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What are you reading the week of June 2, 2013? (Original Post) DUgosh Jun 2013 OP
Murder on the Mind Mz Pip Jun 2013 #1
Zero Day by David Baldacci Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #2
Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson JitterbugPerfume Jun 2013 #3
as I get deeper into Icehenge JitterbugPerfume Jun 2013 #4
Isn't it a reissue of one if his very early books? getting old in mke Jun 2013 #6
Copyright 1984! JitterbugPerfume Jun 2013 #7
I was going to request his Forty Days of Rain from my library pscot Jun 2013 #15
_The Midnight House_ by Alex Berenson getting old in mke Jun 2013 #5
This week Hula Popper Jun 2013 #8
The Quiet American, by Graham Greene Moe Shinola Jun 2013 #9
A CONSPIRACY OF MURDER (2013) by Jussi Adler-Olsen fadedrose Jun 2013 #10
Just started 'The Stars at Noon' by Denis Johnson. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #11
"The Golden Notebook" -- Doris Lessing bemildred Jun 2013 #12
I spent the week re-reading a bunch of old books by Elizabeth Peters. LWolf Jun 2013 #13
An Uncertain Place, by Fred Vargas pscot Jun 2013 #14

Mz Pip

(27,403 posts)
1. Murder on the Mind
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 03:09 PM
Jun 2013

By L.L. Bartlett. Got it for $.99 from Book Bub. It's pretty good. Has a Dead Zone theme to it.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. Zero Day by David Baldacci
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 06:53 PM
Jun 2013

I am on a roll with quick reads recently. His more recent books are not even close to quality of his first book, but at least they are easy to read without thinking too hard.

JitterbugPerfume

(18,183 posts)
3. Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 02:00 PM
Jun 2013

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Not his best effort in my very humble opinion , but head and shoulders above most Sci Fi.


I just ordered two new Peterson field guides....Mushrooms and Edible plants.(wild). this will be a pleasant browsing diversion

pscot

(21,023 posts)
15. I was going to request his Forty Days of Rain from my library
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 08:18 PM
Jun 2013

but the reviews were extremely discouraging. Have you read anything else by him?

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
5. _The Midnight House_ by Alex Berenson
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 04:33 PM
Jun 2013

Refers to an off-the-books CIA prison in Poland. Berenson is turning into an excellent writer. The first few John Wells books were interesting and thought provoking, but not particularly smooth. Not bad--don't get me wrong--just not as polished as he has become.

Listening: _The Crow_ by Alison Croggon.

2013: 57 and counting.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
10. A CONSPIRACY OF MURDER (2013) by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 07:32 PM
Jun 2013

Third in the series about Carl Mork, Homicide Detective in Department Q, and his assistant, Assad, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Not as easy author to read, but worth the trouble. I seem to recall that he has 2 or 3 stories all running at the same time that end with some connection. Doss does that too. Haven't started this yet, too much gardening, babysitting, and Seti, but picked it up at the library tonight.

2013:

18th book was THREE SISTERS by James Doss. Can't get enough of him. I've read every popular author of mystery fiction, and there's nobody quite like him..

19th will be subject book, and hope it's as good as the previous ones in this series.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
11. Just started 'The Stars at Noon' by Denis Johnson.
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:00 AM
Jun 2013

Johnson's one of my favorites, I've read the majority of his books, but this one is a bit atypical for him since it features a female (American) protagonist in mid-80's Nicaragua. Sort of an espionage thriller, whereas he normally writes very "literary" stuff - think Raymond Carver or even Hemingway - with a hint of magical (or spiritual) realism.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
13. I spent the week re-reading a bunch of old books by Elizabeth Peters.
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:32 AM
Jun 2013

Not Amelia Peabody, but the other old stuff. Vicky Bliss, Jacqueline Kirby, and some others. I haven't really looked at them in at least a decade; probably more, but they are still on the shelf, so I decided it was time to re-love them. I smiled at how dated they seemed, but it wasn't hard for me to put myself back into the time they were written for.

pscot

(21,023 posts)
14. An Uncertain Place, by Fred Vargas
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 08:04 PM
Jun 2013

Ms. Vargas has sold over 10 million books, and is the most read author in France, Germany and Italy. I've read 5 or 6 of these and Police Commissaire Adamsberg has yet to shoot anyone.

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