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Post by mondayschild on Jun 24, 2013 21:48:06 GMT -6
I read mostly for pleasure during the summer; light stuff, girlie stuff. I just finished "Best Friends Forever" by Jennifer Weiner. Weiner writes about relationships... men and women, siblings, children and parents, etc. This is the first book that I have read by her. It is heartbreaking in parts, but hilarious in others. I couldn't put it down...read it in little more than a day. Clue: If you loved "Thelma and Louise," you might really enjoy this. It's not really the same at all, but does contain some similarities.
Okay, I'm going back to the Capote book now.
Would love to hear your suggestions!
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Post by mare27 on Jun 24, 2013 23:14:18 GMT -6
I just read "This is Where I Leave You" which I got out of the library after reading the TO would be in the movie, now being filmed. I thought it was pretty good, never read anything by Jonathan Tropper before. Knowing TO is in it influenced my vision of his character...maybe I should have read it before knowing about the casting....I was seeing Jane Fonda and Tina Fey as I read...but am most eager to see it. I got two other books also by Tropper. "How to Talk to a Widower" and "Everything Changes"...liked them both, I think maybe the guy writes with a screenplay for a film in mind...(Would love to see TO in a really good romantic comedy. I thought he was wonderful and so appealing in "Catch and Release." He was better than the movie as a whole, I thought. Not so interested in cannibals and aging sheriff chasing them.)
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 24, 2013 23:25:23 GMT -6
Oh, I agree totally, mare. I want to read "This is Where I Leave You" very much. Want to see the film, as well. (I have to talk to Amazon as my credit card was compromised and I had only had a new card for a month. I am terrified of entering a second new number in two months.) And I agree that Timothy was the best thing about "Catch and Release." Without him it would have been a total dud. The kiss, the love scene...perfection because of TO.
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Post by mare27 on Jun 24, 2013 23:40:52 GMT -6
Oh my, the kiss. When I put that movie on now, I pretty much skip to those few good scenes. you know. and it is heartbreaking when he is standing outside the back door, overhearing Grey talk about him...some times he doesn't need to speak, you can see it all in his expression...Loved their hug on the beach at the end, too.
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Post by wkw99 on Jun 25, 2013 4:19:03 GMT -6
When school is out for the summer I read like a starving man eats. I don't think I even look up from the books for a week or two. It's stress relief. So far this summer I have read:
The 5th Wave; Rick Yancey (YA, sorta sci-fi, post-alien invasion) ***** Excellent. Sucked me right in. Read it in two days. Juno's Daughters; Lise Saffran (modern romance/family drama) *** beach read, nothing wrong with it, but not that memorable. Still Life; Louise Penny **** (first in her Inspector Gamache series, set in Quebec) Read this for book club. Not something I would've chosen, but I loved it and plan on reading more of the series. One Last Thing Before I Go; Jonathan Tropper *** Good, but not as good as This is Where I Leave You, and yes, Tropper writes like a screenplay. I enjoy his 'voice'. The Last Runaway; Tracy Chevalier **** (Quakers and the Underground Railroad in frontier Ohio) **** Captivating. Read it in one rainy Saturday. Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway; Sara Gran **** (FINALLY the follow-up to Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead) While Northern California is not the unique setting that NOLA was, this continues the adventures of the most likeable unlikeable detective ever...a blurb on the back of the book says 'A cool blend of Nancy Drew and Sid Vicious'. I can't top that.
Currently reading: Wild; a memoir of the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Stayed (also for book club)
Geez. Looking at this list it's no wonder I haven't gotten anything done (so far) this summer!!
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 25, 2013 9:47:07 GMT -6
Thanks for the heads up on the new Claire DeWitt book. After City of the Dead, I watched for a while to see if Sara Gran would write a follow-up. Hadn't checked for a while.
I think it was you who posted a while back that you had read Heading Out to Wonderful. Did you like it? I enjoyed A Reliable Wife, so I bought this one, too, but haven't read it yet.(You've seen the t-shirt, I'm sure, that says "So many books, so little time.)
