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Seamonkey | Friday, November 01, 2002 - 11:30 am     Good link, Babyruth!! I got on another reading jag into the night and finished Into the Mirror.. I may have to pick up another book about this spy.. sometime. But for now I just got Gail Tsukiyama's, {The Language of Threads}, sequel to Women of the Silk and grabbed that up this morning to start next. |
Jo_5329 | Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 07:32 am     Baby --- Amazon.com does that too with a lot of their books. I go there a lot when wanting to try new authors to read the first chapter to see if I want to spending the money. Jo --- |
Seamonkey | Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 11:27 am     http://www.bn.com also does that with some books. I know this is getting boring, but once I got into The Language of Threads, I just kept going!! Finished around 4am. Very good.. learned some history when the Japanese occupied much of China.. now understand why my roomate's boyfriend's roomate, who was Chinese, was forbidden by his parents from seeing his girlfriend once they all realized her family was Japanese.. in 1963 Berkeley, we didn't "get" it. Right now the paper is still there to be gotten through, but I seem to have snagged the new Jonathan Kellerman, Murder Book to start next; looks to be good and the cover and bookjacket are very interesting. |
Marysafan | Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 12:22 pm     Seamonky...you are NEVER boring! I look forward to all of your posts and feel so much more aware of what's out there thanks to your voracious appetite. I love books...reading them and learning about them. You do me a great service and I appreciate it very much! |
Jo_5329 | Monday, November 04, 2002 - 09:00 am     I just finished Karin Slaughter's Blindsided .. and that was ONE heck of a thriller/mystery!!!!!!!!! This book is not for the faint hearted, but those that like a bit more gore in their thriller/mysteries. Her website is at: Karin Slaughter I have her 2nd book, Kisscut in my PDA to get when it goes into paperback. Let me see -- I think I'll pop over to Amazon and grab a review for you all It's not like I'm busy here at work at all -- just doing payroll (Hey mine's in the system that's all that counts right? ) --- |
Jo_5329 | Monday, November 04, 2002 - 09:15 am     Here's from Amazon.com on the book Blindside --- Editorial Reviews Amazon.com In Blindsighted (book one of an anticipated three featuring Grant County, Georgia, pediatrician and coroner Dr. Sara Linton), first-time novelist Karin Slaughter comes out swinging in true medical examiner fashion. That is to say, covered with blood from the get-go. Excert from the book: "Without warning, the body jerked violently, pitching forward and slamming Sara onto the floor. Blood spread out around both of them, and Sara instinctively clawed to get out from under the convulsing woman. With her feet and hands she groped for some kind of purchase on the slick bathroom floor. Finally, Sara managed to slide out from underneath her. She turned Sibyl over, cradling her head, trying to help her through the convulsions. Suddenly, the jerking stopped." Sibyl is, or was, Sibyl Adams, a college professor who had the misfortune of being drugged, savagely raped, slashed, and left for dead in the toilet of the local diner, to be coincidentally discovered by Sara Linton. Coincidences don't stop there, and neither do the rapes and murders. The next is, unimaginably, still more gruesome than the first and it, too, is discovered by Dr. Linton. Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is Sara's ex-husband, and mercurial detective Lena Adams, another major player in the ensuing drama, was Sibyl's twin sister. And the monster behind these increasingly more depraved acts? Suspects abound, from the diner's jack-of-all-trades, Will Harris, to Victim No. 2's boyfriend, to Jack Allen Wright who, a dozen years prior, raped Dr. Linton (that rape had been a secret until now). There are other possibilities, naturally, and it soon becomes apparent that Sara's an intended target. A graduate of the Patricia Cornwell school of mayhem and gore, Slaughter has faithfully stitched together a fast, engaging, and diverting read complete with a strong-yet-vulnerable heroine. Characters are nicely if somewhat obviously drawn, the plot is inventive, and the narrative's pacing quickens the pulse straight to the cliff-hanging denouement. And really, what more can you ask of an ME thriller? --Michael Hudson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. --- Jo |
Ophiliasgrandma | Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 04:09 pm     Seamonkey: I just finished 'Women of the Silk'. What a grand book. Thank you so much for the recommendation. I too have 'The Language of Threads' on order from my daughter the librarian. I also have the author's other books ordered. She is a fine writer and I want to read all she has to offer. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 11:41 pm     I'm happy to hear that you liked the Tsukiyama book and know you'll like the followup.. I inhaled them.. but did savor them too. I have another of her books. I think it is something like Dreaming Water, sounds quite different but good. I opted to read the new Jonathan Kellerman and not sure what will be next but the Tsukiyama sits there, looking delicious.. I agree that she's a good find, and can only think my friend Sandy from Minnesota for giving me the reference.. |
Ophiliasgrandma | Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 09:34 am     Seamonkey: And I can thank my good friend from The Clubhouse! |
