallen - 'An engrossing read where nothing can be taken at
face value'
- Karen Meek of overmydeadbody.com
Published by Eyelevel Books, July 15th 2002, ISBN 1 902528 14 X
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Jim Barker
CarleenML wrote:
You mean nobody is going to jump in here with a double entendre?
Eileeeeeen? Beth? Anyone?
JimB
Clockwork Orange
<j...@cartoonise.com>?
It's All About Carleeeen...
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thing that's read by persons who move their lips when reading."
--Don Marquis, novelist
Donna
Luci Davin wrote:
>
> This usual strand seems to have gone missing and it's always the subject I'm
> most nosy about.
I've just finished MARK SULLIVAN's CORNED BEEF SANDWICH (but hey, you
didn't want to know what I was eating did you?). Actually, it's a
really funny and sweet book. Minimal crime but maximum fun. The main
premise of the book is a hold-up in a bookies gone wrong, the wrong
person ends up with the loot and the baddies want it back. But there's
far more to it including a goth protagonist, a halal corned beef
sandwich and some goldfish with really weird names.
Also just finished STELLA DUFFY's CALENDAR GIRL about London PI Saz
Martin searching for a mysterious missing woman. This was the first in
the series (as well as the first one I've read) I really enjoyed it and
will make a point to get the rest in the series. Funny, sexy, tense and
well told.
I'm now reading a book by JOHN LUTZ called NIGHT WATCHERS which is about
a serial arsonist in New York. I'm enjoying it so far, although I do
have some problems with the pace.
Tata,
Donna
Mitchy
a paperback of hers on Judi's bookshelf and just had to read it!
Thoroughly enjoyed it too.
Next up is Kisscut, which I gotta finish before B'con so I can give it
back to Sandi.
After that is some of the 5000 books I bought yesterday when Judi and
I did a tour of the second hand bookstores *heh heh heh*
Mitchy, happy in OK.
Luci Davin
just as well. Must find space to read the rest sometime soon.
Luci
> Also just finished STELLA DUFFY's CALENDAR GIRL about London PI Saz Martin
searching for a mysterious missing woman. This was the first in the series
(as well as the first one I've read) I really enjoyed it and will make a
point to get the rest in the series. Funny, sexy, tense and well told.
> Donna
Luci Davin
dark and serious mysteries or sometimes darkly funny ones more. I've also
just read Shopaholic Goes Abroad, where she goes to New York City. It's
published in the US (where NYC isn't "abroad" I guess as Shopaholic Takes
Manhattan. There's a third out in paperback here now too.
Luci
sandi
couldn't put it down.
this book validates for me "i could never write a book, but i'm thrilled to be
able to read books."
glad i didn't wait for b'con to get the book. i can always sleep when i'm dead
(i forget who said that).
Fran Read
Fran
Sarah Weinman
>i finished "the last place" (laura lippman) last night. stayed up b/c i
>couldn't put it down.
>this book validates for me "i could never write a book, but i'm thrilled to be
>able to read books."
>glad i didn't wait for b'con to get the book. i can always sleep when i'm dead
>(i forget who said that).
>sandi
LOL but yeah, isn't it such a wonderful book?
And what did you think of the ending? Man, what a place Tess is in
now.....
Sarah
Melissa
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Please tell me this will be available at B'con?
Melissa
Sarah Weinman
<mmco...@alumni.utexas.NOSPAM.net> wrote:
>>
>> And what did you think of the ending? Man, what a place Tess is in
>> now.....
>>
>> Sarah
>
>Please tell me this will be available at B'con?
>Melissa
>
she's on the RAM Saturday Panel, after all.
Sarah
Jr@Ease
>>"Every Brilliant Eye" (I think that's right) Loren Estleman - very
>>hard boiled detective in the Hammett and Chandler mode. He speaks in
>>what I call PI code. I had a hard time getting into it, but once the
>>characters and plot got sorted out, it's picking up.
>
>this is #6 in the amos walker series. did you read any of the first 5? not
>that its required, but it may fill in some blanks.
>also, if you like his writing, you should read his peter macklin series (not a
>p.i., but a hired killer!).
