What are you reading the week of November 25, 2012?

[DUgosh]

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

2012 - book # 176

[Curmudgeoness]

1. "Altar of Bones" by Philip Carter

Talk about throwing a bunch of conspiracy theories all into one book!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Purse book: The Keeper of Lost Causes by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen

Bedside book: Still working on "Creole Belle" by James Lee Burke

[DUgosh]

3. Do you like it.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. Which one?

I like Keeper of Lost Causes very much, but then I'm into Scandinavian mysteries.

I think Creole Belle is a bit overwritten and rambling, and the character of Clete is beginning to get on my nerves. But I'm still reading it.

[fadedrose]

8. I'm looking forward to the next Adler-Olsen...

due in May 2013. I read The Absent One, the next in the series, and you'll be happy to know that that Morck has a new female secretary whom he despises. You will enjoy....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. Yes, I'd like to read more of his work, too

The parallel stories in Keeper of Lost Causes really keep you turning pages.

[fadedrose]

17. I used to read "easy" mysteries and loved them...

But you turned me on to the more difficult foreign authors, whose stories are more complicated, the characters more alive, their names and places impossible to pronounce, they're mostly available at bookstores and libraries, and I generally like them better now (except for Doss) than the new book shelf at the grocery store.


PS When you get a chance, make another list of your favorite foreign authors. Some are now my favorites, but can't remember all you've mentioned.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. I've added some to the alphabetical list, and the rest are already there

so I hope you can find them.

[pscot]

4. African Genesis, by Robert Ardrey

I found this one in the bottom of a box of books. I read it 40 years ago. His thesis is, we're animals; we behave like animals. Ardrey is smart, highly literate and reasons well. He's better known for The Territorial Imperative. Highly recommended.

[getting old in mke]

6. _The Inner Circle_ by Brad Meltzer

Listening to the last full Aubrey/Maturin book, _Blue at the Mizzen_.

[fadedrose]

7. THE OLD GRAY WOLF(2012) by James D. Doss

James Doss died in May, 2012, and this is the last of his Charlie Moon series.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/D_Authors/Doss_James.html

I am so sad. Doss' books are so special to me. Almost every sentence is a gem, and I relish the characters, plots and humor. He's the only American author I would rank with Cotterill, Adler-Olsen, or some of the many foreign authors I've come to enjoy.

I've bought almost all the books in the series, except for the last two, and will get them soon...

He wrote in the preface of his book about an old lady who had just gave up the ghost, "..Where a particular given-up ghost goes and what it does when it gets there remains an open question...." I hope Mr. Doss' ghost has found a cozy and interesting spot somewhere up there or over there, an open question...

Start reading his series anywhere in the series - just start...

Book 117 of 2012

[fadedrose]

10. Doss messes around more in this book than in any other...

He knew he was dying and it would be the last one.

The very first book in the series has almost no comments.

This one is about even - half remarks, observations, opinions, and half story.

[fadedrose]

13. Sad, heavy heart..

The more I read, the better the book got, and the worse I felt because this is the last one.

I'll order it, of course, and will have a complete set.

The characters are more real to me than folks I've known...

[Little Star]

14. Rose,

I feel so bad. I know how much you loved his work and how his characters have touched your heart.

Just want to give you a hug

[SheilaT]

9. The Cassandra Project

by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick. I'll finish it later today.

[SheilaT]

12. Finished

The Cassandra Project. In the end it was a big let-down for me, but it was entertaining enough a journey.

Now I'm reading The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen.

Oh, and how are you liking Gone Girl?

[Paladin]

15. "Live By Night", Dennis Lehane's New Novel.

Prohibition-era gangster stuff in Boston, Florida and Cuba. Not quite as good as "Mystic River" or "Gone, Baby, Gone", but entertaining, nonetheless. Would make a good movie.....

[getting old in mke]

16. Did you read its predecessor?

My wife finished "Live by Night" a couple of weeks ago and her take was similar to yours. But she just loved "The Given Day" and thinks that's the best of his. Still, she'd read a shopping list if he wrote it.

[Paladin]

19. "The Given Day" Was A Good One.

Your wife should have liked the latest novel, because the central character comes from one of the families in the previous book. He's the son of a high-up Boston police officer---gone bad. Like I say, it would make a good flick....