What Fiction are you reading this week, February 3, 2019?
Library in Switzerland, where it's often really cold
Hi
Hope everyone is thawed out now and more or less back to normal.
Speaking of chilling, I am reading one of the scariest books ever, Preston & Child's White Fire. Now, I don't often get freaked out by a book but I was reading this at 1 a.m. and I was alone when I heard a noise in my living room. Granted, I do live with several cats who are often bumping into things but I really started wondering if someone was trying to break into my house. Just like in the story. 0,0 ... I got quite scared. Fortunately, my housemate came home shortly thereafter and assured me that this book had also been fright-inducing back when he read it. Nothing to worry about around here, though. Whew
There are so many things about this book that I am really liking. This great line, for instance: "..human beings construct a narrative out of random events, baseless assumptions, and simple-minded prejudices." Boy, ain't that the truth?
My audible book is still The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. I think it 's pretty good. It could be a bit tighter in the final chapters but I am enjoying it, overall.
What are you enjoying these days?
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Witches and vampires and science. I think it sounds intriguing, but also loooong. 882 pages! Do let us know how you felt about it when finished. 
His latest, a riveting thriller that begins with separate disasters striking the Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA. Sounds good.
Yes, she definitely makes a cruise not sound too inviting. I would, though, love to do one down in the Bahamas or similar. We should talk again next week, after we've finished this book.
I loved Infinite Jest and always wanted to read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again but my library never got it. So I need to find it online. I just put it at the top of my list so I don't forget about it again. 
David.
The Navy put me on a cruise ship once, too. I was 7 (Dad was in USN) and we crossed the Atlantic and I have some fantastic memories. Sadly, a lot has changed since then.
Give Mr Frankie a head scritch for me. I, too, am becoming more fond of naps lately. 
Well, no doubt you will enjoy that Harry Bosch story when you finally get a chance to read. it.
Just out. A historical, espionage thriller. From the backrooms of the Smithsonian to the deepest woods in rural Arkansas, and finally up into the rugged mountains of northern New Mexico, THE LOST ORDER is a perilous adventure into our country’s dark past, and a potentially even darker future. 
I think TexasProgressive might be interested in this, IIRC.
Thorgrim and his men are plunged into a battle for the throne of Tara, a battle that will test their strength and loyalty as none has before.
I was remembering your interest in Irish history and thought this might be a fit, maybe. 
i put it on my for later library list. i'm reading The Charter House of Parma. it's a tale of court intrigue and ungoverned passion set in Northern Italy after the fall of Napoleon. The pace is brisk and the plot follows the checkered career of a headstrong young noblemen who is made a bishop at age 24 but can't seem to stay out of trouble.
i'm also reading a collection of humorous stories put together by Russell Baker who died last week. My favorites so far are the ones by Mark Twain, who is laugh out loud funny. I also enjoy Thurber, Robert Benchley and Garrison Keilor, who stand about knee high to Twain. Everyone else is just barking around his ankles.
Cheers, Hermetic.
The Pendergast novels are all well worth reading, I think. They go to some pretty fascinating places.
I also prefer physical books and have a good many but have learned to enjoy listening to stories while I do housework and cooking. I don't have television. It does require some concentration, though, since you can't go back and reread a paragraph. So I keep my audibles to "light reading."
I appreciate your participation here and hope you join us again.
Got lots of Reacher fans in this group.
May Bast bring you great fortune. 
Look forward to reading Crucible, too.
Charles Dickens's last complete novel and a glorious satire spanning all levels of Victorian society The novel is richly symbolic in its vision of death and renewal in a city dominated by the fetid Thames, and the corrupting power of money. Available at Project Gutenberg and something we should all probably read, if we haven't already.
That is just horribly sad. 
Mr Pratt
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/law-enforcement/2018/11/12/Local-crime-fiction-author-Scott-Pratt-dead-in-Bonaire
But it sounds like it might be fairly entertaining. “One of the most enjoyable whodunits of this or any season. Reason: It's a gorgeous satire on the book publishing business and the people in it or on the fringes.”
so here's our local bookshop.
Magnificent! And thanks. Glad you enjoy them. I'm always on the lookout for book-related pictures to start our discussions with. 