>sandi
>
I got this from Beth, having never read him. Not sure I like it yet,
but I see there appear to be things about him I don't know. I'll let
you know when I finish. It's taking me awhile, because it's in my
locker at the Y, and I haven't been getting there as often as I'd
like, which is doubly troublesome, because with the gaps in visits,
not only am I not getting the exercise I so badly need, I have to keep
re-reading portions of the book to refresh where I am.
John P
John P
Justifi
Fontana books. And now I'm rea...sob reading... sniff sniff the last Tom
Bethany! WAAAAAAAAA. I just couldn't wait any longer though I tried and tried
not to read it.
We really really really need another of these.
Patty(who is not above begging Mr. Doolittle.)
Beth Tindall
"Justifi" <jus...@aol.com> wrote
And now I'm rea...sob reading... sniff sniff the last Tom
> Bethany! WAAAAAAAAA. I just couldn't wait any longer though I tried and
tried
> not to read it.
> We really really really need another of these.
>
> Patty(who is not above begging Mr. Doolittle.)
I feel your pain.
Beth (drop him a line, he loves it when we whine)
Jim Barker
HUNTING WIND by Steve Hamilton. Next up, probably UNATURAL FIRE by our own
Fidelis.
JimB
David Matthews
"Jim Barker" wrote :
> Just finished THE HINDENBERG MURDERS by Max Alaln Collins
<snip>
> JimB
I liked this one. Having Leslie Charteris as the protagonist was neat, he
was a colorful character in real life and he was actually a passenger on the
Hindenburg (on it's maiden voyage though, not its final trip). Nothing to do
with Collins' book but the movie "The Hindenburg" with George C Scott is
worth a look. kind of a hokey script but it gives an idea of what travel on
an airship was like.
Dave
Melissa
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Collins' Titanic Murders was similar, told from the perspective of an author
on the ship (who actually died in the sinking). Can't remember his name now,
dammit. But interesting.
Melissa
JLS411
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Jenni :-)
"I knew I'd get screwed by a computer someday."
-- President Bartlett, "The West Wing"
David Matthews
"Melissa" <mmco...@alumni.utexas.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:7Jhq9.242$025.10...@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
Haven't read the book but I guess the author would have been Jacques
Futrelle an American mystery writer who actually died on the Titanic. I
understand he died while saving his wife.
Dave
Justifi
Patty
Beth Tindall
"Justifi" <jus...@aol.com> wrote
> Beth do you think it will do any good?
>
> Patty
<shrug> It couldn't hurt. I know he forwards some of this stuff on to his
agent.
Beth
Luci Davin
couple of extra suitcases - well, a whole luggage set for $40 - after Left
Coast Crime. I filled the larger one in Portland Oregon and the rest of the
extra space in Seattle in a little under 10 days - I think those 3 trips to
Powells, two specialist mystery bookstores and a used bookstore which
apparently stays open until 1 am every night in Seattle had something to do
with it. My purchases were probably about 70% used to 30% new, I had about
140 books to my boyfriend's 13, and I never added up how much I spent just
on books (on principle).
Luci
Melissa
> > Collins' Titanic Murders was similar, told from the perspective of an
> author
> > on the ship (who actually died in the sinking). Can't remember his name
> now,
> > dammit. But interesting.
> >
> > Melissa
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Haven't read the book but I guess the author would have been Jacques
> Futrelle an American mystery writer who actually died on the Titanic. I
> understand he died while saving his wife.
>
> Dave
YES, that was him. Thanks!
Melissa
Justifi
has a sense of humor. I told him you made me do it though so I guess it
doesn't matter. Thanks Beth.
Patty
Beth Tindall
"Justifi" <jus...@aol.com> wrote
> I told him you made me do it though so I guess it
> doesn't matter. Thanks Beth.
>
> Patty
yeah, great, another nail in the "Beth's a Psycho" coffin. No matter, that
sucker was sealed quite some time ago.
<grin>
Beth
Sarah Weinman
<be...@cinSINcinnati.com> wrote:
>
>yeah, great, another nail in the "Beth's a Psycho" coffin. No matter, that
>sucker was sealed quite some time ago.