Seamonkey | Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 11:10 am     You already did == So, I finished the Jonathan Kellerman The Murder Book .. good as usual and some different slants, getting into Alex Delaware's psyche a bit more and also in part written from Milo's point of view.. I liked that. Robin and Spike are away on a tour and things remain off between Alex and Robin (starting at the end of the previous book, and evidently continuing to the next book). For those unfamiliar with the Kellerman books, Alex is a former child psych, Milo is his friend, a gay cop working homicide in LA (Milo's partner Rick is a doctor). Robin is an artist, a luthier, makes all sorts of wonderful guitars and instruments, has been the live-in with Alex forever, but they are on the outs over her distaste for Alex's penchant for putting himself into dangerous situations. Spike is a little bulldog (not the standard one, I'm blanking on his breed but bat ears). So.. change of pace, I'm planning next to read one of Elizabeth Berg's novels.. this one the third about her character Katie.. True to Form (the previous two being Durable Goods and Joy School.. so, looking forward to an un-gory change of pace, gentler but still with substance.. Marysafan.. you have probably read, or plan to read Berg's Open House which was an Oprah selection. |
Marysafan | Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 11:37 am     Seamonkey, I did read Open House ...and LOVED it! I have Elizabeth Berg on my ..."MUST read more of" list. Should these other "Katie" books be read in order? |
Seamonkey | Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 01:42 pm     Yup |
Lycanthrope | Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 06:20 pm     Currently reading Lucifer's Hammer. It was written in the mid-to-late 70's and it is about a comet hitting earth, and the survivor's story. It's a little tedious, but worth a read I think if you like those sort of books. |
Seamonkey | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 09:23 am     Lycanthrope.. interesting that you find it tedious because that sounds like a book I started and didn't finish (which is highly unusual) because I was having a hard time pushing through it.. I think it started out in Florida or an island?? Part of the problem is I had a paperback with tiny print. == The Elizabeth Berg book went quickly. I really love her writing and this character, Katie, who is 13-14 in this third book. Anyway I got hooked and read it pretty much in one "sitting" (I was reading in bed, so not sitting much). Good read! == Haven't actually started but, the next book, after today's paper, looks quite interesting. Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler. He's the author of Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses which I haven't read but which sounds good too, and when I look at his list of books written, I see other interesting titles: Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan, Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge, Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus, Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville If I like this book, I have a feeling I'll be lining up the rest of his titles to read.. |
Ann | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 09:45 pm     Sea... Walking the Bible was very good. I think you'd like it. |
Seamonkey | Monday, November 11, 2002 - 07:41 pm     Ann, I suspect I'll be reading more from this author. Finished Abraham earlier today and am starting Gail Tsukiyama's novel Dreaming Water. (not this moment.. watching a most excellent tennis final) |
Twinkie | Monday, November 11, 2002 - 08:00 pm     I just want to give a heads up to my friends here on TVCH. About a year ago I heard about a series of books called Left Behind (there are now 10 books in the series which started years ago). I have been dying to read these books ever since i saw the authors interviewed on TV. Well, tonight my hubby surprised me with book #1 in the series. So I probably won't be in chat or on the threads for a couple of days as I plan on reading it til i'm finished. I'm hoping that I get book #2 for Christmas. <would love to get 3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10 also but don't want to be greedy>. LOL |
Sia | Monday, November 11, 2002 - 09:28 pm     Twinkie, I think there's a thread dedicated just to "Left Behind," isn't there? I've read all installments up to the most recent release. The series is losing momentum, in my opinion. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 12:19 am     I haven't read any, but clearly, it is a popular series. Twinkie, how nice to have a hubby who listens, eh? |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:42 pm     Finished the Gail Tsukiyama book, Dreaming Waters .. EXCELLENT!.. Ophiliasgrandma.. not at all like the two you are reading, this one set in N. California, 20th century. Well worth reading. I just now finished and won't know what is next until I go upstairs and ponder the pile and grab the next book. |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 09:41 am     New book!! Blue Latitudes: Boldly going where CAPTAIN COOK has gone before by Tony Horwitz.. looks to be a good read. |
Ophiliasgrandma | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 01:07 pm     Seamonkey: I just finished 'Language of the Thread'. Compared to the first book, I thought the author condensed the story way too much. There was enough to have elaborated and stretched into another book. I was sorry she hurried so much. They were such 'meaty' characters, I would have loved more about them all. But, all in all I'm glad I didn't miss reading about Pei, her family and acquaintances. I am now reading 'Q is for Quarry'. |
Car54 | Friday, November 15, 2002 - 06:54 pm     I just bought Jon Hassler's latest Staggerford book...The Staggerford Flood. I did not know he had a new book out, so this is a fun surprise. His Staggerford books are favorites but I think I have read everything he has written. |
Twinkie | Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:54 pm     Sia, I kind of figured it would wear thin by book #10. But its new to me so I'm enjoying reading book 1. I didn't find a thread for Left Behind. Seamonkey, he mostly listens. LOL |
Ophiliasgrandma | Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 08:53 am     Sia and Twinkie: Have you ever noticed all the 'air' in the 'Left Behind' books? By that I mean if they were printed in the manner of most books they'd only be the size of a large pamphlet. The pages are extra thick, the print very large and huge margins. AND, yet, the cost is the same as for a book that fills up it's pages with print. Just my humble observation. |
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