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Post by conniej on Nov 2, 2019 20:43:08 GMT
Have been in a mood for light reading lately and have whipped right through some romance/detective books. These go to GoodWill when I get there.
Do you read more than one genre of books? I like quite a lot of different types of books. But do stick to Fiction. Guess it is my get away and my hobby. I do like Fiction based on a real life event. But then my mind takes off on a fantasy type book. Have a few favorite authors but also like to try new ones especially new comers. Books have changed so much from what I read in the 50’s and 60’s that sometimes I am amazed.
Right now I am reading the new Longmire book. That was a favorite show on TV for me and don’t believe I have read any other novels of that. LAND OF WOLVES by Craig Johnson. Longmire, the sheriff is recuperating from a knifing and trying to do his job at same time. These stories are set in Wyoming. This is the 14th novel and I can’t believe I didn’t know about them. The blurb says it was a Netflix series but I know I saw them on regular TV as well awhile back. I won’t go back and read the rest except for the one before this so I can find out how and where and when of the stabbing.
The days are getting colder, we are in the 40's now and though we have not had snow, have had downpours and lot of wind. We do have flurries in the forecast for Friday. I took a couple of days just to relax, stay home, no running, and pamper myself. that always includes a book or two. This time 2!! Plus some reorganizing as well. nice time of year to do that. life is slower right now.
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
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Post by conniej on Nov 2, 2019 20:47:17 GMT
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Post by conniej on Nov 3, 2019 21:25:14 GMT
BOY, my lazy days are gone. Today I did a load of wash that I didn't get to the other day, got groceries that I have been meaning to for days.. Rite Aid for a couple of cards and batteries and set the things back an hour that don't do it themselves. Still have the car and the clock in the garage to do. but for now I am ready to sit down with Longmire. I am liking this book. learning about wolves and though we used to have them in mountains of Pa to the east, they are pretty much extinct here. loved to hear them howl. Plus Longmire is something else, he comes up with the craziest way of expressing himself.
Hope you are listening to or reading a great book.
Sure we all need suggestions for the long evenings!!
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Post by lani on Nov 3, 2019 22:59:43 GMT
I definitely tend to mysteries, thrillers, horror/fantasy. I will read the occasional history/biography.
The last book I finished is A BOOK OF BONES by John Connolly. I am about a third through CRUEL ACTS by Jane Casey. An Irish and English author respectively. The first is horror, the second a police procedural, both are series. I greatly enjoy both of these writers.
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Post by Gail in SC on Nov 3, 2019 23:58:47 GMT
I like fiction, but select mixed genres. I enjoy fantasy (inhaled the Harry Potter books), historical fiction (Geraldine Brooks), funny, dramatic, romantic. You name it I'll try it. But I really like non-fiction too. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS by David McCullough (actually just about anything by him), HAWK and many others about nature, politics, etc.
I am still reading OKSANA, BEHAVE! and listening in my car to the latest Louise Penny book so far. Both good. At home if I am not listening to music or the news I enjoy listening to podcasts. I will be looking for a new audiobook.
Gail
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Post by conniej on Nov 4, 2019 17:21:38 GMT
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Post by yogamama007 on Nov 5, 2019 1:43:05 GMT
"I really got into THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN, Anne. They are real. I read a couple of articles about them. They can hold their breath for very long periods of time and they dive in very cold waters. Fascinating." Gail- Yes they are very real. Our daughter was editing a book on the woman pearl divers of Japan and shared her research with us. Agree that THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN is a book you just dive  into till the last. I just started: THE LOVER Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel by Marguerite Duras, the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Indochina. Excellent writing, you all may have seen the film. Also reading: LITTLE by Edward Carey "From little beginnings: the extraordinary story of a singular, diminutive crumb of a servant girl turned entertainment mogul." 'Iremonger torques and tempers our memories of Dickensian London into a singularly jaunty and creepy tale of agreeable misfits. Read it by gas lamp, with a glass of absinthe at your wrist and a fireplace poker by your knee.’ Have any of you had absinthe? Just asking for research ya know...... |
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Post by woolworker on Nov 5, 2019 13:18:58 GMT
Good morning:
Glad to see this thread up and running! We are still house bound by contractors....nough said!
