I'm going between three books right now, but I think one is getting more of my attention. I'm reading one called, 'Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life' by Queen Noor. It's a biography written by the former Lisa Halaby, an American woman who married King Hussein of Jordon and became Jordan's Queen Noor. It's a great
I am currently reading "Runaway" by Alice Munro. It is a book of short stories. It's set in Canada and the stories are supposed to connect at the end! The book is my book club's selection this month. Sue
The Wolf of Winter by Paula Volsky, I finally found a copy in a used book store! :) Awesome so far. It's a fantasy story but loosely based upon the English War of the Roses. This author likes to take historical events in our world and build up stories in her own fantasy world--she's done it with the French Revolution, British-ruled India of the 19th century and World War II.
I'm currently reading John Dunning's new Cliff Janeway mystery "The Sign of the Book". With Dunning's background as a bookseller, the reader gets a fascinating view of the real thing in this latest work of fiction. I've pasted a summary from Amazon.com about the book: "As an antiquarian book dealer and sometime private investigator, Cliff Janeway is unique in contemporary crime fiction, and no doubt that accounts for a good part of his popularity among the book community. But it's the sure hand with which Dunning renders him (and a large cast of other characters) that makes the Bookman novels so compulsively readable. In this fine fourth volume in the series (after 2004's The Bookman's Promise), Janeway is sent, by his lover and partner, criminal defense attorney Erin D'Angelo, to the mountain town of Paradise, Colo., to look into the murder of Robert Marshall, a mysterious figure with a massive collection of signed first editions. But the connection to Erin extends well beyond Marshall's library: the victim was Erin's first real love, and his wife, Laura (who confessed to the crime when she was found at the scene, covered in blood), was her former best friend. Naturally, the antiquarian book world serves both as background and plot element, and Janeway combines his experience as an ex-cop and knowledgeable dealer to unravel the mystery. The book-related plot is somewhat arbitrarily grafted onto the main narrative, but Dunning writes with such confidence and assurance the reader cannot help being drawn into this compelling whodunit."
Am also re-reading Michael Connelly's 'Black Ice' and Terence Faherty's 'Kill Me Again.' Faherty wrote 4 books in a series with private eye Scott Elliott set in post WWII Los Angeles. Elliott works for the Hollywood Security Agency which is hired by a number of movie studios for various cases. What I enjoyed about this seris is Faherty setting the time frame from 1947 to the early 1960s. Unfortunately, the series didn't do as well as he'd hoped for and Faherty hasn't written anymore.
I just finished Second Glance by Jodi Picoult. It is definately one of my favourites from her. I only have one of hers left now and ironically it is her first, Songs of the Humpback Whale. I'm going to finally read the Hiding Place first though.
I'm about 1/2 way through A Playdate with Death, the third in the Mommy track series by Ayelet Waldman. It is light, funny and absolutely enjoyable. I'm also about 1/2 way through The Bookseller of Kabul. It's a very interestin look at life in Afghanistan.
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The last two books I began didn't catch my interest, so I moved on.
"Suspect", the much publicized mystery thriller by Michael Robotham.
I'm going between three books right now, but I think one is getting more of my attention. I'm reading one called, 'Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life' by Queen Noor. It's a biography written by the former Lisa Halaby, an American woman who married King Hussein of Jordon and became Jordan's Queen Noor. It's a great
A Modern Look at Monsters, by Daniel Cohen.
Teri,
I am currently reading "Runaway" by Alice Munro. It is a book of short stories. It's set in Canada and the stories are supposed to connect at the end! The book is my book club's selection this month. Sue
I'm currently reading John Dunning's new Cliff Janeway mystery "The Sign of the Book". With Dunning's background as a bookseller, the reader gets a fascinating view of the real thing in this latest work of fiction. I've pasted a summary from Amazon.com about the book: "As an antiquarian book dealer and sometime private investigator, Cliff Janeway is unique in contemporary crime fiction, and no doubt that accounts for a good part of his popularity among the book community. But it's the sure hand with which Dunning renders him (and a large cast of other characters) that makes the Bookman novels so compulsively readable. In this fine fourth volume in the series (after 2004's The Bookman's Promise), Janeway is sent, by his lover and partner, criminal defense attorney Erin D'Angelo, to the mountain town of Paradise, Colo., to look into the murder of Robert Marshall, a mysterious figure with a massive collection of signed first editions. But the connection to Erin extends well beyond Marshall's library: the victim was Erin's first real love, and his wife, Laura (who confessed to the crime when she was found at the scene, covered in blood), was her former best friend. Naturally, the antiquarian book world serves both as background and plot element, and Janeway combines his experience as an ex-cop and knowledgeable dealer to unravel the mystery. The book-related plot is somewhat arbitrarily grafted onto the main narrative, but Dunning writes with such confidence and assurance the reader cannot help being drawn into this compelling whodunit."
Am also re-reading Michael Connelly's 'Black Ice' and Terence Faherty's 'Kill Me Again.' Faherty wrote 4 books in a series with private eye Scott Elliott set in post WWII Los Angeles. Elliott works for the Hollywood Security Agency which is hired by a number of movie studios for various cases. What I enjoyed about this seris is Faherty setting the time frame from 1947 to the early 1960s. Unfortunately, the series didn't do as well as he'd hoped for and Faherty hasn't written anymore.
Donna
I just finished Second Glance by Jodi Picoult. It is definately one of my favourites from her. I only have one of hers left now and ironically it is her first, Songs of the Humpback Whale. I'm going to finally read the Hiding Place first though.
Julie
Well, I can't say it's a 'current' read 'coz I just finished it about an hour ago but I read Elizabeth Berg's latest, "The Year of Pleasures."
I'm about 1/2 way through A Playdate with Death, the third in the Mommy track series by Ayelet Waldman. It is light, funny and absolutely enjoyable. I'm also about 1/2 way through The Bookseller of Kabul. It's a very interestin look at life in Afghanistan.
Scrappy
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