What are you reading the week of August 7, 2011?

[DUgosh]

The Angel of Death by Alane Ferguson - Forensic Mystery Book #2

[correaman13]

1. The Plague- Albert Camus

[Xipe Totec]

2. The Psychology of Computer Programming - Gerald Weinberg

For the 20th or 30th time, but this time as a discussion lead for a group of software quality assurance engineers.

[libodem]

3. I just finished

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. I been putting off finishing a non fiction A Lifelong Affair by
Bethine Church. I'm reading my friend's signed copy. I want her to take me to meet Mrs. Frank Church.

[Vanje]

4. Mrs. Church is still active in supporting Idaho Democratic politics

She is our gracious lady!

[libodem]

6. yes she is

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. Have you read Orryx and Crake?

It was written in the same time frame, but from a different perspective. Margaret Atwood is one of my all time favorite authors

[libodem]

20. Not yet

I'll have to look for it.

[pscot]

5. I have a couple by Karl Hiaasen

A French detective by M.L.Longworth (When local nobleman Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family château, the town is abuzz with rumors. Verlaque suspects foul play) and Im finishing the Distant Mirror, by Tuchman. My cup runneth over.

[applegrove]

7. "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller. A classic that I had never read.

[Vanje]

8. I'm reading a biography of Emiliano Zapata

by john Steinbeck

[Little Star]

9. The Shaman's Bones by James D. Doss

[YankeyMCC]

10. The Road by Jack London

[Chipper Chat]

11. The Stand

Stephen King

[DUgosh]

23. THe Stand

Great book! Much better than the mini series with Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald.

[Chipper Chat]

24. DIdnt see the miniseries.

I dont see how it could have developed all the characters in the book. Right now Im up to the point where Larry meets up with Rita for the second time. It's hard to put down this book!

[AngryOldDem]

25. The original version is great.

I had to read it in college and I nearly stayed up all night reading it...I couldn't put it down.

But the uncut version...not so much.

I've seen bits and pieces of the miniseries, but I've yet to see any movie or TV adaptation of King's works that I like.

[AngryOldDem]

26. Read Under the Dome next, if you haven't already. n/t.

[Chipper Chat]

28. Noted.

ty

[Enthusiast]

38. Plus two on 'Under the Dome'.

Some of the characters will remind you of political and clergy in real life.

[fadedrose]

12. HOLMES ON THE RANGE by Steve Hockensmith

Title tells the story - One cowboy reads Sherlock Holmes to his older brother, who can't read, and the older brother has taken it into his head that he's a detective.

Light humour, easy reading. Finding out that I really like westerns.


R'd, of course.

Book 57 I think.

[Little Star]

13. Must be our age Rose! I recently realized I had a taste for them too. lol

[fadedrose]

34. Finished "Holmes"...

It was okay, but I think that because it had 5 awards, I expected it to be better.

Holmes on the Range (2006)
Finalist 2007 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2007 Dilys Award
Finalist 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2007 Macavity Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2007 Shamus Award for Best First Novel

All the same, it wasn't bad, so I ordered the 2nd book, which had no awards. Not expecting much, it might be a pleasant surprise...

[Nay]

14. "The Judgement of Caesar" and "The Triumph of Caesar" by Steven Saylor, last

in the mystery series set in ancient Rome. I'm sorry to be finished with them. . .very enjoyable.

[pscot]

32. I've read all the "finder" books

He really creates a sense of place.

[JitterbugPerfume]

16. Triumph and Tragedy,The story of the Kennedys

It was published by my hometown Newspaper in 1968, and it is a garage sale find. i spent last week with an old hometown friend and on the last day we went garage selling. I found this book and Booth Tarkingtons Penrod and Sam published in 1916.

cool books

[MaineDem]

17. Half way through "Sacred Stone" by Clive Cussler

I'm having trouble getting through it. The narration is not good and the story is only ho-hum. (It's an audiobook.)

[Mnemosyne]

18. They Thought They Were Free - The Germans 1933 - 1945 n/t

[AngryOldDem]

19. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See.

[japple]

21. How is it? I think our book group is going to read this in January.

[japple]

22. The Painted Drum - Louise Erdrich. Mesmerizing as usual.

Her stories have so many layers and such lovely details.

[AngryOldDem]

27. I'm only into about 20 pages, but it's interesting so far.

Good look so far into Chinese culture and its treatment of women.

[KC]

30. I really

enjoyed that book.

[Louisiana1976]

29. The American Heiress--Daisy Goodwin

[TheCentepedeShoes]

31. I got the latest Agent Pendergast

Cold Vengance at Hastings on Sat and started it last night

[mvccd1000]

33. "The Last Phoenix" by Richard Herman

Seems to be an action/adventure type novel. I'm not far enough into it to see where the plot is heading, but the writing is decent and he did a great job of setting the hook at the beginning.

This is the first paperback I've read in most of this year, after getting a kindle for Christmas. I found it interesting that I neither like it nor do I dislike it any more than reading on the kindle; apparently the media becomes transparent when you're into the story.

[mvccd1000]

39. Don't bother with this one...

... I'm giving it a one out of five stars. The first few pages were good, and it steadily went downhill from there.

[fadedrose]

35. FULL DARK HOUSE by Christopher Fowler

It's about the Peculiar Crimes Unit of the police department in London, the first of nine in the series...




Book 58

[Odin2005]

36. "The First Man in Rome" by Colleen McCollough.

It's the first book in a series of historical fiction encompassing the final years of the Roman Republic, from Gaius Marius and Sulla to Caesar and Pompey to Octavian and Mark Antony.

[Enthusiast]

37. Buried Prey -John Sandford.

Love this!

[Little Star]

40. I love the whole Prey Series! Enjoy!

[horseshoecrab]

41. Bright's Passage

A novel by singer/songwriter Josh Ritter.

A stunning debut. Highly recommended.



horseshoecrab

[jannyk]

42. "Before I Go To Sleep" (Watson)

1/3 of the way through and it's really good so far.

[LWolf]

43. "Divergent" by somebody Roth. Veronica?

I finished it this morning. It's a YA dystopian future novel.

I'm not sure what I'll pick up next; I've got a pile.

[fadedrose]

44. Yes, it is Veronica

Found it under this link:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/veronica-roth/

She writes mainstream science fiction and terror.

This is her first..

[LWolf]

45. Probably why I wsn't sure I remembered her name.

:hi:

It was an interesting read. There were the usual elements to appeal to adolescent readers: teenage conflicts and romance. Her dystopia, though, is of a future Chicago. Apparently what was created out of earlier wars was a new society that decided the way to avoid war was to focus on particular characteristics that make human society better. They divided into "factions," each totally focused on one of the five: honesty, intelligence/knowledge, selflessness, courage, and friendship. The motto was "faction before blood;" each person, upon their 16th birthday, was tested for aptitude, and chose the faction they would belong to for the rest of their lives, which required them to choose to cut family ties if they chose outside the faction they were born into.

Of course, this system decays. The courageous devolve into bullies instead of protectors, the knowledgeable use their knowledge for power instead of the greater good, the honest use truth for the same...

It's a concept with possibilities. I'll have to see what she does with the rest of the series.

[MaineDem]

46. "The Silent Man" by Alex Berenson

The next one as I work through the John Wells series.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

47. War, by Sebastian Junger

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