What Fiction are you reading this week, August 13, 2023?

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I'm reading Prairie Fever by Michael Parker. Set in early 1900's Oklahoma, this story of two sisters bound together by their isolation on the prairie and their deep emotional reliance on each other is riveting. It's also funny, poetic and romantic.

Last week I wanted to listen to No Exit but when it started playing I discovered it was in GERMAN. WTH, library? Why would you do something like that? So, instead I listened to Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves, the second Vera Stanhope mystery. Sure to be in English and I can always count on Ann for a good story.

What are you counting on for a good story this week?

[Scrivener7]

1. The Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris.

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5. That sounds great

Just came out last year. A "spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail -- an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other."

Thanks.

[Scrivener7]

7. It is. And he has researched it impeccably. Only problem is, I think I am supposed to be

rooting for the two Englishmen, but I think they're boobs. I'm totally in the bag for the "implacable foe."

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10. LOL

More thumbs up.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. Escapism for me

I'm reading the first three books in the Brother's Keeper Security series by Stephanie St. Klaire and am most of the way through the second. I actually started with the fourth, then went on to something else heavier, then needed some escapism and realized I had the fist three in the series so I circled back around. The series concerns a family of five Irish-American brothers in Portland who run a high-tech security firm with their sister, a mother who manages to keep them all in line, lots of thrills and chills and of course, romance and sex, along with a lot of humor. The only thing that drives me nuts is the lack of good editing, as is the case with so many e-books these days.

[NoRethugFriends]

3. Rethuglican talking points

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. That's a hit-and-run comment

Either stay and explain yourself, or don't make it in the first place.

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8. I think that person was trying

to make a joke about what they were reading this week. Happens here in a pretty regular basis.. But they replied to you instead of me, a common mistake.

[NoRethugFriends]

14. Correct. My mistake.

[Polly Hennessey]

24. That was my take.

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15. 👆

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6. I hear ya

In print, as well. That just happened in a book I was enjoying. The author called the murder victim by the wrong name.

[Jilly_in_VA]

18. Mine has a problem

with the "greengrocer's apostrophe" and it's driving me up the wall!

[mentalsolstice]

9. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

So far it’s been enjoyable. I had to give up on I’ll Steal You Away. Just too many triggers.

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11. You talking to me?

Ooh, I see. Never mind. I just looked at the book cover and it really is beautiful.

"Vibrating with tenderness, Hello Beautiful is a gorgeous, profoundly moving portrait of what's possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it." Sounds lovely.

[mentalsolstice]

16. Yeah I'm talking to you!😊 nt

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17. OK. Thanks

[unc70]

12. Bingeing Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James mysteries

By Deborah Crombie.

London police officers solving the requisite murders. Lots of focus on their families and personal lives. About half of the books are centered outside London. These books have complex storylines. Lots of interesting descriptions of places and events. For example, the narrow boats and their canals and aqueducts.

Because of the importance of the developments in their personal lives, I strongly recommend you read the series in order. The quality of the books started good and have been getting better.

For a break, I recently read The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. A lightweight mystery during a baking competition TV show. Pretty good, though I had most of the mysteries figured out early on. This is not the Korean series of the same name.

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13. Nice

20 titles and almost every one has 5-star reviews. Will have to give those a look.

[TexLaProgressive]

19. I have "The Dark Hours" Michael Connolly downloaded

I haven't started it yet. The last Bosch book and Cleeves' "The Rising Tide" ended rather sad. That's not bad in a book.
Anyway I will probably start the new book tomorrow.

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20. That's a good one

Of course. I agree that last Bosch was sad. It even made me cry a little, I guess cause after reading all his books I felt I kind of knew him. Looking forward to The Rising Tide. I expect to read it soon.

Stay hydrated.

[cbabe]

21. Burnt House/Faye Kellerman

First book of hers I’ve read. Fast moving plot. Smart characters.

Also Jane Harper/Exiles
Not too compelling but good enough I put other titles on library hold.

[japple]

22. Oh, my. Prairie Fever sounds exactly like the next book on my reading list.

I had been reading Brothers & Sisters by Alan Paul, about the Allman Brothers Band. When James McBride's book, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store was released on Tuesday, I put the ABB aside and started reading it. I am a huge fan of James McBride and this is the best so far. I'll get back to the Brothers & Sisters soon.

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23. Well, oddly enough

the next book I have just cued up to listen to is Deacon King Kong by James McBride. The Grocery Store book isn't available just now, but it will be. I'm on the list.

[yellowdogintexas]

25. Echoes of Atlantis by David Brody

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Echoes of Atlantis: Crones, Templars and the Lost Continent (Templars in America Series Book 6)

Evidence of the lost continent of Atlantis exists throughout the modern world. As do powerful groups who do not want Atlantis—and its secrets—to be rediscovered.

Historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Gunn stumble upon a mysterious spiral necklace and a 12,000-year-old human skull, sparking their search for Atlantis and its true legacy. But are modern-day Knights Templar and a cabal of goddess worshipers conspiring against them? Only after a whirlwind of international travel and a violent encounter with a shadowy paramilitary group do the mysteries of Atlantis finally reveal themselves.

Based on actual historical artifacts, which are pictured in the book.

Mr Brody combines actual artifacts, known histories of pre-Colombian European travels to North America, myths and legends, and some touches of paranormal to create very intriguing stories.

Forgot to add: Like DaVinci Code, there are a number of events in the series which persons of certain religious groups might find disturbing. Like looking for The Ark of the Covenant in the Grand Canyon. My opinion is that if a modern work of fiction scares you due to your religion, you are not well grounded in your faith. (quote from my mom who would have loved these books.)

These are described as stand alone stories but reading in order is better.

[yellowdogintexas]

26. I finished Night Crime by Alex King and 2 books from

another series "The Forgotten Coast" by Dawn Lee McKenna

book 1 Low Tide In Apalachicola, Florida, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.

Bold. Honorable. Damaged. Meet Lt. Maggie Redmond.

Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man.

Book 2 Rip Tide Once again, sinister things are afoot in Apalachicola, FL, and one of them is an actual foot.

When a local fisherman finds a severed limb in his net, it sets off a chain of events that no one can anticipate.

Lt. Maggie Redmond soon discovers that the foot belongs to the friend of another recently dead guy, Gregory Boudreaux, the man she never told anyone about. Gregory’s death was thought to be a suicide. That seems less likely, now that his best friend Sport’s foot has shown up out of the blue, as it were.

Both books were a fast read; the characters are great, there are a number of plot twists, and some hilarious moments involving Maggie's dog and rooster (appropriately named Stoopid)


Regarding Night Crime: my trip to Greece with Kat and company was just as much fun as I expected it to be. Can't wait for a price reduction on the next one!!!

I will definitely read more of these! It is already obvious that there are going to be plot lines which weave in and out all the way through the books.

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27. Well done!