I finished listening to The Guest Book and absolutely loved it. There are so many "familiar" characters in that book and I think it is very well written. I will read it again with the actual book in front of me. I'm going to recommend it to my book group. Several of us talked about it a little bit at our last gathering.
I just started listening to Susan Rice's memoir, Tough Love. She reads it which adds so much to the experience. The opening lines are about the last moments of the Obama administration, Inauguration day. I must say, I teared up.
my hard copy reading is still the Gail Caldwell book about older women in American History, No Stopping Us Now. Very interesting, well written; I am enjoying it. My only reading time is before sleep so I don't get very far. I've joined the local gym for yoga and strength training so I am tired on the days I work out there....good to work those different muscles
I need to start reading a good novel. I am reading a lot of nonfiction and so enjoyed The Guest Book as an escape. There are enough good novels on my book shelves; I just need to hone in on one to be my next escape.
Anne: I love Marguerite Duras and loved, The Lover. I also loved Collette's book, Cheri, about a younger man and an older woman. I think Michelle Pfeifer played Cheri in the film.
The discussion about favorite reads reminded me that when I used to interview English teachers for a job at my school I always asked them what their favorite "trash" reads were. It took them aback, but many enjoyed the question and I got a good list of books! A British woman who was really floored by the question, but accepted our offer for a job, kept me informed of all of her "trash" reads...she came around!
It's back to house chores for me. Thank you for this wonderful diversion. I WILL get back to a more leisurely routine!
Annsanse
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Post by conniej on Nov 7, 2019 17:29:31 GMT
I finished the LAND OF WOLVES and almost froze reading a couple of chapters, the descriptions of cold and snow in Wyoming sure did make me feel the cold.
I am not sure about the book I have started now. THE FRIENDS WE KEEP by Jane Green it is a novel of 3 friends through the years and what happens to their lives. I have read several books like this and sometimes I am not sure if it was worth the read. If I am not in the mood at this time will move on to James Patterson Women's Murder Club novel 18th ABDUCTION. Always good for a fun fast read.
The cold weather has arrived with frost every night and now snow in the forecast for next few days and with time change always seems like more time to read but honestly "SEEMS like " probably is more correct than true. I always find time!!
I laughed when I read about your "trash" reads, Anne, Honesty, now I could have answered your question starting with Peyton Place when I was in high school. It is funny that book make the rounds of the whole Jr and Sr classes, quietly hidden but even the boys read it. They marked many passages. so mild compared to now days.
I believe the next trash book I read was The Godfather and that one made the rounds of every one I knew. Now I don't believe it would ever be called "trash" but it was a different time.
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Post by karen8787 on Nov 7, 2019 22:37:31 GMT
Greetings: Doing more listening than reading lately. I am a fan of the Kellerman's, Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, Lisa Gardner, Michael Connolly crime, mystery, etc. I also read women's fiction, but not all. It really depends on how the characters are developed. With new books, I'm giving shorter and shorter time to make a good impression. I dropped a book on page 17 the other day. If characters use "colorful" language and it's appropriate for the character and the situation I'm okay with it. But, I'm not okay with language for nor purpose. And that's what happened on page 17 in addition to the fact that the book couldn't seem to get started. It was one for a book club. I'll just not attend that session.
I've got a couple of new authors lined up. I started one. It was written by an "older" woman.
I've been reluctant to read the Longmire books. I grew up in Wyoming and know it pretty well. If the Wyoming on the page doesn't make sense I won't read it. I'm kind of strict that way. If an author picks something "real" to write about, it better be accurate or I'll stop reading.
Thanks for doing this, Connie.
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Post by conniej on Nov 7, 2019 22:52:02 GMT
Karen, since Craig Johnson lives in UCross , Wyoming,Population 25, I assume he knows a bit about it. Plus his picture looks like I think Longmire looked like in the movie, and what I picture when I am reading!!
