What are you reading this week of March 12, 2017?

[hermetic]

Lots going on this week. Did you remember to change your clocks? Got your corned beef and cabbage? An old Irish legend you might want to be aware of this week: On Judgment Day you will be suspended head-down in a barrel containing all the liquor you've ever spilled. If you drown, to Hell with you.

I just learned that from reading Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson. There are a great many gems of wisdom in this book. Not to mention puns galore.

I also just listened to Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology which my library offered on Overdrive. I knew they had books in PDF but had no idea they offered audibles. I was thrilled to find this. I'm not well-versed in Norse mythology, other than the basic who's who, so this was great fun to listen to. Especially as it was read by Gaiman. But the end: dayum! That was scary as hell. The winter that doesn't end. That was just too real. Save your shoes!!

I'll leave you with another bit of Callahan wisdom: Shared pain lessened, shared joy increased.

May you find a pot of books at the end of your rainbow.

[murielm99]

1. In honor of March Madness:

I have a book called Dust Bowl Girls. It is about a Depression era championship WOMEN'S basketball team.

[hermetic]

3. That sounds really good

"I loved every minute I spent with these bold, daring women whose remarkable journey is the stuff of American legend.” —Karen Abbott, New York Times

Thanks for sharing it here.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Back with DCI Alan Banks

in Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson. I enjoyed Stardance by Spider Robinson. I'm not sure where he's going to go with the second book in the trilogy. But I've been waiting for months to find out what happened to Annie Cabot. Doncha hate that when an author leaves you with a beloved character near dead? What a mean trick.

[hermetic]

4. Oh, indeed

You're referring to Spider? You know I'm reading his other series. He leaves a lot of openings for the next book. A lot of stuff is dated, but then again, sometimes what's old is new again. Right now I'm torn between starting his next book or Deadline by Sanford. I have both.

[TexasProgresive]

5. My bike ride captain, Bill is the one who suggested Spider Robinson.

Now he's told me about Douglas Preston Relic and Trail of the Monkey God. I may be reading them next.

[Number9Dream]

8. "Relic" is very good

Then you'll get hooked on the other Preston / Child books.

[hermetic]

9. I read RELIC last year

and that is one creepy, intense story. Loved it. That other book, though, does not come up in any search so I'll bet it's The Lost City of the Monkey God which is a brand new Preston book and it's a true story. It sounds marvelous.

In 1940, a swashbuckling journalist ventured into the rain forest of Honduras and returned with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying a machine that would change everything: a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the dense rain forest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization.

"Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century."

I can't wait to read it!!

[Number9Dream]

7. Finished "Valhalla Rising" by Clive Cussler

In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre chain of events that are about to engulf him (from library book description). I enjoyed this one very much. It was hard to put down.

[hermetic]

10. Hot doggies!

My library has BUNCHES of Cussler books, including that one. Think I'll get one of the audio books tomorrow.

Meanwhile, hope you are tucked in, stocked up and the storm doesn't cause you any grief. Be careful out there.

[Number9Dream]

11. Thanks, hermetic... They're predicting 16" - 24" with high winds for my area

Just hoping the power stays on. No work tomorrow.

[japple]

12. Hi everyone! Happy Ides of March to ya, and an early Happy St. Patrick's Day.

I am still reading James Welch's, The Indian Lawyer, and must say that it isn't nearly as well written as Louise Erdrich's books, nor as complex, but I'm nearly finished and it has been a fairly good story and is set it one of my favorite areas of the US--Helena, MT.

Not sure what I will read next, but there are sooooo many books to choose from and my list is loooongggg.

On Friday, I will hoist a glass of Guinness to the fine folks here at DU, and toast our host, hermetic!

[hermetic]

13. Slainte!

May the road rise up to meet ya, and I shall do the same.

Hey, LAROSE WON!!!