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Just started Michael Connelly's "The Drop". Connelly is perhaps the best... Scuba Apr 2012 #1

Is that your favorite genre? RainDog Apr 2012 #2

I like lots of different stuff, but historical fiction is probably my favorite genre.... Scuba Apr 2012 #3

LOL RainDog Apr 2012 #4

Thanks for the offer. I'm a big fan of and advocate for the Public Library.... Scuba Apr 2012 #5

I'm all for libraries RainDog Apr 2012 #6

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Just started Michael Connelly's "The Drop". Connelly is perhaps the best...

Reply to RainDog (Original post)

Tue Apr 3, 2012, 08:23 PM

Apr 2012

... in the crime/law genre right now.

Harry Bosch rocks.

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

2. Is that your favorite genre?

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 3, 2012, 09:08 PM

Apr 2012

I like all sorts of things.

Right now I'm finishing up some reading I have to do for other work-related things, which was after I had to do some reading for some other work-related things... but I'll be reading Slumberland next. An African-American jazz d.j. goes to Berlin in search of a musician. It's a comedy novel - a satire that gets everyone - not so very plot heavy, but the writer has a nice ear for language.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. I like lots of different stuff, but historical fiction is probably my favorite genre....

Reply to RainDog (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 04:57 AM

Apr 2012

Michener, Clavelle, WEB Griffin (WE Butterworth) and the like. But I do like crime/cop stories, detectives, etc., with Robert Crais being another favorite author.

Enjoy Slumberland; it sounds fun and I'll look for it.

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

4. LOL

Reply to Scuba (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:47 AM

Apr 2012

I have it for sale...

http://booksavoury.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-savoury-book-club-titles-for.html

Personally, I tend not to go for the big names you mention (though I read Michener in the past.)

I don't have copies of his work for sale, but I like Jo Nesbo as a crime fiction writer. The brick & mortar store with which I am peripherally associated, however, does.

I can supply just about any title for people here, but not at my less-than-half-price prices for new books. I'd love to be the bookseller of choice for my DU peeps - it's better to shop via independents than Amazon, just for the sake of book diversity in the long term.

Anyway, ultimately it's just great that people read, no matter where they get their books or in what format.

Scuba

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5. Thanks for the offer. I'm a big fan of and advocate for the Public Library....

Reply to RainDog (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 02:32 PM

Apr 2012

....just another damned socialist.

Good luck. Anything to do with books generally flips my flapjacks.

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

6. I'm all for libraries

Reply to Scuba (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 03:32 PM

Apr 2012

I'm trained as a librarian.

If you decide you want to read Slumberland - let me know what you think - wherever you get it.