This week I finished "Brimstone" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; I'm a big fan of their books ("The Relic", "Reliquary", "Ice Limit", "Cabinet of Curiosities"), they write what I call "science-y" thrillers?
Michelle, Jean Plaidy sounds really interesting! I love English history and almost always prefer historical fiction to non-fiction. Did you read Girl with a Pearl Earring? I think it's sort of in that same vein. I loved it.
The other science thrillers you described sound good, too. Is it kind of Dan Brownish? I really love learning something different while I'm being entertained by a good story.
I've only read 2 Dan Brown books ("Angels & Demons" & "DaVinci Code"), but Preston & Child's books are sort of in the same vein....less religion & more monsters, though!!
I'm reading four books at the same time. Well, not REALLY at the same time cuz then my head would need 3 extra sets of eyes. yuk yuk! Sorry. First is Robert B. Parker's new Spenser novel 'Cold Service'. In this one Spenser's friend, Hawk, is shot and left for dead by men from the Ukrainian mafia. This is the most serious he's ever been injured and while on the road to recovery Hawk is planning to find out who is responsible and make them pay. Another book is a funny contemporary romance by Geri Buckley, a new writer. Titled 'For Pete's Sake' - Pete (real name Pietra) is holding a wake and the annual BBQ after the death of her grandmother. As guests are arriving Pete heads out to the boathouse (locale is the Florida Panhandle) and finds a female corpse in the freezer wearing one of her grandmother's suits. The corpse is a bimbo who had 'canoodled' with Pietra's grandfather sometime ago. The hunky hero - Danny - is a well known divorce lawyer who's there to handle Pete's brother's divorce and becomes enmeshed with Pete and the rest of her family to keep quite about the body until the annual BBQ is over. Buckley's dialogue is just hilarious! The third book am reading is a contemporary suspense by Michele Albert - the heroine is a fossil and treasure hunter and the her a Ph.D paleontologist - both trying to keep under wraps the discovery of a baby T-Rex still intact from millions of years ago. Locale of the book is Wyoming. But word leaks out and trouble from an unknown source is causing problems. And lastly, finally reading James Lee Burke's 'Moon of the Red Ponies'. Burke's character, Billy Bob Holland, has moved to Missoula, Montana and is confronted by Wyatt Dixon, the man he thought was put away in prison for good.
I read a book by Bill Bryson called "A Short History of Nearly Everything". It was fantastic. He's a wonderful writer. SHort History gave a biography of earth including scienctific innvoations & inventions, genetics, cosmology/astronomy, geology, cellular biology, human evolution, just about everything. I'm not usually caught up in scientific books, but he writes in a way that's very accessible.
After I finished Short history, I put his other books down TBR, including Sunburned Country, there's one called I'm a stranger here myself that sounded fabulous. I'll have to get Sunburned COuntry after your recommendation.
Right now I'm reading "Sight Hound". It's pretty good, reminds me of a book I read awhile back "White Noise". I don't know why. The story is told from several character's pov, including an Irish Wolfhound. I know that sounds crazy, but it's very endearing & funny. Anyone who has a dog, or a cat for that matter and has "talked" for them, as if reading what their thinking, will appreciate this book.
Since finishing, 'My Sister's Keeper', a couple of days ago, I couldn't find my TBR pile that was next to my bed, so I started an old book by Nora Roberts called, 'Carolina Moon'. I really wasn't in the mood to read another Nora Roberts again yet, so I put it down and went looking for my pile. I haven't found it yet, but I did find a book I bought last October and haven't picked up yet. It's a book by Sue Miller, called 'The World Below'. I'm only 40 pages into it and I can already tell that this is going to be another author I will enjoy immensely. Someone was mentioning her in another thread and I've never read anything of hers. I can totally relate to the story so far. It's about a woman who is just divorced for the second time, she's 52 and at a loss for what to do with her life. She moves into an old home that used to belong to her grandmother and finds her old diaries. I'm sure when I finish, I will look for something else of hers.
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Thanks, Teri, for your kind thoughts and concern about my Dad and my family.
Kris, I'm so sorry for what you and your family are going through.
