What are you reading the week of April 4, 2010?

[DUgosh]

Monkeewrench by PJ Tracy

Happy Easter everyone!

[CurtEastPoint]

1. South of Broad, Pat Conroy. Great read! n/t

[MUAD_DIB]

2. The Necronomicron of H.P. Lovecraft.

[LakeSamish706]

3. The Scarecrow by Michael Connely! n/t

[vixengrl]

4. "Shame" by Salman Rushdie.

I got it Friday and I'm about half-way through, so I'll probably finish it tomorrow. Really makes me want to get more of his stuff. I read Satanic Verses like, 20 years ago, but I guess I wasn't ready to appreciate him. I'll also finally hunker down and start Asar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran in earnest.

[grasswire]

5. Wallace Stegner -- Big Rock Candy Mountain

Just started it. I'm on a quest to read all Stegner.

[Renegades of Funk]

6. 1984-George Orwell

I have actually been reading it over the past few months. Reading is a hobby, but not a big hobby.

[pscot]

7. I'm on a Ross Thomas jag

I've read THE COLD WAR SWAP and CHINAMAN'S CHANCE and I've got three more in the pile and two on hold. It's a rare treat to find a terrific writer that you've overlooked; like finding a wad of cash or stash of weed in a coat you haven't worn in ages..

[fadedrose]

8. I liked this book...

I read the ones that come after it too....

Just look at the picture of the authors - that mother has a really mischievous look on her face, and she writes that way too...;)

[Liberty Belle]

9. Biggest Liar in Los Angeles, by Ken Kuhlken.

Great mystery read - I do book reviews and have a preview copy.

[fadedrose]

20. Tom Hickey (the character)

goes back to 1991...I like to read series books in the order that they're written.

Do you think I should start with 1991 and go up from there, or are the old ones TOO old to be appreciated now? Where would you start?


http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/K_Authors/Kuhlken_Ken.html

shows all his books in the series...

[NBachers]

10. Known to Evil by Walter Mosley

Reserved it at the library, picked it up today, finished it tonight. Oh, the luxury of having all day open for reading.

[Hamlette]

22. how was it? I've been eyeing it for the last couple of weeks n/t

[FLyellowdog]

11. Game Change. nt

[MrModerate]

12. Decided to plunge into Iain Banks, starting with "Consider Phlebas."

I read his "The Algebraist" first, but "Phlebas" is part of a multivolume series that seems quite interesting.

[hippywife]

13. I'm re-reading The Omnivore's Dilemma whilst I wait

for a couple of books from the library:

I have In search of satisfaction by J. California Cooper

I been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots : a novel by Susan Straight

I hate when I run outta books in between but sometimes re-reading one reminds me of things I've forgotten about. Such is The Omnivore's Dilemma.

[abluelady]

14. Gina Welch's

"In the land of believers : an outsider's extraordinary journey into the heart of the Evangelical Church"

[fadedrose]

15. Just finished THE LAST WITNESS this morning..

by K. J. Erickson.

The whole book was good, but the last 100 pages were terrific! Tears in my blurry eyes at the end made reading difficult, and I really enjoyed the ending.

Author could have cut a few paragraphs from the chapter where the cop interviews the mother of the victim, but other than that, it was OKAY!

I read the 2 books in the series before this - THIRD PERSON SINGULAR and THE DEAD SURVIVORS, and they were pretty good too.

[matt819]

16. As usual, a bunch

Nothing to Envy, about life in North Korea - I probably won't finish it - Whoops, this is non-fiction.
Still Waters by Nigel McCrery, a British police procedural
I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter - just finished it today
Heartsick, by Chelsea Cain - an utterly stupid series about a cop who can't seem to capture and keep in custody a beautiful serial killer. The stories are idiotic, the writing insipid, but, what the heck, I'm reading it (actually listening to it) anyway.
The Man from Beijing, Henning Mankell. I've read or listened to almost all of his books. This one's off to a intriguing start.

[fadedrose]

17. CAPITOL BETRAYAL by William Bernhardt

I'm only on page 40 and it's already exciting. Bernhardt writes well...

[fadedrose]

19. This book is hard for me to critique...

I love the main character, Ben Kincaid, and the book wasn't "bad" in the sense that it was bad. But I miss the gang in Oklahoma - some of the characters that have been in all of the Kincaid books.

This one is a farfetched story taking place in the White House in DC, and has a very light touch inspite of inspite of the deadly topic. I never felt nervous about what might happen, and all in all, it's an enjoyable easy-to-read book.

New character, Seamus McKay, CIA agent, will be in some future books. I liked him..

I hope Ben and his wife move back to Oklahoma..

[azmouse]

18. "Isaac's Storm" by Erik Larson

[fadedrose]

21. OF ALL SAD WORDS by Bill Crider

Quickly read this one and liked it, as I do all Crider's books about Sheriff Dan Rhodes in Texas.

Nice humor, nice characters. The author looks like somebody I'd like to have as a neighbor or close friend - his picture shows him to be so likable..