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Post by motorcitymade on Jun 25, 2013 19:39:46 GMT -6
Reading a great book Wkw sent me about how to read like a writer. I read like a scientist, so this is good for me.
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Post by bookperson39 on Jun 27, 2013 19:49:02 GMT -6
Thanks for the heads up on the new Claire DeWitt book. After City of the Dead, I watched for a while to see if Sara Gran would write a follow-up. Hadn't checked for a while. I think it was you who posted a while back that you had read Heading Out to Wonderful. Did you like it? I enjoyed A Reliable Wife, so I bought this one, too, but haven't read it yet.(You've seen the t-shirt, I'm sure, that says "So many books, so little time.) I LOVED both of these books. I read about 100 books a year and I remembered these, esp. "Wonderful" long after I had read it.
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Post by bookperson39 on Jun 27, 2013 20:01:16 GMT -6
Since May, I've read:
This is Where I Leave You (lots of fun, interesting milieu)
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (okay supernatural thriller, reminiscent of Dad Stephen King)
The 5th Wave (similar to many other YA sci-fi books, but well-written and fun)
The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Werker (fascinating novel of an evil man who asks a Jewish "magician" to make him a golem wife. The wife meets a jinni who was released from a bottle and they live out adventures in turn-of-the-last-century NYC)
Inferno by Dan Brown (his usual. Maybe not so interesting if you haven't studied The Inferno at some point in your life)
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton Disclafani (a girl) (A teenager is sent from her home for sins unknown and winds up in a prep school with horses. Well written)
Can't Stop Believing by Jodi Thomas (a regular old romance novel. My husband and I met Jodi and her husband on a river cruise and spend a lot of time with them. She is a really lovely, humorous person and writes fun and engaging stories about the Old West in Texas and the new west in her fictional town of Harmony, TX. Many of the old West heroes could be played by a guy we know. Just good old fun. Guilty pleasures)
I still have a few more left, but I'll let someone else talk! LOL
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Post by lbookie on Jun 27, 2013 20:07:34 GMT -6
I just finished "This is Where I Leave You" - loved it. I will be checking out Jonathan Troppers other books. Currently reading a Stephen King collection of short stores, "Just After Sunset". Before that, Cold Mountain was a really good one. Next I'm reading "Siddhartha" for a book club. Not sure how that one's going to go...
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 27, 2013 20:09:14 GMT -6
Audry, you have an even more eclectic reading list than I do! I have two Henning Mankell novels that I am attacking right now. If you watch "Mystery" on PBS, you may have seen some of the dramatizations of Mankell's books featuring Detective Kurt Wallander. I really love Wallander. He is a tortured soul (aren't they all?) like our Raylan.
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Post by meowtwist on Jun 27, 2013 20:16:11 GMT -6
I'm reading a book called Night Terror, it's a tie-in novel to the TV show Supernatural. Then I'm going to read another tie-in novel to the show.
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Post by kmmo on Jun 27, 2013 21:08:16 GMT -6
I read a lot in the summer. Like wkw, I'm a teacher, and don't have much time to read during the school year.
So far since school was out in May I've read: Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes- a mystery that was pretty good. Line of Fire by Stephen White- I've always loved his psychological thrillers. This one wasn't as good as his others. Defensive Wounds by Lisa Black- a bit of mystery fluff. It was okay. This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper- love it. Really looking forward to the movie. Right now I'm reading Open Season by C.J. Box. I really like murder mysteries and this one is set in the wilds of Wyoming. So far it's not really holding my interest.
I tried to read The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, but I just couldn't get into it. It was so depressing and weird.
I also am slowly reading a book called 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster. It's about a man with Asperger's syndrome and how he copes with changes in his life. It's hard to read because it hits too close to home for me. My son is struggling with this and trying to find some kind of independence.
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 27, 2013 21:50:15 GMT -6
I have to be in the right frame of mind to read really heavy stuff. Case in point, I am still working my way through"The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin. That being said, I read what floats my boat. I am really impressed by what all of you read. It is a personal choice after all, and we all have different interests. To me, it is all wonderful. Read on, everyone.
