What Fiction are you reading this week, August 11, 2019?

[hermetic]

Still reading Carter & Lovecraft, which is quite the mystery. Still enjoying listening to The Cat Who… stories.

Now I’m off on a trip to the city to see a play matinee and then meet up with some Dems to finalize our plans for the annual Democrats’ picnic next Saturday. You all have a nice day and I shall chat with you later.

[AJT]

1. The Art of the Deal...

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3. I am still reading

Once Upon A River.

I think I am taking it slowly because it is a very special story.

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14. Gosh

I found 6 books with that title, 2 of which are award winners. Who's the author? Thanks.

[mainstreetonce]

16. Diane Setterfield

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20. I have a feeling that I bought the wrong book.

I think I had a rec to the one that is the award winner.
I bought the one by Setterfield.

I will review it better when I am done.

It is like a fairy tale.I never read anything like this.
I love it.

[True Blue American]

4. Debbie MaComber

Rose Harbor In Bloom right now. Her books are a delightful change, they can take you out of the funk and just enjoy. A book about small towns. I have read several lately.

The Political books bore me. Filthy Rich by Patterson was good, but I think we all know how that ends. It was disgusting and shocking at the corruption of so many and the non Justice system.

[hermetic]

13. Ahh, romance

Hailed as “the reigning queen of women's fiction” bestselling author Debbie Macomber is renowned for her novels of love, friendship, and the promise of fresh starts. Sounds nice.

[True Blue American]

17. Each book has a common theme

But the characters are totally different. But at this point I like happy endings!

[hermetic]

15. Mmmm, gin

Loves me some G&T and haven't had one for years. Thinking maybe I should do something about that. Thanks for the reminder.

[CrispyQ]

2. My fiction reading is so sporadic, but I just finished "Where the Crawdads Sing," by Delia Owens.

I enjoyed it immensely.

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12. Oh cool

I've been seeing that title on my library's home page for ages and it's always checked out. I was wondering what it was about. Now I know: an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation.
Guess I'd better put myself on the waiting list.

[MuseRider]

5. I cannot seem to keep my head in books right now.

I have started so many good books and I KNOW they are good and I like them but I cannot keep my mind there. This is audio, not my preferred way but the only way at this time in my life (maybe a change coming soon).

Podcasts are working for me so I will leave now with just this.....Al Franken has a very good podcast. The shortest is around 35 minutes but they usually seem around an hour or a little more.

I will read here and since I rarely post I will just gather and comment when I know something. TaTa for now and I so love this group.

[hermetic]

11. Thanks

We love you, too.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Anthony Trollope's Barchester series

which was made into an excellent BBC series way back in 1982, with a young, but wonderful Alan Rickman as the famous oily, unctuous character Obadiah Slope.
Trollope and Dickens always satisfy my need to banish the outside world for an afternoon.

Non-fiction:
Michael Lewis's Boomerang, a look at how each of several European countries dealt with the 2008 crash, which explains why they are still screwed today.
Lewis can make any complicated financial issue easier to understand, plus he is very humorous in doing so.

More non-fiction: Trump's tweets. n/t

[hermetic]

10. My library

has a couple of DVDs of The Barchester Chronicles. I'll check next time I'm there and hopefully they'll be that series. Sounds fun.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Really worth watching.

Early Masterpiece Theatre quality, but so wonderful to fall into. I have a copy and watch it every few years. It's like Upstairs Downstairs, where you fall in love with the characters, due to the superb acting.

Another great Trollope adaptation is a 2001 series, "The Way We Live Now", with David Suchet .

[The King of Prussia]

7. Raven Black by Ann Cleves

The first of her Shetland mysteries. Pretty good so far.

I finished the "Notting Hill Mystery" - billed as the world's first detective story. Not a whodunnit, or even a howdunnit really. It's presented as a series of documents compiled by an insurance investigator - which is not a format that I liked.The way it unfolds is a little bit like an episode of Columbo - where the detective builds a case.

Next up for me is non-fiction - Songs of America by Jon Meacham & Tim McGraw.

[hermetic]

9. Raven Black

won that year’s Dagger, a prestigious UK award for the very best in crime and thriller writing. Must read.

I found that Notting Hill is on YouTube so I bookmarked it for for listening to later. I can recall a few stories that were told in that fashion, documents and such, though I sure can't remember any of the titles right now. Got CRS, ya know.

[True Blue American]

18. NottingHill great!

I love English and Irish books from King Henry on up.Auld Irish.

[sueh]

8. The Booklish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

One of my favorite reads of the year so far. The story is about Nina Hill, who is notified by a lawyer of the death of her father...except Nina has never met her father; and her mother never told her who her father was. Nina is named in her father's will...and learns that she has rather a large family. Its a fun read, perfect to take my mind off of You-Know-Who.

[Freedomofspeech]

21. Lost Roses...

By Martha Hall Kelly, author of the Lilac Girls (which I loved).