Book Lovers Club

Yay! Abigail! You found us!!!!!!💞💞💞💞💞

Abigail - welcome. Maybe we'll get a little busier as summer reading season starts.

VR - normally I like Baldacci but recently read Deliver Us From Evil (2010). It had some pretty graphic torture that I found very upsetting. Maybe because I read about that specific torture almost 60 years ago when I was a young girl in relation to WWII camps (probably Reader's Digest) and the image has haunted me ever since.

I missed hearing Greg Illes speak at my indie bookstore last Tuesday but will make it for sure Saturday to hear John LesCroart.

Welcome Abigail, our initiation fee is to recommend a book

Minus andVoracious, I thought "The 13th Juror" was one of the best books I have ever read in the crime genre. Unfortunately every other book by Lescroart has been disappointing to me.

I love the John Sandrord "Prey" series. Some are better than others (usually the earlier ones, he must be getting tired!) but on the whole, I find the writing and characterization superior to all the other crime serials.

Oh....has anybody read "Call the Midwife"? I understand there is a TV series, which I've never seen but I loved the book. Fascinating true story of a midwife in 1950's London. All I can say is, thank God I had children after obstetrics became a medical specialty, not to mention the invention of the pill. Spoiler alert, one lady had 20+ children !!!!!!

welcome Abigail,, chime in and tell us what you are reading!

How interesting about Mutter.  I have heard of the Mutter museum when I visited Philly, but haven't made it there yet.

I just spoke to my neighbor and reminded him that I had already gotten him the crew book and that I was getting it AGAIN for him. I told him that the book came highly recommended. He said, "Okay!"

Just finished One Of Us about the Norway spree killing. It really speaks to the issue of alienation of our youth. On one hand, globalization has brought us closer together, and on an other level, it is ripping us apart. Looking at the global landscape and seeing all of the violence caused by terrorists and some mentally ill people, the book truly speaks to these issues. I was so taken by this young girl whose family fled Iraq's violence only to lose her life to this madman... She tried so hard to fit into a new culture and died at the hands of a young sick man who wanted to preserve the culture of Norway...

Minus...yes , 20 PLUS children. It is a great story, Idon't want to give any more of it away!

Glennie, I really loved the book. A friend who has seen the series and then read the book afterwards thought the book was a lot better. The series kind of glossed over some stuff, and made up some of the stories for TV.

So glad to hear you met him! Placed a reserve on The Fall. There's a shelf copy at one of the local branches, so the wait may not be long if I just ride over to the next town's library and grab it. Otherwise, the wait might be a few weeks.

Recently read a couple of good books. JA Jance - Remains of Innocence. I didn't know she was still writing more of the Sheriff Joanna Brady series. This one's a real page turner. Complications from several generations & across state lines, a medical examiner and a nudist colony. Fun to see her daughter growing up & what's happening with her extended family. I love the Arizona setting. Also read Scott Turow - Identical. It's been a while since I've read one of his books. It started slow, or maybe it was just me with less time available than usual for reading. As with his other books, by the time I got into it I really couldn't figure out who had done the crime, even though one of the twins plead guilty. Or rather, I figured it out several times and was wrong. Family bonds & dirty laundry, & subsequently the question "what is justice" anyway? It will keep you asking not only who, but why.

My brother sent me Isaac's Storm so that's up soon.

Sad to say my favorite used book store (Long Lost Friends - great name) is closing the end of the month. I still have some credit to use up, and all used books are now 50% off so I headed out there today. Oh, and they have rolling shelves outside in the front with duplicates & overstocks. Most of those are $0.25 but some of the larger paperbacks are $0.50. I managed to come home with 58 books for $21.00 - and that's including a couple of new paperbacks. I tried to be organized & to go through the shelves alphabetically. Today I got through science fiction & through "G" in the mystery section. Lots more books to buy before they shut the doors. I mean really, who can resist paperbacks at $0.25? Well, who can resist paperbacks for $2.00 in 2015.

Just finished Donna Tartt's A Secret History. It's like a combination of A Separate Peace, Lord of the Flies and The Dead Poet's Society - small Eastern college & a group of students deciding life & death issues. I found the book arresting & liked her writing. Several people had said not to read The Goldfinch, but based on reading this earlier book, I'll now put it on my list.

I loved loved loved The Goldfinch! Although I can easily see why it would not be to everyone's taste. I recommend, but I have been trying to slog through The secret history. I haven't given up on SH yet, but just keep putting it down for other things..

Ruth...that's interesting about Alice. The only thing I recall about her was a quote of hers that speaks to what you are saying. She once said, "If you dont have anything nice to say about someone.....come sit next to me.". Based on that quote, I thought she sounded like some character. But now you are shedding light on her actual persona. Hmmmm.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/year-of-the-very-lo...

Interesting article about the trend of very, very, very long novels...

How nice, Minus! Geoff Dyer had once referred to how dear his books were to him. He thought inscriptions and annotations were often as meaningful or perhaps even more meaningful than the words on the pages. I sometimes wonder in this digital age if the art of inscriptions and annotations will one day be lost.....

The longest book I ever read was Robert Caro's The Power Broker. It has 1,336 pages! Met Caro a few years ago. His opinion of Robert Moses has changed since he wrote the book. Dislikes Moses even more today.....