>
><grin>
>Beth
>
to (mis)quote a certain JeffT:
understatement.millenium.definitely
Sarah
Piliki
funny stuff.
Not much time to read of late, either books or news groups, but I'm
still here, somewhere...........
Piliki webmistress, begging Fran's pardon
Beth Tindall
Casey Mitchell
news:20021013133413...@mb-cm.aol.com
> After that is some of the 5000 books I bought yesterday when Judi and
> I did a tour of the second hand bookstores *heh heh heh* >>
>
> You did bring a couple of extra suitcases, right?
*grins* Judi's lending me a carrier to get the books to b'con. But I
plan on having a spare holdall after b'con to lug all the purchases back
again.
Actually, I'm contemplating mailing some home. I hate lugging heavy
bags.
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Pam K
Sometimes one just has to read a non-mystery or two to remember that
life isn't *all* murder and mayhem.
I read Kisscut over the past two days. It was unbelievably good.
Intense, compelling, and very, very hard to put down. After all
that, there's no way that I can jump into another mystery.
So, I'm off to read "I Don't Know How She Does It" (?) and a few even
sillier magazines. Relatively mindless, and they won't interfere with
the mulling over I'll have to do re: Kisscut.
Pam K
A R Pickett
Are you enjoying this? I have read a few reviews which make it sound like a
pretty good book! Could you let me know what you think when you're done?
--
A R Pickett aka Woodstock
"Are all your family wizards?" asked Harry.
"I think so, Mom's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never
talk about him."
Remove lower case "e" to respond
Greenbanks
Convoluted family relationships (you'd almost think she was Southern) and
romantic entanglements... also a murder in the present and perhaps one in the
past.
I haven't read one of hers in a while, so it was nice to see an old favorite --
I still have two others on the TBR but they'll have to wait their turn.
Next up is a non-mystery, "Forty Acres and a Poodle." I don't know if the
recommendation came from this group or if I saw it somewhere else, but it's a
funny true story of a city-girl's experiences in her long-held dream of living
on a farm. It's been on the TBR list for almost two years, and I remembered it
when a patron checked it out recently.
M'Lou
JLS411
In article <a280d83adc87ec1ef41...@mygate.mailgate.org>, "Casey
Mitchell" <mi...@orien.demon.co.uk> wrote:
<< Subject: Re: What are you reading?
From: "Casey Mitchell" <mi...@orien.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 04:29:34 +0000 (UTC)
"JLS411" <jls...@aol.comelephant> wrote in message
news:20021013133413...@mb-cm.aol.com
> After that is some of the 5000 books I bought yesterday when Judi and
> I did a tour of the second hand bookstores *heh heh heh* >>
>
> You did bring a couple of extra suitcases, right?
*grins* Judi's lending me a carrier to get the books to b'con. But I
plan on having a spare holdall after b'con to lug all the purchases back
again.
Actually, I'm contemplating mailing some home. I hate lugging heavy
bags. >>
Just don't expect to see it for a while, if you're entrusting it to the US Post
Office ... Casey?
sandi
>bags.
>
my plan is to mail my clothes, they'd weigh less (and cost less postage).
if they got lost, no big deal, but not books!
sandi
-------------------------------------------
"murder is messy, my friend."
nick stokes, csi
David Matthews
when he was in early twenties. Fascinating look at Puerto Rico in the late
fifties and showing obvious signs of his unique talent.
Dave
Mitchy
> << Subject: Re: What are you reading?
> From: "Casey Mitchell" <mi...@orien.demon.co.uk>
> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 04:29:34 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Just don't expect to see it for a while, if you're entrusting it to the US Post
> Office ... Casey?
*grins* This is what happens when you post late a night and forget to
change the "from" field on Mailgate. I couldn't be arsed to sign up
with my real name :)
Mitchy
Kat S =^..^=
Darkness" ...good vs. evil book. gave it about a 3.0 on 1-5 scale.
--
Kat S
FL =^..^=
"Sarah Weinman" <sa...@weinmans.com> wrote in message
news:af73db6d0b3d7416358...@mygate.mailgate.org...
> Finished up THE POISONED ROSE by D Daniel Judson (which I reviewed more
> extensively, I thought it was a great book) and now finally, finally
> started BLOOD ON THE TONGUE by some dude who's about to drive on the
> right side of the road....
