What Fiction are you reading this week, October 28, 2018?

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Some of us will always be readers.

I am pleased to now be reading Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse. I feel that they have captured the essence of Sherlock Holmes mysteries and delivered an intriguing cozy which is liberally sprinkled with social justice messages. I doubt this book is popular in Repug circles.

I did finish Ready Player One and just loved the big "surprise" in it. Tried twice now to watch the movie but keep getting distracted and don't finish. I get the feeling Spielberg read the book once and thought it would make a fun film so he wrote a slightly different story about the same people. Just my initial take on it.

Next up on my audible list is Barracoon: the story of the last "black­cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston; sadly non-fiction.

What treats are in your book bag this week?

[exboyfil]

1. Within These Walls

by Ania Ahlborn. Sixth book by this author I have read. It is kind of a combination of Helter Skelter and a haunted house story.

Next up will be They Rise by Hunter Shea - a cryptoanimal book (the fourth I have read by this author).

Continuing my horror kick for the year.

[Squinch]

4. I'm going to look for that!

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6. Ooh, spooky

I had kind of gotten away from tales of the supernatural, which I used to read constantly when I was younger. Within These Walls and her other books are making me rethink that.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Still reading "Women on the Move" by Roger Giles.

It is very exciting and eye opening. I think every man should read it to learn that there is such a thing as male privilege and read about Major Taylor to learn about White privilege. All women should read it to take courage from these stalwart women in the 1890s and early 20th century. All of us, men and women owe a lot to them and need to keep the movements they began alive and moving.

I would be through with it but I could stand not knowing what was to happen in Let it Bleed by Ian Rankin. I still don't understand, I thought I had read this book before but the only part that is familiar is a car crash scene in the 1st Chapter. The story is great. The only thing is that John Rebus does something reprehensible to this cat lover. Perhaps I'll forgive him one day.

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7. Oh noes!

Perhaps that's why that one is less well-known than others. Hmmm.

Women on the Move does sound like an important read, though.

[exboyfil]

9. Back to science fiction next year for me

Will go back and reread a bunch of the classics.

Right now I have so much stress in my personal life, I am going with horror books that are less sophisticated with less world building.

[hermetic]

11. Lots of Sci Fi

goodies on your bookshelf.

Vonda N. McIntyre: They summon and she travels: Snake, the healer. Through the blasted landscape of a post-holocaust world, she carries her three serpents.

[Squinch]

5. Perfect Halloween book: Curfew by Phil Rickman. He's my guilty pleasure.

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12. Oh cool

More Horror, Occult & Supernatural. You guys are doing great this week! Lots of new scary reads to explore.

[Squinch]

15. Rickman has a really fun series about a woman who is a minister

AND an exorcist on the border between Wales and England. AND, she solves crimes!

[dameatball]

8. "The Pagan Lord" by Bernard Cornwell.

Good ol 9th century action; historical fiction

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14. Yeah,

Cornwell returns with this epic Saxon Tales saga, a dramatic story of divided loyalties, bloody battles, and the struggle to unite Britain at the onset of the tenth century.

To think, they still haven't been able to do that after all this time. Kind of gives you pause, doesn't it?

[dameatball]

17. I had not thoughgt about that but it does. I believe this is about the 7th in the series.

[northoftheborder]

10. Queen Sugar, by Natalie Baszile

Just finished, and loved this book. About an African American woman who grew up in Los Angeles, returned to her family roots in the cane sugar lands of Louisiana to run a cane plantation left to her by her father. Colorful, sympathetic characters, good story line, very well read on Audible. 5 stars from me

[hermetic]

16. Sounds good

I'll put that one on my Audible wish list.

[Runningdawg]

13. There There by Tommy Orange

I just started so I will give an overview from B&N

As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow—some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent—momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle’s death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle’s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will to perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.

I am not a gamer and heard the movie was horrible but the book was great, so I plan to read Ready Player One soon.

[hermetic]

19. Recently read that one

There There. Good but grim.

Also not a gamer but I still liked the book. Had to sort of gloss over some of the game playing parts but the story was enjoyable. The movie was fun if you like lots of explody, colorful stuff. Plus movies and music from the 70-80s.

[area51]

18. Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce novel

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd.

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21. I so love this title!

And hailed as “a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes,” I will be seeking this series for future reading. Thanks!

[Stargleamer]

20. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. n/t

[violetpastille]

22. That book

Seriously.

I am not the same person as I was before I read it.

Nostradamus had nothing on Octavia Butler.

i seldom wish for a filmed version of anything but..I'm gonna make a big exception here.

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24. Another classic

I am really hoping to get her latest: Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation I love good graphic fantasy novels and it's been a while since I've seen any new ones.

