Re: What are you reading?
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I just finished Cut and Run by Mary Burton which was an excellent thriller, I am now about 60% into Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, I'm not impressed with his writing, he does repeat himself & goes on & on about how blue the sky is or how green the grass is. I find myself skimming pages, but I will finish it because I never leave a book unread half way through, I always have to finish it.
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Re: What are you reading?
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That backstory is almost better that the original Frankenstein novel! Thank you, Marian.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I just started Dean Koontz's Velocity. I'm just a couple of chapters in but so far it's good.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I just started Dean Koontz's Velocity. I'm just a couple of chapters in but so far it's good. I read that one a few years ago and had a hard time putting it down until I was finished.
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Re: What are you reading?
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Oh that's great Marian, this will be another book I'll be saying "just one more chapter" when I should be asleep LOL.
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Re: What are you reading?
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The original indeed Given that Mary Shelley is credited in some quarters with starting the science fiction genre, which is at least 50% of my reading material, I feel almost embarrassed to admit I have never read it. The day I finally unpacked my books and put them on shelves, I had to laugh because 95% of what I own is Science fiction and fantasy, and most of them are by just a few authors: CJ Cherryh Robin Hobb Dan Simmons Iain Banks Terry Pratchett Alistair Reynolds Peter Hamilton Lois McMaster Bujold Neal Stephenson And several others, including the more classic SF like A Canticle for Leibowitz. Granted, I did get rid of about 50% of my books recently, most of them one-offs or books that were falling apart. Incidentally, if you haven't read Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga, it's about as good as it gets.
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I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: What are you reading?
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That's a list of very familiar names, Hagatha, and I agree with you about the Vorkosigan series. I'm also hoping for C. J. Cherryh's next Bren Cameron book this year but haven't seen any signs of one yet.
I was looking for a change of pace when I started Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, and it turned out to be a wonderful novel about Marcellus, a grumpy giant Pacific octopus living in an aquarium in Washington State, and Tova, the kind old woman who cleans there at night in order to keep her losses at bay. Part of the story is narrated by Marcellus, and there's a rich cast of other characters that interact with them in the ficticious town of Sowell Bay. I recommend this one highly.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I have read all those authors hagatha except LMB although I have had a copy of Paladin of Souls on my bookshelf for ages. I note that it is a sequel; do you recommend reading the first novel or does this one sufficiently stand alone?
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Re: What are you reading?
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Some interesting ideas from hagatha and LadyK for which thanks. I have just started on an interesting little collection of spooky stories by various authors: The Haunting Season. Definitely worth a look, and fairly cheap on UK kindle. https://drlauratisdall.wordpress.co...on-ghostly-tales-for-long-winter-nights/ I see that there are also subsequent volumes.
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Re: What are you reading?
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Flotsam, Paladin of Souls is a newer series than the Vorkosigan saga. The first book I read was Vorkosigan's Game. It contains both The Vor Game and Borders of Infinity. I followed Miles' adventures through several books after that before I discovered two books that deal with the lives of his parents. I think getting to know Miles first is important. He's a memorable character and so are his escapades.
Lex, I like a good ghost story, so I made a note of your recommendation.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I have read all those authors hagatha except LMB although I have had a copy of Paladin of Souls on my bookshelf for ages. I note that it is a sequel; do you recommend reading the first novel or does this one sufficiently stand alone? I don't like LMB's fantasy novels nearly as much as her Vorkosigan books. Paladin of Souls is, I believe the sequel to the Curse of Chalion, and yes, they should be read in order. They're good books but nowhere near as wonderful as the Vorkosigan Saga, which absolutely MUST be read in order. She also wrote a series called The Sharing Knife, which was awful, in my opinion. The Vorkosigan Saga sparkles with wit and wonderful characters. It's so worth reading.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I just finished a murder mystery called All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers. The main character is a reporter who returns to the small town in Indiana where she grew up. Her uncle, who raised her, is having a difficult time adjusting to his wife's death and is showing signs of early dementia, so she decides to stay with him to help out while investigating a little girl's kidnapping similar to one that happened when she was a kid. The story has decent twists and turns in it, some predictable and some definitely not. I was really enjoying it until the climax of the main story in which there's a struggle which could mean death for the protagonist, but the author never explains what happens. She doesn't make it a cliff hanger, she just stops the action with the character thinking she'll do anything to survive. There is an epilogue from another character's perspective which ties up the loose ends of earlier events, but the end of main story is never addressed. I thought there was a page ripped out when I read it. It just fizzled as if the author had no idea how to end it.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I might have to look that one up, Lex. I think it came through one of my recommendation emails a while back.
I'm reading the 2nd book in the Burn Box trilogy. Bobby Adair writes post-apocalyptic fiction and does it well. This one is about how the gene editing tool CRISPR has become available to anyone and conspiracy theorists and crazies began making new viruses which have pretty wiped out the population of the world. A cruel government goes around and uses portable "burn boxes" to incinerate the dead before they spread their disease further. Of course, they are now using it on their perceived enemies. The classic group of a guy, a girl, an eccentric CRISPR expert and a dog are off to save the world!
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Re: What are you reading?
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I got tired of the Shetland series, so I've started re-reading C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series, which I haven't looked at for about 15 years. There are several more books in the series since I last picked it up, so something to look forward to.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I'm reading Robert Heinlein's Friday ... a most excellent sci-fi yarn.
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