What Fiction are you reading this week, June 9, 2019?

[hermetic]

I injured my knee so am spending time resting and reading, keeping my leg elevated.


Attn: Anthony Horowitz fans: The Word is Murder. I lucked out last week and got the audio of this new book from the library on the day it came in. I am totally loving the story which is the first in a proposed new series. “Buried secrets, murder and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Horowitz's new detective series. If you enjoyed BBC's Sherlock, you'll LOVE The Word is Murder! A masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises.” http://www.thewordismurder.com/

Just finished The Fix by David Baldacci, an international crime and mystery thriller. I enjoyed it.

I just got The Fifth Season, Book 1 of The Broken Earth Series, by N. K. Jemisin. THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. (Looks like it may take a while, though. Book 1 is 500 pages)

What books are you loving this week?

[dameatball]

1. "Shiloh" by Shelby Foote

One of several of his Civil War historical novels.

[hermetic]

6. Good one

“imaginative, powerful, filled with precise visual details…a brilliant book!” NYT

[enough]

2. Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips. Highly recommend.

(A novel, not about climate change.)

[hermetic]

4. Wow

That sounds really great. "The kidnapping of two small girls on a remote peninsula in Russia sets in motion a propulsive, evocative, searingly original debut novel. Gripping and tender, evoking with seamless authenticity an extraordinary place on the other side of the world, this thrilling novel with a haunting suspense at its center announces a profoundly gifted writer."

[Deb]

3. 1776 by McCullough

Just need an honest exacting reminder of our past great leaders.

[hermetic]

5. Sounds interesting

and informative.

[Ohiogal]

12. I have enjoyed most of McCullough's books.

The Greater Journey in particular. I’m looking forward to his new one, The Pioneers.

[Ohiogal]

7. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Hope you feel better soon, hermetic!

[murielm99]

8. That is a good one!

[hermetic]

10. Thank you

I hope so, too.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

18. I really liked that book. And the mini-series.

Side note: Not bitter, exactly, but still don't agree that this got the Pulitzer over Plague of Doves. I realize a lot of that is my love of Erdrich coming through, though.

[murielm99]

9. No fiction this week.

I am reading Mayor Pete's book.

That desk in the picture could be mine. LOL.

[hermetic]

11. Right?

[TexasProgresive]

13. I finished "The Shadow Rising" and binge watched all of Bosch. Now "Two Kinds of Truth"

by Michael Connelly. It is fairly recent. It tells the same story of the 5th season of the Bosch tv show in a different way. Bosch in the books is contemporary with me age wise. He served in Vietnam. The TV series moves him to being an Iraq or Afghan war vet which makes him younger than me.

[hermetic]

14. Yeah, well...

You know how television is.

[TexasProgresive]

15. I am impressed at how well the series told the story

Connelly is executive producer of the series. While details are different - it was very good. They also manage to get some of Bosch's taste in jazz worked into the shows.

[dweller]

16. The Lake of Dead Languages

am struggling through it, so will pass on the synopsis ...

supposed mystery of Latin scholars at a women's prep school dealing with teenage female suicide ... sigh ...

it's not tying together ☹️
but I'm working on it, hoping it will all come around ...

✌🏼️

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Time and Again by Jack Finney.

It's a reread, although I last read it more than 20 years ago. I'd forgotten a lot of details. When I'm done I'll reread the sequel, From Time to Time.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

19. Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Smith

It's a YA book, so likely will finish before the end of the week. Hoping it is a good fit for the Marginalized Voices class next school year. I don't have a Native People's novel yet (Erdrich is the obvious choice, but given the population of the class, her style might make it hard to access for most kids--I will have it as an option for the better readers).

So far so good. Protagonist is a junior in high school. Her boyfriend (and family) make racist comments about Native People's so she cuts that off but there are clearly ramifications. Plus her brother is hitting some casting issues for the school play that will clearly develop more into racism exploration. About 20% in and a solid read. Author writes like the lawyer she is (I'm married to an attorney, so I recognize the style).