>
> Sarah
Gina Metz
<bookw...@columbus.rr.com> writes:
>
>I'm reading "No One To Trust" by Iris Johanson now. I don't think I've ever
>seen her books discussed here.
>
I have seen a few posts on Iris Johanson. I have most of her books and have
read most of them. Haven't read any for a while because I found her right
before I started RAM and was in one of those phases where I would find an
author and read every one of their books in a row and burned myself out a
little. Still have a couple of hers to read that I will have to get back to.
Is this one a part of the series or a stand alone?
Gina
Gina Metz
<JrAt...@pkhNOSPAM.com> writes:
>Also reading John Connolly's "Dark Hollow" after finishing "Every Dead
>Thing" Since being here, I have't read one author's book directly
>after another for a long time, always jumping to the next
>recommendation that strikes my fancy. But after reading EDT, I had to
>read another by John.
>
>I also read the prologue and first chapter of Marshall's "Straw Men".
>Phewwwww. What an opening! It's next on my bedside, after Dark Hollow.
>
I feel the same way about John's books. Having read EDT and Dark Hollow am
making myself wait to read the other 2 in my TBR mountain. It is very
difficult though.
Just read the Straw Men this week. What a book. I loved it. Goes right up
there on my best of 2002 book list. Really different but very good book.
Please post what you think of it when you finish if you haven't already as I am
way behind on posts.
Currently reading Sandra Brown's "Envy". Not bad from an author I don't
usually read much of. I am more of a gore reader and hers usually lean too
much toward romance for me but I am enjoying it.
Gina
Jr@Ease
>In article <tcldqu0mnr1aih16e...@4ax.com>, "Jr@Ease"
><JrAt...@pkhNOSPAM.com> writes:
>
>>Also reading John Connolly's "Dark Hollow" after finishing "Every Dead
>>Thing" Since being here, I have't read one author's book directly
>>after another for a long time, always jumping to the next
>>recommendation that strikes my fancy. But after reading EDT, I had to
>>read another by John.
>>
>>I also read the prologue and first chapter of Marshall's "Straw Men".
>>Phewwwww. What an opening! It's next on my bedside, after Dark Hollow.
>>
>
>I feel the same way about John's books. Having read EDT and Dark Hollow am
>making myself wait to read the other 2 in my TBR mountain. It is very
>difficult though.
>
>Just read the Straw Men this week. What a book. I loved it. Goes right up
>there on my best of 2002 book list. Really different but very good book.
>Please post what you think of it when you finish if you haven't already as I am
>way behind on posts.
You're not as behind on posts as I am on books. I'm still reading Dark
Hollow, and The Straw Men is still up next. Time seems to have slowed
down here in central PA. Life is intruding.
John P
Lois
> >
> >I'm reading "No One To Trust" by Iris Johanson now. I don't think I've
ever
> >seen her books discussed here.
> >
>
> I have seen a few posts on Iris Johanson. I have most of her books and
have
> read most of them. Haven't read any for a while because I found her right
> before I started RAM and was in one of those phases where I would find an
> author and read every one of their books in a row and burned myself out a
> little. Still have a couple of hers to read that I will have to get back
to.
> Is this one a part of the series or a stand alone?
>
> Gina
One major character in this one was, I think, a very minor character in a
couple of others. Also a major character in other books had a very minor
mention in this one. I guess you would consider this a stand alone. This
one was OK but I didn't enjoy it as much as all of her earlier ones.
Lois
Joyleen Seymour
"Purple Cane Road" by James Lee Burke. I like this a lot. I like the literary
feel and the southern taste and the descriptions. Mmmm.
Joy
--
"The danger is not that you'll think you're a genius when you aren't; it's that
you'll think it matters."
David Bradley, at Bread Loaf, August 15, 2002
http://home.attbi.com/~joyseymour/index.html
Lauradog
I'll be sad if he ever kills off Arkady.
Lauradog
Fran Read
White feel to it with all the psychological stuff. Thanks Ellen for
recommending it.
Fran (glad I always take Ellen's good advice!)
