What Fiction are you reading this week, October 27, 2019?

[hermetic]

Still reading Rankin’s Resurrection Men. The plot thickens…

Just finished listening to Her Father’s Secret by Sara Blaedel. “A woman's murder is only the beginning as a daughter races to unravel the maze of secrets her father left behind--before she becomes the next victim.” Pretty good. As a Danish woman visiting America, her thoughts on guns and the funeral industry sure make me wish I was Danish. Next up in audio, Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb.

In other news, I got the first two seasons of BBC’s Shetland on DVD, which are based on novels by Ann Cleeves. Really enjoyable. Tip of the hat here to whomever it was that recommended it.

What are you reading/listening to this week? Wishing everyone and safe and fun Halloween. Don’t take any wooden nickels.

[Ohiogal]

1. Great cat pic for Halloween week!

This week I am reading “The Night Fire” - the latest Bosch and Ballard novel, by Michael Connelly.

How this author continues to crank out one great detective story after another just amazes me.

[hermetic]

2. Excellent

Connelly is talented.

[TexasProgresive]

3. Just started William Kent Krueger's "Iron Lake."

P.S. I saw this sketch or journal cover and thought you might like it.

[Ohiogal]

4. I have read all the Cork O'Connor books

and thoroughly enjoyed each one.

[TexasProgresive]

6. If you remember Ohiogal it's all your fault that I went looking for them, Thanks.

I wish I could've gotten the first in the series. I like seeing how characters develop over the course of time. Like I'm missing why Cork is no longer sheriff. But it's fun to tax the old grey matter.

[Ohiogal]

10. IIRC

Iron Lake *is* the first Cork O’Connor book in the series. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but perhaps as the story progresses you’ll learn why certain things happened.

I’m always thrilled to introduce another book worm to an author whose work I really enjoy, so thanks for the shout out and hope you enjoy the books!

[hermetic]

7. Ooh, nice picture. Thanks.

The only Bodleian Girl I know of is Laurie King's Mary Russell.

[TexasProgresive]

11. Before I saw all the titles I thought about you and took the picture.

You always have such nice book themed pictures on your starting post.

[hermetic]

13. Thanks, pal

[MLAA]

17. I just looked them up and will order one 😊

[northoftheborder]

5. The Enlightenment of Bees, Rachel Linden

Pretty good. A "discovering one's place in the world" story. The narrator is terribly raspy. Not sure if autobiographical or just based on real life. 3 stars.

[hermetic]

8. General Fiction, Romance but...

Rachel Linden is an international aid worker whose adventures living and traveling in fifty countries around the world provide excellent grist for her stories. Highly rated on GoodReads.

[northoftheborder]

20. Thanks for clarifying whether fiction or not. Fictionalized true experiences.

[FakeNoose]

9. Sadly I've had very little time for fiction these days

The most recent novel I've read was over a year ago. I very much enjoyed "The Girl from Berlin" by Ronald H. Balson.



Lately my reading time is taken up with the horrifying current events commentaries and political memoirs for the past few years.

[hermetic]

14. That is a great book

Sometimes it's good to step back from current commentaries and give your nerves and blood pressure a break.

[RainCaster]

12. Just the headlines

I'm adding books to my Kindle fastet than I can read them right now.

[hermetic]

15. Stocking up is good

Ask any bear.

[MLAA]

16. The Testaments. Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood, after 30+ years did not disappoint. I first reread The Handmaid’s Tale. Both were marvelous, albeit pretty frightening given our current conditions.

[murielm99]

18. I'm reading Trickster's Point,

by William Kent Krueger. He seems to be very popular with this group!

[hermetic]

19. Indeed

I did like that one and look forward to reading more.

[japple]

21. Lovely kitty picture, hermetic. Thanks for the thread. Still reading

Mary Doria Russell's book, The Women of Copper Country. Mother Jones has just visited Copper Country (Calumet, MI) to boost moral of the striking miners and deliver much-needed funds to the strikers' relief fund.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. Just finished Vox

by Christina Dalcher. A dreadful, mysogynist, theocracy has taken over, and all women are limited to 100 words per day. A metal band is attached to the wrist, and keeps count. If you go over the quota, you start receiving electric shocks, which ratchet up if you keep speaking. Excellent.

And now I'm reading Testament by Margaret Atwood. Reading them back to back is very eye opening.