What Fiction are you reading this week, July 7, 2019

[hermetic]

Rio De Janeiro

Well, I dropped everything I was doing because I discovered Firefly - The Magnificent Nine by James Lovegrove, an original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series. I loved that show so much and this is almost as good. It reads just like it looks onscreen and I am whizzing right through it. Not great literature but sure entertaining. And, there’s another one out there, from last year. This one was just published a few months ago.

Also, soon to be listening to just-found Pulitzer Prize winner, The Overstory, by Richard Powers.

Any new discoveries in your reading list this week?

[dameatball]

1. "Bones of the Hills" by Conn Iggulden. Part of a series about Genghis Khan

[hermetic]

3. The Dangerous Book for Boys

was written by Conn and his brother Hal. It was published in the UK in June 2006, and reached number one in the UK non-fiction charts several times selling over half a million copies. I only brought this up because I think it sounds like a most marvelous book. It's a how-to for things like building go-carts and slingshots, tying knots and identifying fossils. Just reading the chapter names evokes back to simpler and happier times. I think anyone with kids or is a kid at heart should definitely get this book. Take a look:
https://www.fictiondb.com/author/conn-iggulden-hal-iggulden~the-dangerous-book-for-boys~432995~b.htm

[dameatball]

4. Yes, I checked it out a few days ago when I was searching the chronological dates of his novels.

I have grandkids that enjoy reading, so thanks for the suggestion.

[hermetic]

5. That is so cool!

[jayschool2013]

2. Updike

"Rabbit, Run"

[trev]

7. That was my introduction to Updike.

The entire trilogy is great.

[trev]

6. Oh, that sounds awesome.

I'm reading Douglas Clegg's The Infinite. I don't know where it's going yet, but he has a kind of eclectic style.

[hermetic]

8. Oh yeah

I luvs me some haunted mansion stories so I will definitely be on the lookout for this one. Thanks.

[Number9Dream]

9. "The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern" & "The Cat Who Saw Red" by Lillian Braun

Thanks for the thread, Hermetic. These were the first two of this series which I read. Since we also have two Siamese cats, I was curious. They were entertaining, and the idea of the cats "helping" to solve the mysteries was unique. I might read more of the series another time.

[hermetic]

10. Those sound fun

I will read some as well. Meanwhile, here's my little detective agency...



Sami says, "Hey."

[Number9Dream]

11. Thanks for sharing the photo

Your meezer looks a lot like our old chocolate point, Alexander. Ours say, "Hey" back.

[yellowdogintexas]

12. "Tethers" book one of a trilogy by Jack Croxall

It involves a pair of kids who come across a mysterious object and embark on a trip to escape some bad guys who want it badly. They have encountered a pair of men and a woman who are determined to keep them safe. It appears to be set in the pre automobile era and mostl likely in England.