Jeremy L
fantastic Ms. Lippman.Truly an outstanding book! I read the majority of it
on the plane ride home. Even as we were landing, I couldn't stop reading it.
To the very few that have not yet read Laura:Do so now! You won't regret it.
Next is an arc of Tim Cockey's
next book:Murder In The Hearse Degree. I read a little of it on Saturday
night, and it looks to be his strongest yet. After that is the short story
anthology Measures Of Poison, published by McMillian, featuring Gary
Phillips, Michael Connolly and George Peleconos.
Speaking of Dennis McMillian, does any one
remember Bob Truluck? He wrote Street Level and was the winner of the
PWA/St.MArtin's first novel award.McMillian will be publishing his next
book. It seems he and St.Martins didn't see eye to eye on it. I think Dennis
said St.Martins wanted Bob to tone it down, and Bob wouldn't.
Jeremy
Jr@Ease
<myste...@attbi.nospamcom> wrote:
> After that is the short story
>anthology Measures Of Poison, published by McMillian, featuring Gary
>Phillips, Michael Connolly and George Peleconos.
I have this ordered. How did you get it already? At B'con?
John P
Jr@Ease
wrote:
Never mind. I saw your later post. I too am weak.
John P
sue kelso
and read the first in the Merci Rayborn series.
Just finished "The Second Coming Of Lucy Hatcher", not a mystery, nice
story of a woman of 33 after her husband is killed in a farming
accident.
Also just finished Archer Mayor #2, working my way through the series.
sue k
ian
revelations and conclusions than I encountered at the end.
Ian
ian
Incriminating Evidence Sheldon Siegel
Another good story, with good twists to it.
God Is A Bullet Boston Teran
Expected more - just average, I thought.
Grift Sense James Swain
Enjoyed a lot, but he didn't play straight with the readers.
Under The Color Of Law Michael McGarrity
Good solid story-telling.
Sudden Mischief Robert B.Parker
Very enjoyable tale.
Echo Burning Lee Child
A return to top form - exciting.
The Up & Comer Howard Roughan
Good thriller, as baddie sinks ever lower.
Sweet Water Ranch Geoffrey Norman
About average. Just OK.
At All Costs John Gilstrap
This guy's an 'almost'. His books are always almost, but never quite it.
Hardcase Dan Simmons
Mr. Cool - and well done. More.
Taken Kathleen George
A careful, meditative story of reclaiming your life and taking risks, in
this case chasing a set of kidnappers. V good.
In Her Defense Stephen Horn
Tricky law story. More.
The Straw Men Michael Marshall
So-so story that never fulfills its promise.
All She Was Worth Miyuki Miyabe
Tantalising plot that stops just when we should be getting satisfied.
Family Honor Robert B.Parker
Lapped it up - Sunny Randall is a great heroine.
I will be on a big Parker binge for quite some time.........
Ian
Luci Davin wrote:
> This usual strand seems to have gone missing and it's always the subject I'm
> most nosy about. These are the posts I get my ideas for stocking up for next
> decade - starting 2012 - (my library books and the books I've acquired over
> the last 3 years and not yet reread, plus the ones I first read 10 years
> ago, will take care of the next one with no problem).
>
> Anyone?
>
> Luci
Barbara Frayser
I love your reviews. Short and to the point.
B. Frayser
ian
Mike Burke
>>Carleen, I love ya honey, but you really do need to get out more.
>>
>>Beth <shuddering>
>>
>
>Fine. I'm going to buy a Spice Girls cd and go hang out with Dave Matthews.
Yeccch! It's over!
Mique
David Matthews
"Mike Burke" <miq...@pacific.net.au> wrote in message
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Will you guys stop talking about me behind my back !!
Dave
MJW51
closing time and a well known secret
just great great great well written,great characters cant wait for the new one
titled
the last witness due soon
mjw51
CarleenML
Mitchy just told me it's been discussed here and I can see by a quick Google
search it has, so I'll add my praise. I think I'll buy a couple for Christmas
gifts. It's (can't believe I'm using this word) - charming. And smart, funny,
different.
Just what I needed for a rainy afternoon.
I just read Annie's post about a future television program, also looking
forward to that.