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Post by conniej on Jul 15, 2021 19:30:16 GMT
BOY , This poor Pilgrim woman in the HOUR OF THE WITCH by Chris Bohjalian just cannot get a break. At least not yet. I am certainly hoping for a happy ending on this one.
A bit tired of reading Thee and Thou but it is what it is.
I have a stomach ache today so am careful what I eat. Did some errands and also paid some bills but the best part of the day is this book.
How are you doing with your list and pile?
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
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Post by conniej on Jul 15, 2021 19:31:28 GMT
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Post by conniej on Jul 16, 2021 15:42:13 GMT
I have a few new books that you might not have seen,
check these out, all are very different from each other.
False Witness
By Karin Slaughter
Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She’s an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her 16-year-old daughter, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.
But Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure … a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence. On a Sunday night she gets a call to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes that it’s no coincidence that he’s specifically asked for her to represent him.
What a Dog Knows
By Susan Wilson
Ruby Heartwood has always lived a life on the move. As a traveling psychic, she makes her living working at carnivals and festivals and circuses around New England. It's a life Ruby has made peace with--settling in one place has never been for her. She needs no one, and no one needs her.
Until one night, when she is camped by the side of the road in her trusty Volkswagon "Westie" van, a fierce thunder and lightning storm erupts. In the middle of the downpour, she hears a distinct voice telling her to "let me in." In jumps a little black and white dog, and to Ruby's astonishment, she can hear the dog's thoughts. Has she been struck by lightning? Did the storm do this? Is she losing her mind? It turns out, Ruby can hear dogs' thoughts.
Fallen
By Linda Castillo
When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years ago and fled Painters Mill. Why was she back in town? And who would kill her so brutally?
As the case heats to a fever pitch and long-buried secrets resurface, a killer haunts Painters Mill. Someone doesn’t want Rachael’s past—or the mysteries she took with her to the grave—coming to light. As Kate digs deeper, violence strikes again, this time hitting close to home. Will Kate uncover the truth and bring a murderer to justice? Or will a killer bent on protecting a terrible past stop her once and for all?
All the Wrong Places
by Joy Fielding
Psychological Suspense
Four women—friends, family, rivals—turn to online dating for companionship, only to find themselves in the crosshairs of a tech-savvy killer using an app to target his victims in this harrowing thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of See Jane Run and The Bad Daughter.
Driven to desperation by divorce, boredom, infidelity, or a beloved husband’s death, a young woman named Paige, her cousin and rival Heather, her best friend Chloe, and her mother, Joan, all decide to try their hand at online dating. They each download an app, hoping to right-swipe their way to love and happiness.
But then, one of them unwittingly makes a date with a killer, starting the clock on a desperate race to save her life.
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Post by lani on Jul 16, 2021 15:48:47 GMT
I am just about finished with THE MINIATURIST. Boy, all hell is breaking loose in this one. I am somewhat annoyed at authors who set their stories in the past and then apply modern attitudes to the goings on. I realize an author can write what they please and if I don't like it, I don't have to read it.
I'm not sure what I will read next. I had to put my last Karin Slaughter down due to the intensity. I think I need some more formulaic mysteries right now.
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Post by Gail in SC on Jul 16, 2021 16:38:16 GMT
I am listening to Bob Dylan's memoir CHRONICLES, VOLUME I by Bob Dylan upon my son's recommendation. It is read by Sean Penn. Interesting. Dylan certainly had drive from day 1. He was and is a difficult person but an immensely talented one. He talks about lying on his interviews about a lot of things. Like saying he got to NYC on a freight train. He was annoyed at having to answer questions, but these were people who would help him get ahead. I like memoirs and autobiographies for finding out what was going through people's minds.
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Post by conniej on Jul 18, 2021 21:54:59 GMT
Okay the Pilgrim woman came out fine by end of book. It was a pretty good read.
I am reading a YA novel., the first one is a series called WHITE AS FROST by Anthea Sharp. A Darkwood Trilogy and at first I was not sure of it but will be interested in all 3 of the books . A fantasy fairy tale weaving elements of Snow White and Rose Red. Romance, magic, everything weird and crazy that you can wish for in a fantasy.
BLACK AS NIGHT is the next one.
Since I have had a lot of time on my hands with all the thunder storms. down pours and just nasty weather I am also part way into the THE MISSING SISTER, the last book in the 7 Sisters by Lucinda Riley. I am hooked for sure.
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Post by lani on Jul 19, 2021 16:15:03 GMT
I dug out an old Kate Wilhelm, THE PRICE OF SILENCE, that I never read and fits the bill for an undemanding mystery.
After starting to watch STRANGERS ON A TRAIN I also broke out Patricia Highsmith's book which I never finished on my first attempt. I may make it this time.
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Post by woolworker on Jul 19, 2021 20:00:13 GMT
My granddaughter and I continue to read Life from Scratch, a memoir of food, family, and forgiveness by Sasha Martin. We both like this book very much. The author has a tough childhood, a loving mother who just couldn't make it on her own. The good news is that Shasha Martin makes something of her life and she has an enormous heart, really quite a story.