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Post by weegieburd on Jun 28, 2013 4:54:32 GMT -6
I love reading but I do it purely for pleasure. I love detective/crime novels and am currently working my way through David Baldacci, Karen Slaughter and Michael Connelly but I have read some Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Jonathon Tropper in between
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Post by kmmo on Jun 28, 2013 9:31:06 GMT -6
I love reading but I do it purely for pleasure. I love detective/crime novels and am currently working my way through David Baldacci, Karen Slaughter and Michael Connelly but I have read some Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Jonathon Tropper in between Weegie- I love Karen Slaughter and Michael Connelly. I am just starting with David Baldacci. Most of my summer reading is detective/crime novels, with some forensic medicine-like mysteries too (Kathy Reichs or Patricia Cornwell). I love Sue Grafton and will snatch up her books as soon as they come out.
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Post by weegieburd on Jun 28, 2013 9:43:11 GMT -6
Kmmo I have read many Patricia Cornwell and I have a few Kathy Reichs on my bookshelves waiting to be read along with some Val McDermid. I also love light frothy stuff like Marian Keyes. One of my favourite books of all time is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 28, 2013 21:20:21 GMT -6
L-O-V-E Michael Connelly, kmmo. I am into his "Lincoln Lawyer" books. Mickey Haller is awesome. But I think I may start to read the Bosch books from the beginning.I wasn't really aware of them until Connelly started writing about Mickey. I love when he shows up on "Castle."
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Post by weegieburd on Jun 29, 2013 1:47:10 GMT -6
I'm a bit OCD in that respect mondayschild, I like to read the books in sequence, the Harry Bosch books are a ripping good read.
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Post by kmmo on Jun 29, 2013 9:31:55 GMT -6
L-O-V-E Michael Connelly, kmmo. I am into his "Lincoln Lawyer" books. Mickey Haller is awesome. But I think I may start to read the Bosch books from the beginning.I wasn't really aware of them until Connelly started writing about Mickey. I love when he shows up on "Castle." I have read all of Michael Connelly's books. If you haven't read his Bosch stories, you are in for a treat. I would recommend reading them from the beginning. I do like the Mickey Haller stories too. And I get excited when he shows up on Castle! I don't think Castle has had Rick's writer friends on the show for a while. Weegie- I like to read a series like that in order, too. I think Michael Connelly is a writer who has stayed good all through his series of books. Patricia Cornwell, on the other hand, her books have gotten worse and worse to the point where I can barely read them. Her first books were sooo good.
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Post by weegieburd on Jun 29, 2013 13:52:51 GMT -6
I totally agree about Patricia Cornwell kmmo, the last one I read (I think it was Scarpetta)I almost gave up half way through because I thought it was formulaic and repetative and lazy.
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 29, 2013 21:22:44 GMT -6
I tried a Patricia Cornwall novel once and that was it for me. I DO love good mysteries; these are my favorite types of books, along with non-fiction. I have been meaning to read Tana French's books and bought the first one, "In The Woods," which I plan to take to the shore. Her books have received great reviews.
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Post by weegieburd on Jun 30, 2013 2:02:00 GMT -6
Oooh I just looked at my bookcase and I have that book monday....let me know how it is and I will read it too.
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Post by kmmo on Jun 30, 2013 18:19:29 GMT -6
Monday and Weegie- I have read "In the Woods" by Tana French. It's a very good mystery story, somewhat disappointing in some respects, but the story is good. I've read another Tana French called - "Broken Harbor". It was not as good.
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Post by mondayschild on Jun 30, 2013 20:17:04 GMT -6
kmmo, one or two of the writers that were on Castle have passed away within the last year or two. I'm trying to think of names, but I'm drawing a blank right now.(Robert Parker?) BTW, does it help to read Tana French's books in order, do you know? Does she carry characters from one book to the next?
weegie, "Rebecca"is one of my all time faves. I just got a copy of "The King's General," which I read about thirty years ago and have totally forgotten.I thought I'd give it a second reading. Du Maurier was a great writer.
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