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Posted by ellice on June 26, 2009, 11:21 am
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> Susan Hartman wrote:
>> Trish Brown wrote:
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>>>
>>> Ian Rankin - the Inspector Rebus mysteries. British police drama -
>>> always good!
>>
>>> Jodi Picoult - interesting writer who manages to squeeze every last
>>> drop of emotion from harrowing personal dilemmas. The first one of
>>> hers that I read was about a child who was conceived specifically to
>>> provide bone marrrow and other cellular material for her terminally
>>> ill sister. She sued her family for the right to determine what was
>>> done to her body in the interest of her sister's ongoing health.
>>> Others are in the same vein and very well-researched indeed!
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>> Ditto the Rankin - love 'em all and recently 21 y.o. DD has fallen in
>> love with his books. She also loved the PBS "Wallender" Mystery series.
>> I haven't read any of those books - anybody here recommend them?
>>
>> Also ditto the Picoult. I'm amazed by how she is able to take VERY
>> complex emotional situations and present characters on differing sides
>> fairly. I'm always wrung out not only emotionally for the characters,
>> but the books really have fodder for reflection - what would *I* do
>> under similar - often no-win - situations? Her books always have some
>> "grace" in them, even within horrendous situations.
>>
>> Have you read Chris Bohjalian? I also enjoy his stories - similar to
>> Picoult, in that it's people under emotional duress, often displaying
>> grace - but a little bit "lighter." I feel invested, but less wrung-out
>> at the end.
>>
>> Love Michener, too - but I'd still have to put Dickens ahead of him in
>>
>> Sue
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> I'll look out for the Wallender series and for Chris Bohjalian too.
> Thanks for the recommendations, Sue - it's always good to have a new
> author lined up. I wasn't able to read Dickens for years and years and
> years (dunno why... I'd just get lost about a quarter of the way into
> his books). But then, I saw 'Bleak House' on telly and picked up the
> book. I've been reading him ever since! Go figger!
>
Just dropping in - Wallender has been made into a PBS Mystery on Masterpiece
series - starring Kenneth Branagh. Very interesting. We've seen 2
episodes.
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> I picked up the 'Twilight' series (Stephanie Meyer) to see what all the
> kids were raving about and quite enjoyed reading the tale. DD, on the
> other hand, was silly enough to watch the film first and she thinks the
> whole concept is 'lame'. She refuses to touch the books with a
> barge-pole. Stupid child!LOL
Some people are just that way - personally I hate seeing films and then
reading the book. Would rather read first.
ellice
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Posted by Sara on June 24, 2009, 6:03 am
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:04:20 -0700, MelissaD
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>I would love to find a new WOW author though - I have put down a lot of
>books half read lately that don't seem worth the bother...there are
>enough books in the world to not finish the boring ones!
>MelissaD
I highly recommend anything by Michael Gruber. Try and read the ones
about the cop in order, but the freestanding ones are truly
freestanding. I can't wait for him to publish another book.
Sara
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on June 24, 2009, 8:54 am
On 6/24/09 6:03 AM, in article mdu345pcv290qhut52fskuvdiesk6od9ec@4ax.com,
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> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:04:20 -0700, MelissaD
>
>> I would love to find a new WOW author though - I have put down a lot of
>> books half read lately that don't seem worth the bother...there are
>> enough books in the world to not finish the boring ones!
>>
>> MelissaD
>
>
> I highly recommend anything by Michael Gruber. Try and read the ones
> about the cop in order, but the freestanding ones are truly
> freestanding. I can't wait for him to publish another book.
>
> Sara
I'll go looking for him when I have the car again.
Cheryl
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on June 27, 2009, 5:52 am
On 6/26/09 9:36 PM, in article 7albcqF20g8qoU2@mid.individual.net, "Karen C
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> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
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>> I'll go looking for him when I have the car again.
>>
>> Cheryl
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>
> You have a teenage driver. You will never have the car again.
Well, I won't today until about 2:30. He's at his first day of work....
C
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Posted by Susan Hartman on June 23, 2009, 11:00 am
I've had a run of good ones recently:
The first was "Love Mercy" by Earlene Fowler. A standalone (i.e., not
her mystery series) novel that was very good about
granddaughter/grandmother relationship...actually, several women of
different generations coming to grips with choices made. Great
characters, and fun when the characters of her mystery books made cameo
appearances.
Coincidentally, the one I'd just read before was also a
grandmother/granddaughter one, and was an extraordinarily good novel:
The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton. Had a lovely fairy tale quality to it.
Just finished "The Help," by Kathryn Stockett, about life in the 60s in
Jackson, Mississippi, and the relationships between women, some white,
some black. Wonderful characters and a good story.
Just started "Shanghai Girls" by Lisa See (someone here led me to "Snow
Flower and the Secret Fan" a couple of years ago; same author)and it's
grabbed me from the get-go!
sue
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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>> Trish Brown wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ian Rankin - the Inspector Rebus mysteries. British police drama -
>>> always good!
>>
>>> Jodi Picoult - interesting writer who manages to squeeze every last
>>> drop of emotion from harrowing personal dilemmas. The first one of
>>> hers that I read was about a child who was conceived specifically to
>>> provide bone marrrow and other cellular material for her terminally
>>> ill sister. She sued her family for the right to determine what was
>>> done to her body in the interest of her sister's ongoing health.
>>> Others are in the same vein and very well-researched indeed!
>>
>> Ditto the Rankin - love 'em all and recently 21 y.o. DD has fallen in
>> love with his books. She also loved the PBS "Wallender" Mystery series.
>> I haven't read any of those books - anybody here recommend them?
>>
>> Also ditto the Picoult. I'm amazed by how she is able to take VERY
>> complex emotional situations and present characters on differing sides
>> fairly. I'm always wrung out not only emotionally for the characters,
>> but the books really have fodder for reflection - what would *I* do
>> under similar - often no-win - situations? Her books always have some
>> "grace" in them, even within horrendous situations.
>>
>> Have you read Chris Bohjalian? I also enjoy his stories - similar to
>> Picoult, in that it's people under emotional duress, often displaying
>> grace - but a little bit "lighter." I feel invested, but less wrung-out
>> at the end.
>>
>> Love Michener, too - but I'd still have to put Dickens ahead of him in
>>
>> Sue
>>
>>
>>
>
> I'll look out for the Wallender series and for Chris Bohjalian too.
> Thanks for the recommendations, Sue - it's always good to have a new
> author lined up. I wasn't able to read Dickens for years and years and
> years (dunno why... I'd just get lost about a quarter of the way into
> his books). But then, I saw 'Bleak House' on telly and picked up the
> book. I've been reading him ever since! Go figger!
>