What Are You Reading?
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This one was scary for me--I read it when I was a lot younger, during my "I really hate Vampire" days.
Started Blood and Beauty by Sarah Dunant (or possible the before both words..) Historical novel about The Borgias. Start when Alexander VI is elected Pope 1492. He immediately starts intriguing to increase his and his familys power. Lucrezia is just gonna get married to a Sforza. Interesting new light. If you have read some about the Borgias the picture you get is sometimes to black to understand. She does a good job at making the characters more real. Can be compared with Hilary mantel and her Wolf Hall but a bit less description and more dialogue. Don't think it has anything to do with the TVseries.
Not to be confused with the Thighmaster.....
i am going to start reading Shadows. Got it for 75 cents today.
Haints of the Hills......it's a collection of tales about local legends and haunted places in North Carolina. Pretty interesting stories, and I live close enough to some of the places to visit
That sounds like it would be an awesome thing to do.Visiting could be fun.
I love to visit those kinds of places when I can. It's like an adventure for me.
Is it the John Saul book or the 1st book in the series 'Shadows' edited by Charles Grant?
By Charles Grant
I finished The Elementals by Michael McDowell. I really liked it. The writing was above average for the genre from that era and the story was unlike any I have ever read pertaining to a "haunted house." Very unique; the author gets an A+ for that! I was left scratching my head at the end though; not exactly sure I understood the ending completely, but that's OK. I'll probably read more by him in the future. Now I'm off to Amazon to see what I'll read next on my Kindle!
Oooo, that one's a keepah! There are some wonderful stories by lots of great authors in this series. I have all of them in hardback except for #4, which has a King story in it and seems to be the one that everyone else wants.....
Which king story is that?
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
Finished The Likeness (Tana French). Phenomenal mystery. That's a genre that usually doesn't do much for me, but this is the third one by her that I've read & I loved them all. Irish writer, stories set in and around Dublin. Next up is the last of the Rot & Ruin series, Fire & Ash. I've thoroughly enjoyed this YA zombie series, & will likely look up more of Maberry's books. I have another book waiting at the library, but heck if I can remember which one it is--lol.
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