Don't laugh at this next one Love Stories of Later Life by Amanda Smith Barusch. I have a close friend who is a psychologist and she is single, married and divorced twice. Everyone is always trying to fix her up and she has lots of potential beaus...she is smart and VERY attractive, really beautiful.She is also a successful artist and loves her alone time in her studio...she's not really a good candidate for re-marriage! On one of our numerous walks we started talking about romance; what is it, who do we know who is in a truly romantic relationship (how presumptuous of us!). We decided to research the topic. In our search for literature we both found Barusch's book. The author draws on solid research on relationships and the aging process and also gives narrative examples of various relationships. It is a very readable and interesting book.
I need to read Perastoika in Paris by Jane Smiley for book group on July 29. A friend is sending me her copy and I have it on hold at the library. We'll see if I get either one of them on time! It looks like a short, light read, not our usual, but honestly, a relief from the depressing books we've read this year!
My next book, I think, is going to be Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey. My 95 year old friend in our neighborhood had been reading it and has me sold. It is about Michelanglo and Leonardo Di Vinci. It is historical fiction and sounds wonderful. Has anyone heard of it or read it?
Back to cleaning out my junk cabinet and then some reading time, I hope!
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Post by Gail in SC on Jul 20, 2021 18:54:16 GMT
For all the dog lovers out there, I am reading a delightful memoir by Martha Teichner: WHEN HARRY MET MINNIE: An Unexpected Friendship and the Gift of Love Beyond Loss. You might recognize her as one of the frequent interviewers on CBS SUNDAY MORNING. She has had bull terriers for years. When one of her two died, she was wondering whether to get a new older one to keep her younger Minnie company since she was grieving the loss. She happened to run into an old friend who had moved away from the neighborhood and voiced her thoughts. He happened to have a good friend who was terminally ill and looking for a new parent for her bull terrier, Harry. You know what is going to happen from the beginning, but the way she writes hooked me from the start. Warm, whimsical, sensitive, full of fascinating digressions about the author's journalistic jobs all over the world, I am really enjoying this one.
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Post by conniej on Jul 20, 2021 20:01:44 GMT
That's sounds like a good book but I have WHAT A DOG KNOWS on order so the next book order will be Gail's pick/ unless the library has it.
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Post by conniej on Jul 23, 2021 15:59:15 GMT
I finished the YA novel and it was pretty good, did stick it in the book case in case I decide I want to read the 2nd one when it comes out in the fall.
Working on THE LOST SISTER. It is really getting good. Taking some time to work on my puzzle also but the reading comes first always. My companion for breakfast , lunch and dinner , and every down time inbetween these days. I do get over to my neighbors yesterday to sit and visit but that is so hard, she is such a downer and I have given up trying to get her to see the pluses in her life. So just listen. You could never solve every little thing she has going and I did help her with the return of an order she was not happy with.
Reading was so much more enjoyable. I did see that book review, Linda, and thanks for your's as well. It is on my library list. May just put my name of it at the library. Easiest way to go.
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Post by geritru on Jul 25, 2021 23:05:06 GMT
Our book club read this month was MEXICAN GOTHIC by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia. A gothic horror novel that centers on a young woman investigating her cousin's claims that her husband is trying to murder her. I would not recommend this. Halfway through it got really weird.
I am a slow reader and I just read LOOK AGAIN by Scottoline in 2 days (record for me) as I really liked it. This was a book club read from before I joined the book club. They usually pick great books but Mexican Gothic was definitely not one of them.
When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again… The child in the photo looks exactly like Ellen's adopted son, Will. But how could it be if the adoption was lawful? Everything inside her tells her to deny what she sees. But Ellen won't rest until she finds out the truth.
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Post by woolworker on Jul 26, 2021 21:55:03 GMT
Still reading and enjoying Life From Scratch by Sasha Martin. I am also reading Perastroike in Paris by Jane Smiley for bookgroup. Has anyone read it? It is a very unusual choice for our book group, a very serious crowd. I'm about halfway through the book and find it a little "light" so far Has anyone else read it? It is SO DIFFERENT from Jane Smiley's other books. A friend said the book annoyed her for awhile but then she found it "charming". We'll see. The story line is a horse who escapes from her stall, meets a dog and a crow, a couple of mallards and they form a friendship group....in Paris.
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Post by conniej on Jul 28, 2021 17:56:18 GMT
For some reason I am having trouble reading THE LOST SISTER .All along I have enjoyed this series , there is the back story of each sister's family and why there was the adoption with PA. but this back story is hard for me to get interested in. since it is the first generation , I need to keep reading as it is bound to get better. right???
So in meantime I am reading a detective murder mystery. THE LIES WITHIN by Jane Isaac. I am going to cancel the Harlequins books as they are mostly old books reissued. There are too many new books I want to read. so many of them I don't enjoy.
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Post by woolworker on Jul 30, 2021 14:47:30 GMT
I started Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey and love it so far. It does read like a novel. The chapters alter between Leonardo di Vinci and Michelangelo. I just couldn't finish Perestroika in Paris. I am too short on time for reading, knitting, watching good films this summer so I want to choose things that will be worth while for me. My garden is great, though and I'm getting lots of exercise, time with friends and family. Those things are important, too!
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