This week I finished "Brimstone" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; I'm a big fan of their books ("The Relic", "Reliquary", "Ice Limit", "Cabinet of Curiosities"), they write what I call "science-y" thrillers?
Mich
Michelle, Jean Plaidy sounds really interesting! I love English history and almost always prefer historical fiction to non-fiction. Did you read Girl with a Pearl Earring? I think it's sort of in that same vein. I loved it.
The other science thrillers you described sound good, too. Is it kind of Dan Brownish? I really love learning something different while I'm being entertained by a good story.
Thanks for the tips!
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I'm reading four books at the same time. Well, not REALLY at the same time cuz then my head would need 3 extra sets of eyes. yuk yuk! Sorry. First is Robert B. Parker's new Spenser novel 'Cold Service'. In this one Spenser's friend, Hawk, is shot and left for dead by men from the Ukrainian mafia. This is the most serious he's ever been injured and while on the road to recovery Hawk is planning to find out who is responsible and make them pay. Another book is a funny contemporary romance by Geri Buckley, a new writer. Titled 'For Pete's Sake' - Pete (real name Pietra) is holding a wake and the annual BBQ after the death of her grandmother. As guests are arriving Pete heads out to the boathouse (locale is the Florida Panhandle) and finds a female corpse in the freezer wearing one of her grandmother's suits. The corpse is a bimbo who had 'canoodled' with Pietra's grandfather sometime ago. The hunky hero - Danny - is a well known divorce lawyer who's there to handle Pete's brother's divorce and becomes enmeshed with Pete and the rest of her family to keep quite about the body until the annual BBQ is over. Buckley's dialogue is just hilarious! The third book am reading is a contemporary suspense by Michele Albert - the heroine is a fossil and treasure hunter and the her a Ph.D paleontologist - both trying to keep under wraps the discovery of a baby T-Rex still intact from millions of years ago. Locale of the book is Wyoming. But word leaks out and trouble from an unknown source is causing problems. And lastly, finally reading James Lee Burke's 'Moon of the Red Ponies'. Burke's character, Billy Bob Holland, has moved to Missoula, Montana and is confronted by Wyatt Dixon, the man he thought was put away in prison for good.
Donna
I read a book by Bill Bryson called "A Short History of Nearly Everything". It was fantastic. He's a wonderful writer. SHort History gave a biography of earth including scienctific innvoations & inventions, genetics, cosmology/astronomy, geology, cellular biology, human evolution, just about everything. I'm not usually caught up in scientific books, but he writes in a way that's very accessible.
After I finished Short history, I put his other books down TBR, including Sunburned Country, there's one called I'm a stranger here myself that sounded fabulous. I'll have to get Sunburned COuntry after your recommendation.
Right now I'm reading "Sight Hound". It's pretty good, reminds me of a book I read awhile back "White Noise". I don't know why. The story is told from several character's pov, including an Irish Wolfhound. I know that sounds crazy, but it's very endearing & funny. Anyone who has a dog, or a cat for that matter and has "talked" for them, as if reading what their thinking, will appreciate this book.
ninipanini
Since finishing, 'My Sister's Keeper', a couple of days ago, I couldn't find my TBR pile that was next to my bed, so I started an old book by Nora Roberts called, 'Carolina Moon'. I really wasn't in the mood to read another Nora Roberts again yet, so I put it down and went looking for my pile. I haven't found it yet, but I did find a book I bought last October and haven't picked up yet. It's a book by Sue Miller, called 'The World Below'. I'm only 40 pages into it and I can already tell that this is going to be another author I will enjoy immensely. Someone was mentioning her in another thread and I've never read anything of hers. I can totally relate to the story so far. It's about a woman who is just divorced for the second time, she's 52 and at a loss for what to do with her life. She moves into an old home that used to belong to her grandmother and finds her old diaries. I'm sure when I finish, I will look for something else of hers.
I read Michael Chrichton's 1969 sci fi novel, "The Andromeda Strain", quick read, very enjoyable story!
I tried Eliz. Berg's "Range of Motion"...gave it up after 50 pages...family dramas just don't interest me.
Michelle,
If you like Dan Brown and/or science type thrillers, check out Dan Brown's "Deception Point"!
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