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Rabernet

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
A good friend of mine is actually writing her first mystery and I set her up with a homicide detective/forensic death investigator friend of mine for some of her research. She recommended Jonathan Kellerman as a new author to read (well, he's not new, but new to me). I've read every copy of his book that the library has and am now starting on his wife's books, her name is Faye Kellerman. Both are very good authors. And can you believe it, I've never read Mary Higgins Clark before, and now I'm going through all the library copies of her books. Just about to finish Remember Me. Her daughter's books are pretty good too.

And one of my all time favorites is Virginia Lanier who writes in first person as the lead heroine who raises blood hounds and uses them to solve crimes. Set in the Ocefenokee Swamps of GA (I know I mispelled that). I've read all of her books. AWESOME books!

I too found this thread after BB just ended and I was going into withdrawal. I'm also a professional job searcher right now (LOL) and I've had much more free time to catch up on reading. I've got a stack of books I've purchased that I need to read, but I keep going to the library and checking out books and need to read them before they are due back. It's an endless cycle! LOL

Marysafan

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 03:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow Rabernet! To actually know someone who writes and to help with the process....You are so cool! I hope you will stick around and join in. Virginia Lanier sounds VERY interesting...and I never would have heard of her if you hadn't stopped by. Thanks!

Twiggyish

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just finished, "Out of Sight" by TJ MacGregor
If you like science fiction, this one is good. It has an interesting twist in the plot.

Seamonkey

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I finished "The Cell" and an into "Cracking Cases: the science of solving crimes" by Dr Henry C. Lee with Thomas W. O'Neil.. Dr Lee describes five famous cases he worked on. It is an odd combination of science, pride, mystery.. and textbook. Really nice paper used in the book.. I know, strange comment but it just popped into my mind.. The five cases are ones Dr. Lee mentions quite often when he's on TV.. Sherman case, MacArthur case, O.J. Simpson case, Mathison murder case, woodchipper murder case.

Memoirs of a Geisha was wonderful!! At the same time i also read "Falling Leaves", non-fiction account by a woman who grey up in a family in China..

Awareinva

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 10:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Vanillarose... Shogun is an awesome book. One of my all time favorites.

I just finished Little Altars Everywhere and the Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood. OMG, where have I been that I missed these???

Totally loved both of them!!! Been a long time since a book made me laugh out loud. Had to go buy them for my best friend and I have her reading them now.

Maybe it's because I live in the south, but I thought these were the best new books I've read in a long while. Didn't see the movie, but not sure if I want too..... I am almost always disappointed in movies made from favorite books.

Jo_5329

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 05:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Got to the bookstore yesterday - they were having a great discount offer for discount card members, so had to go.

Picked up: The Hobbit; Grave Secrets by Kathy Reiches; and Dark Hollow by John Connolly.

Jo

Silksmoke

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jo, The Hobbit is absolutely one of my very favorites !!!! Enjoy :) I also loved Watership Down.

Romans8_1

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 11:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Watership Down rocked!!

Katlady53

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 07:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I recently finished the Princess trilogy by Jean Sasson. Loved it!

Seamonkey

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 12:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cracking Cases ended up being more interesting than I originally thought.. done.

And now for a novel!! A recommended first time author, Nicole Stansbury, places to look for a mother. Just started but the narrative flows well.

Marysafan

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seamonkey...I love that you share these new authors with us. Thanks...and keep up the good work....YOU ROCK!

Goddessatlaw

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 03:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just finished "The Wives of Henry VIII" by Antonia Fraser. The book is absolutely stellar - I've found very little written in depth about his wives as a group, their backgrounds and the reasons why their marriages occured and failed (except for the last). Great insight into the politics of sex in Renaissance monarchies. PS I still don't know the real reason, nor does anyone else apparently, Anne Boleyn was executed. And I think Jane Seymour was a lot less innocent than she seemed in the whole contretemps, even moreso her family. Anyway, it's a fascinating read. I highly recommend it.