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Post by woolworker on Nov 8, 2019 19:28:29 GMT
Connie:
I'm sure we all have our Peyton Place stories. Mine is long, but funny. My best friend and I walked two miles to a drugstore far from our neighborhood. We picked up a copy of Peyton Place and said VERY LOUDLY,
"Is this the book Mom wanted us to get?" We bought it and then proceeded to pack up our lunch and tennis racquets every day to go to a hillside and SHARE the copy of the book. We would sit huddled over the book asking one another: "Turn the page?" Once we read it we had to dispose of it. I don't know why we didn't just dump it into a store trashcan, but no, we came up with a convoluted idea. The next time we went to my friend's lake house, we canoed out to an island that had a lot of small cottages. It was late fall and no one was on the island. We found an open cottage and hid the book under a mattress. We paddled back and forgot about it. ...UNTIL two years later we went out to the island with my friend's oldest sister and her boyfriend. We were exploring the island and yes, testing cottage doors again. The same cottage had an open door so we all went in. My friend's sister noticed something in between the mattress and the box spring. She pulled out a copy of Peyton Place, eyeing both of us, and said with GREAT emphasis: "I WONDER who would have left a copy of Peyton Place under a mattress? We said not a word and did not make eye contact with one another. That friend and I got into a lot of trouble well beyond college. We camped through Europe together in our early twenties in a VW bug. I drove that car until after my second daughter was born.
I MUST find a good novel to read on the plane. We are flying to New Jersey to visit my oldest daughter and her husband and two children. I'll let you know what I choose!
Ann
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Post by gramma15 on Nov 8, 2019 23:49:16 GMT
"I really got into THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN, Anne. They are real. I read a couple of articles about them. They can hold their breath for very long periods of time and they dive in very cold waters. Fascinating." Gail- Yes they are very real. Our daughter was editing a book on the woman pearl divers of Japan and shared her research with us. Agree that THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN is a book you just dive into till the last. I just started: THE LOVER Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel by Marguerite Duras, the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Indochina. Excellent writing, you all may have seen the film. Also reading: LITTLE by Edward Carey "From little beginnings: the extraordinary story of a singular, diminutive crumb of a servant girl turned entertainment mogul." 'Iremonger torques and tempers our memories of Dickensian London into a singularly jaunty and creepy tale of agreeable misfits. Read it by gas lamp, with a glass of absinthe at your wrist and a fireplace poker by your knee.’ Have any of you had absinthe? Just asking for research ya know...... Anne, read your email...lol |
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Post by conniej on Nov 9, 2019 16:43:09 GMT
Exciting news! Summer of '69, Elin's very first historical novel, has been nominated for Best Historical Fiction in the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards! Round one of voting ends on November 10th.
Well we all knew that it was very good, didn't we??
Anne, Yes I have had Absinthe, and did like it. haven't had any in awhile, maybe it is time to hit the State Store. In Pa that is where we have to buy our hard liquor.
I like it especially in the winter.
In 2007, the U.S. government reversed its 95-year-old policy, once again allowing the sale of liquor products labeled absinthe into the country—and, accordingly, absinthe cocktails have experienced a revival. Since then a slew of old and new brands hailing from France, Switzerland, Austria, and America have hit the market. All of them have less than ten parts-per-million thujone, the compound in wormwood that's dangerous in high doses but considered safe (and certainly nonhallucinogenic) at these small levels.
Many people do not realize that absinthe tastes like anise, fennel, or licorice, depending on your frame of reference. But bartenders do. They've been using it (and substitutes like Pernod and Herbsainte) in the best absinthe cocktails for more than a hundred years.
So what is absinthe, exactly? It's an anise-flavored liquor that makes most people immediately think of ouzo, pastis or arrack. Typically, it's a clear or translucent-green drink that's mixed in a 1:3 to 1:6 ratio with cold water dripped through a fork or special slotted absinthe spoon holding a sugar cube (which helps cut the absinthe's bitterness). The addition of the water creates what's called the louche, the clouding effect that makes the drink much more opaque.
I have had it with Warm Coke . I believe they make a drink like FRAPPE now days with it.
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Post by lani on Nov 9, 2019 17:49:49 GMT
I recently saw (again) The Haunting on TCM and was seized by an irresistible impulse to read Shirley Jackson's novel again. I know I have it somewhere in my very disorganized basement of books, but I couldn't find it. I went ahead and bought the Kindle version because I couldn't wait. It has been so long since I read it I had forgotten the beauty of Eleanor's fantasies before she even gets to Hill House.
I also purchased the latest Deborah Crombie, A BITTER FEAST. I love her. I have borrowed the ebooks THE LYING GAME, Ruth Ware, SLEEPING BEAUTIES, Stephen King and his son Owen, and CORALINE by Neil Gaiman. The first two have not caught my fancy, but I will try again later; the last one I haven't looked at yet.
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into till the last.
