Black House didn't kick in with me until about page 80 or so. It's pretty dry in the beginning, but then all stops are pulled and it flies!!!!!
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Just started. Real good. Gives us insight in the man who outmaneuvered the christians from Jerusalem and was a match for Richard Lionheart in the third crusade. Richard was finally forced to withdraw without his goal achieved. Always took the long view, well almost always, and managed what had been thought to be impossible; united the shiit and sunni muslims under one leader. Undoubtedly one of Islams greatest, perhaps even THE greatest, leader.
im currently reading Wheel of Time Eye of the World.
Spideyman & cat in a bag - I finished Last Words and Rise the Dark!! Talk about a cliff hanger. Do you know if he has another Novak book in the works now?
Not that I can see on net. I keep cking his site. Didn't want to spoiling ending for you-
Have you read any of his other books? Reading The Ridge at present. That will complete his stand alones/ then I am going back to book 2 of Lincoln Perry books - read first- there are 4 and I believe ii completes that series.
I started with How it Happened. I've read Those Who Wish Me Dead, So Cold the River and am on the waiting list for If She Wakes. I really enjoy his style so will likely work through the rest that are at my library. Nice to find new authors.
Think you will enjoy If She Wakes.I started with How it Happened. I've read Those Who Wish Me Dead, So Cold the River and am on the waiting list for If She Wakes. I really enjoy his style so will likely work through the rest that are at my library. Nice to find new authors.
The scenes in the caves were so claustrophobic, I practically had a panic attack reading them.
His research and descriptions take the reader beyond the paper pages.The scenes in the caves were so claustrophobic, I practically had a panic attack reading them.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I'm half way through a large type book by Tina Turner
She was born in 1939 and will be 80 in the fall - it's a pretty good story - she is married to a German man and they live in Switzerland
She was born in 1939 and will be 80 in the fall - it's a pretty good story - she is married to a German man and they live in Switzerland
I finished H is for Hawk (wonderful book and I learned a lot about falconry and T. H. White) and I started Watership Down. Kurben
Next I am continuing with books by Wallace Stegner, Eudora Welty, and Saul Bellow. All trade paperbacks.
Next I am continuing with books by Wallace Stegner, Eudora Welty, and Saul Bellow. All trade paperbacks.
Good for you, Doc! You wont be disappointed.
Currently reading a book I should have read called Hell House. Just finished listening to Sharp Objects. It was quite good.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I would like to read this book (H is for Hawk) - maybe I can order it from the library - glad to hear you enjoyed it.
H Is for Hawk
By Helen MacDonald
“Helen Macdonald’s beautiful and nearly feral book, H Is for Hawk, reminds us that excellent nature writing can lay bare some of the intimacies of the wild world as well. Her book is so good that, at times, it hurt me to read it. It draws blood, in ways that seem curative.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times
I am also slowly working my way through Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk.
An old collection of vampire tales, the second hand store where I got it stamped the date on it when I bought it, 10 March 1984 and it cost 60 pence, man I am getting old.
An old collection of vampire tales, the second hand store where I got it stamped the date on it when I bought it, 10 March 1984 and it cost 60 pence, man I am getting old.
I found some paperbacks I bought at a used book store in the 70s that I haven't read yet.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George is the best novel I've read in years. It's about a Frenchman who calls himself a "literary apothecary" and operates his bookstore on a barge that floats along the Seine River. The book is an in depth exploration of love, loss and the stages of grief. There are a lot of truths about life and relationships in the novel. It stayed on the German bestseller list for over a year. It was also recommended by oprah.com. I could imagine it being made into a film starring George Clooney. After you finish this book, you can't read someone like Nora Roberts or Robyn Carr because Nina George sets the bar really high. The Little Paris Bookshop is quality literature. I could actually read that book multiple times. The only other books that I've read more than once were Pet Sematary and Something Borrowed.
Read Dead Sleep by Greg Iles. Good premise, not so good execution of it. A better author could have done something worthwhile with this. Also read Code of the Woosters by Wodehouse. He always makes me laugh.
Speaking of laughing, there is a woman at work who, as soon as i appear starts laughing. She says that i'm such a funny guy but i dont even have to say a word for her to start laughing. Oh, well, i guess its good that someone finds me funny,
Speaking of laughing, there is a woman at work who, as soon as i appear starts laughing. She says that i'm such a funny guy but i dont even have to say a word for her to start laughing. Oh, well, i guess its good that someone finds me funny,