What Fiction are you reading this week, Jan. 24, 2021?

[hermetic]

Everyone still celebrating? I sure am...


So, Lock Every Door took a bit of a surprise twist. I sure never suspected THAT. But by that point I didn't really care. Meh. I would have preferred a ghost.

I'm now reading One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney. Lovely book, balancing wonder and mystery with pragmatism and humor. "A generous, intelligent novel that grants the most challenging moments of the human experience (when you die) a shimmer of light and magical possibility." Recently got it from the library and I was evidently the first person to read this copy. Kind of a nice feeling. to japple for recommending this one.

Speaking of souls, attention ghost story fans. I keep this book, The Giant Book of Ghost Stories on my coffee table to read a bit when I feel like having a nap. It's a collection of English and Irish tales from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Dickens, Stowe, James and Stoker are all represented. But there is one in particular, Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk by Frank Cowper, that really creeped me out. Spooky! Very well written.

Listening to Ruth Ware's The Lying Game. Another 'not great literature' but I'm enjoying learning what happened to four girlfriends in an English boarding school many years back and why they are now getting together again for some mysterious reason.

Party on, readers. Tell me all about it.

[Docreed2003]

1. Started "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King this week

Loving it so far

[hermetic]

3. That sounds like

a good, ghostly tale.

[Bayard]

20. That's a good one!

[murielm99]

2. I am not reading fiction this week.

I am reading Lone Wolf by Maryanne Vollers. It is nonfiction about Eric Rudolph. I thought I would read something like this now, because we may see a proliferation of such acts and people in the near future.

The author was able to get access to Rudolph and had a correspondence with him.

I will get back to fiction soon. But we need to pay attention to the Rudolphs of our nation.

[hermetic]

8. Another narcissistic nutcase

I'm kind of amazed he hasn't slipped on a bar of soap yet. Also amazed he is allowed to publish his b.s. and has a fan base. We clearly need to find ways to deal with this ever-growing insanity.

[mikeysnot]

4. Man in high castle. Philip K Dick

Don’t read much fiction anymore but enjoyed the tv show. Soooo.

[hermetic]

11. Can't go wrong

with P. K. Dick, IMO. He is for sure one of the most original contributors to American sci-fi. Didn't know that was a TV show. I will have to look for it.

[mikeysnot]

28. Right on I concur.

It was a four season mini series on Amazon prime. I waited until after the election to binge watch it. Don’t think I could have stomached it with orange hitler in the WH...

[SheltieLover]

5. Just finished "Squeeze Me," by Hiaasen - highly rec!

Exceptional spoof on magats.

If there hadn't been others awaiting their turn, I would have reread it.

Currently reading "Heart of Barkness," a Chet & Bernie. Light nonsense. Difficult to follow Chet's thoughts at times, but a story narrated by a dog is always interesting.

[hermetic]

12. Good stuff!

We need a dog emoji.

[SheltieLover]

16. Indeed, we do!

[birdographer]

30. I want to read the Hiaasen one

I have heard that recommended. I couldn't bear to read anything even remotely trump-related while he was in office, I got WAY more than enough of him in my face every day. I will need to try that, maybe next.

My husband and I both love every Chet & Bernie book! A coincidence, I made a very obtuse reference to part of all those books in a different post this morning! I think he has really nailed how dogs think with his Chet inner dialog!

[The King of Prussia]

6. "A Dark So Deadly" by Stuart MacBride

A new author to me. I haven't read enough to decide about it yet, however the author lives with 4 cats so I am predisposed to like him.

I am regaining my reading mojo. I completed "Hidden Depths" by Ann Cleeves - the third in the "Vera" mystery series. If you don't know her already, this is a very good author.

Highlight of the year so far was "With Our Blessing" by Jo Spain - a mystery set against the backdrop of the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland. There is real anger and passion underpinning it, which raises it to the top of the genre. I highly recommend it.

Stay safe - vaccines coming!

[hermetic]

10. Good news!

Glad you are reading again. Yes, I am a big Ann Cleeves and "Vera" fan.

An author with four cats? He is clearly a person of great intelligence and compassion. And that story sounds like something I would enjoy. So, thanks as always for the good tips.

[Polly Hennessey]

26. I just started, Cold Granite by Stuart McBride.

So far I am liking it.

[SheltieLover]

7. Ty for sharing about Cooney's book!

I've placed a hold on the e-version.

[rzemanfl]

9. John Grisham's-

A Time For Mercy.

[hermetic]

13. A new one

And it sounds great. "Filled with all the courtroom machinations, small-town intrigues, and plot twists that have become the hallmarks of the master of the legal thriller."

[rzemanfl]

15. It is still on the NYT bestseller list, although the library copy I have was received on

11/16/20.

[SheltieLover]

17. Sounds wonderful!

Off to put it on hold! Ty!

[AZ8theist]

14. I can tell you what fiction I'm NOT reading....

Doturds tweets....

[SheltieLover]

18. Wonderful, isn't it?

Silence is truly golden. Although, I'm sure it will erupt post senate conviction.

[Bayard]

19. Been behind in my reading for quite some time

Life finally easing up a bit. Been flying through Stephen King's, "Infested", book of short stories. Certainly not his best, but quick and easy before bed.

I've ordered a couple of Native American history books from Amazon.

AND we just finished a big set of bookshelves, that I will finish filling up in short order.

[hermetic]

21. Good for you

Isn't it great to have life starting to return to normal? Of course we still have the virus and all but I feel like that's going to be turning around sometime soon, too.

[Ohiya]

22. Just finished Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

I think it is his best book since a Man Called Ove.

[hermetic]

23. I adored Ove!

Will for sure have to get this one. Thanks!

[Ohiya]

24. I found it to be strange and annoying in the beginning, but it all came together nicely.

You might want to have some tissues handy, by the end !

[hermetic]

25. OK

Good to know.

[Paper Roses]

27. Just finished: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

A fantastic read from start to finish. It is a story about a group of people from several Central America as they try to reach the United States. An easy read and great food for thought.
I enjoyed the book and it gave me great insight into the trials immigrants go through as they try to enter the US by walking hundreds or thousands of miles. A worthy read!

[birdographer]

29. Enforcing the Paw

I'm reading Enforcing the Paw by Diane Kelly. It's part of a series, but not the first. It's been in my Kindle for awhile so I decided to finally get to it. I'm halfway through and it's a fun book. The main character is a woman, a police officer whose partner is a German Shepherd. It's likely that when I finish this one I will go back and start the series from the beginning. Very readable.

[SheltieLover]

31. Ty for sharing!

I'll see if library has it.

[Oldem]

32. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

It's about love, loss, grief, the Bubonic plague, and Shakespeare. Beautifully written.

[hermetic]

33. That does sound great

I have put it on my list.