[Stargleamer]

25. Hopefully the artwork will compensate fully

For the abridged text and you wiil thoroughly enjoy it and find it delightful!!

[Timewas]

26. Just finished

Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)The Cuckoos Calling and The Silkworm,2 of the Cormoran Strike series, looking forward to going further into that series.... Now reading Sandford's "Holy Ghost" a Virgil Flowers book

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30. Good stuff!

Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle--and a murder--in the wickedly entertaining new thriller from the master of "pure reading pleasure" Just out and a definite must-read.

[Lithos]

27. Finished up my annual re-read of "Night in the Lonesome October"

20+ years, so I guess its my personal October tradition...

Armada was not as good as Ready Player One - IMHO.

Reading the _Saga_ series and about to dive into _Infomocracy_ by Malka Older. Had it sitting out far too long.

Also doing a bunch of Coursera and a book club at work - _Effective Engineer_ by Edmond Lau - but you were asking about fiction.

[hermetic]

28. What fun

Jack the Ripper's faithful watchdog, Snuff, relates the shady tendencies of his master, as well as those of a vampire, witch, demented clergyman, and others who band together and are also accompanied by animal familiars. There are 31 short chapters in this book, one for each day in October.

Looks delightful! Nice tradition.

Infomocracy , a Political,TechnoThriller. Also sounds quite interesting.

[The King of Prussia]

29. I'm back in Three Pines

Reading "The Cruellest Month" - the third in the series. I love them so much that I am rationing myself to make to them last. Otherwise I have continued my crime tour of England with Martin Edwards's "Frozen Shroud." It's the sixth in the Lake District mystery series, but the first I've read. Very enjoyable - but I spotted the murderer very early so I only gave it 3 stars on Goodreads.
We spent the weekend in Sedbergh - England's book town - and came back with thirty five additions to the library - including lots of Ed McBain and Erle Stanley Gardner.

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31. 35!

Way to go.

My love for Three Pines is unrelenting.

[Polly Hennessey]

32. Dark Horse by

Fletcher Knebel, published in 1972. About politics and I am loving it.

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33. That sounds good

Three weeks before election day a presidential candidate dies. In a hastily called party conclave, Eddie Quinn is named to take his place. Eddie Who? An obscure highway official from New Jersey, whose chief pleasures are cars, bowling and women.

[Polly Hennessey]

34. It is.

I was surprised. I thought it would be boring and dated - not so. I am on the third chapter and can’t wait to get back to it. He also wrote, Night at Camp David (Rachel Maddow mentioned it on her show a few weeks ago) and co-authored, Seven Days in May. Both added to my list.

[PennyK]

35. Mycroft and Sherlock!!

The second book in Kareem's series, which just came out. I'm delighted that you enjoyed the first one. And also glad you liked Ready Player One.
I'm about to start Last Bus to Woodstock, the first Inspector Morse. We've been watching Endeavour, the prequel, and will start the original series soon.
I'm on the wait list for Lethal White, the latest Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) mystery. I watched some of the TV series at my sister's and enjoyed it so much that I bought the whole thing on DVD to share with my husband. They did a great job with this translation to screen...the casting was perfect.
Oh, and now that we have BritBox I can watch the Jeremy Brett Sherlock series! Love that theme music.

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39. Hey, thanks!

Some new DVDs for me to seek out. I gave up TV many years ago and instead just buy series that are worth watching. At this point I have pretty much exhausted that list and have been wondering what was left for me. Now I have something new to look forward to.

[pansypoo53219]

36. just finished sense & sensability. emma next.

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40. Great!

Can't go wrong there.

[Number9Dream]

37. "The Enemy" by Lee Child; "The Steel Wave" by Jeff Shaara

Finished my first Jack Reacher book, "The Enemy". Understand it was the first chronologically. I mostly enjoyed it. Writing style and dialogue reminded me of Robert B. Parker (which is a good thing). I'll have to read more sometime.

About half way through "The Steel Wave" by Jeff Shaara. A novelization of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, D-Day. Enjoyable for us history buffs.

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38. I like Jack Reacher stories

In the 80s I spent some time in Caen, Normandy. Visited many historical sites. Quite memorable. My late grandfather was part of the invasion.

From Wikipedia:
The beaches of Normandy are still known by their invasion code names. Significant places have plaques, memorials, or small museums, and guide books and maps are available. Some of the German strong points remain preserved; Pointe du Hoc in particular is little changed from 1944. The remains of Mulberry harbour B still sits in the sea at Arromanches. Several large cemeteries in the area serve as the final resting place for many of the Allied and German soldiers killed in the Normandy campaign