Gail

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess, here I figured you had nose buried deep in the BBFC ARchives.

Goddessatlaw

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 03:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GD-it, Gail - BUSTED!!!! I'm on it, I'm on it already. LOL.

Denecee

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 04:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am currently reading book 2 of the Mission Earth series by Ron Hubbard. My husband is reading the series for the 3rd time in 10 years, so I thought I would give them a try. Very entertaining, not too many politics or boring details.

Romans8_1

Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 05:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I really tried to read "Mission Earth". I really tried!!! Through shear force of will I was able to get half way through the 3rd book before I went screamind down the hall and out of the house. :) I just couldn't take it any more. How does someone spend 20 pages talking about walking down a hall. He would talk about every nook and cranny in the wall. I also had a friend that just loved it, but it was waaay to slow for me.

Denecee

Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 01:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Romans8_1, that's wierd because I was telling my husband how fast the books are going for me.

Rissa

Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
RFLMAO!! My daughter (13) just came home from school with a copy of 'Tunnel in the Sky' by Robert Heinlein, and a dozen pages of questions to answer. I guess I overgushed just a bit about what an awesome author I think he is and how I own pretty much every one of his books. LOL She gave me a sarcastic look, slapped her homework assignment on the book in my hands and told me they never let them read romance books for Literature class and it's just not fair. :)

Now she is out there humming the theme to Star Trek, which is supposed to be a shot at my liking Sci-fi. LOL This is a kid who enjoys what I call dead-teenager-novels. I can't remember the author, but they are all the same. Teenage girl finds true love just in time to die from some terrible illness (diabetic coma, cancer, AIDS, etc.). I just can't figure out why the school system doesn't consider them high quality literature. {snicker}

Goddessatlaw, that book sounds fascinating. Will grab it as soon as I can, thanks for posting it.

Laura11103

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 07:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just finished reading the Oprah book club book, Cane River, very good and very emotional.

Seamonkey

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I finished my novel, places to look for a mother, which, while not an unfamiliar theme.. from a daughter's point of view, very "interesting" mother, turmoil, humor, etc.. but very well done.

Starting a book recommended by a fellow TVCHer, Northstar, Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Maagic, by Martha Beck about a "journey from being smart to becoming wise" when two Harvard grad students find that their second child will have Down syndrome and how it changed them.

30 pages in, I'm captivated.

Thanks SO much for the recommendation!!!

Elsol

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm currently reading the second book in the Fantasy Genre trilogy "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever". After I finish that, I am going to read the sequel and final trilogy "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever". I have read all 6 books twice already, but it's been 10 years since the last time and that is my absolute favorite series of all time. Fantastic read if you're looking for something a bit different.

Elsol

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 11:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I forgot to mention the author. Stephen R. Donaldson

Hermione69

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 02:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just finished Envy by Sandra Brown. It is a mystery/suspense story. Pretty good tale, but rather predictable. There was only one twist that I didn't see coming and it was not that big of one. I enjoyed it, but not so much that I'm going to run right out and buy more books by this author.

I see that White Oleander is coming out in the movies. Now that was an excellent book. Beautiful. A coworker of mine twisted my arm to get me to read it and I was so glad that she did.

Seamonkey

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione.. agree totally about White Oleander.. that was a really good book!

I finished Expecting Adam.. I kind of gobbled it up, in fact. Highly recommended!

Starting You're Not from Around Here, Are You?: A Lesbian in Small-Town America by Louise A. Blum. Engaging enough story (non-fiction) but I'm disappointed so far in the flow of the writing itself.. considering she's an English professor, some really strange choices of metaphor and kind of choppy. I'll definitely finish it but won't be devouring and my eyes are already scanning the stacks for "what's next"

Fruitbat

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 04:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seamonkey, have you read Out of Time but Paula Martinac? One of my favorite books. Very unique lesbian romance.

You have read Sandra Scoppetone, yes?