What are you reading the week of July 20, 2014?

[Enthusiast]

I am reading The Strangler by William Landay.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I am reading two books of poetry by a local LA poet, RD Armstrong.

Living Among the Mangled and Fire and Rain

He reminds me of Bukowski so much.

[applegrove]

2. Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton.

[scarletwoman]

4. So, it's a fiction book?

(this being the Fiction Group)

[applegrove]

5. Oops. Just read the op.

[scarletwoman]

6. No biggie. I just couldn't resist the joke.

This group is one of my regular stops, so your post kind of cracked me up.

[applegrove]

7. LOL!

[Curmudgeoness]

3. "The Distant Hours" by Kate Morton

This is from a list I have of books recommended by someone here---I should have kept track of who it was.

I just started it, so I don't know how it will go yet.

[Laurian]

8. Anne Rivers Siddons

"The Girls of August"

Pure escapism. I love her books and am always excited when a new one comes out.

[Tindalos]

9. Before the Poison by Peter Robinson

It's about a man investigating a murder that happened sixty years ago.

[TexasProgresive]

10. Just finished In the Presences of the Enemy by Elizabeth George

It was a real page turner. I will be reading another George mystery In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner. I meet D.I. Linley and D.S. Havers from PBS Mystery. One thing I like about the TV shows is Barbara Havers is not portrayed as unattractive as in the books. But the Inspector and the Sargent work very well as a team both on the page and the screen.

[Enthusiast]

15. I love page turners.

I wonder if we appreciate how many excellent books we have available. I fear I cannot read them fast enough. Writing is one area in which our civilization does not appear to be in decline.

[pscot]

11. Blood is the Sky by Steve Hamilton

and Tiepolo Pink by Roberto Calasso, biography and art history.

[mtnester]

12. Book 8 of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon...Written In My Own Heart's Blood

Can't wait for the series to start on Starz

I have had the book for several weeks and am reading bits at a time here and there when I can

[closeupready]

13. Richard Laymon's "The Traveling Vampire Show" -

Schlocky 'horror', but I just finished a book about slavery and need to lighten up my entertainment for a bit.

[Enthusiast]

14. I can relate.

After some of these books we have to lighten up.

I read an unusual book about the slave trade—Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth. An odd book that I found rewarding, but.

[closeupready]

16. From the summary on Amazon, that sounds interesting.

As you say, 'rewarding, but'. Heavy and disturbing, because it's based on real history.

[Enthusiast]

17. The language is difficult. It is odd. After a short while it was no longer an impediment.

My wife liked it very much too. I hesitate to recommend Sacred Hunger because of the odd style. But the story is quite a story, an amazing story.

[shenmue]

18. 'Naughty in Nice,' by Rhys Bowen