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Posted by Nancy on September 15, 2009, 9:52 pm
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> I've got three books going, 5 if you count throne room reading
> Tears of Pearl is the latest Tasha Alexander offering and is set in the
> Ottoman Empire of the Victorian era. I love this series
> Even Money - Dick Francis and Son - typical Francis plot - hero with life
> issues rights wrong doing in the world of British horse racing
> The Canterbury Papers by Judith K. Healey =EF=BF=BD- intrigue in the cour=
t of John
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> Lackland, now King of England.
> In the throne room - a book on Maine gardens and another on garden sheds =
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> storage and garden eye candy.
> Cheryl
Last night on our last night traveling home from vacation just
finished
"Black and White and Dead All Over by John Darnton. A mystery
set in a NY newspaper newsroom, wiht thinly veiled characters
like Rupert Murdock and the NY Times publishers. It was just the
last of 6 I read while away including the latest Dick Francis (more
like his earlier books than the most recent, wonder how much
writing he's doing and how much his son is doing), Tess Gerritson's
The Keepsake, and Linda Barnes' Down with the Devil.
Thought I'd get some needlework done but only about 1/2 an
ornament. Weather was too nice although DM would have
liked a little more wave action. The waters off Maine were so
calm.
Nancy
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Posted by 1961girl@gmail.com on September 16, 2009, 10:16 am
Finished Cape Disappointment and started a new one last night: Just
Like Family - the inside story of being a nanny. Very interesting,
well written and a fast read.
Of course, I never had a nanny, my kids are too old now, etc., etc.,
but it's a fascinating look inside a different world!
linda
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Posted by needlearts@gmail.com on September 16, 2009, 9:29 pm
For the mystery readers, I'd like to put in a plug for the William
Tapply books about the Boston lawyer, Brady Coyne.
I found them because he was my daughter's writing prof for two
semesters. Also he's recently deceased.
Hard for me not to love a lawyer who is into the fishing and the Red
Sox. I realize this doesn't appeal to everyone. But there's plenty of
Boston/Cape Cod/small New England trout streams/Maine lakes. If any of
those things interest you.
I've now read all his books except the very first one. And am quietly
happy that there are a couple more still to be published.
Donna in Virginia
P.S. Tying flies, taking stitches - has some kinship.
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on September 17, 2009, 7:59 am
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> For the mystery readers, I'd like to put in a plug for the William
> Tapply books about the Boston lawyer, Brady Coyne.
>
> I found them because he was my daughter's writing prof for two
> semesters. Also he's recently deceased.
>
> Hard for me not to love a lawyer who is into the fishing and the Red
> Sox. I realize this doesn't appeal to everyone. But there's plenty of
> Boston/Cape Cod/small New England trout streams/Maine lakes. If any of
> those things interest you.
>
> I've now read all his books except the very first one. And am quietly
> happy that there are a couple more still to be published.
>
> Donna in Virginia
>
> P.S. Tying flies, taking stitches - has some kinship.
>
I loved the early books from Tappley. And Rick Boyer's Doc Adams series are
in a similar vein and both characters meet or are mentioned in each other's
books.
Hadn't heard about Tappley passing away.
Donna - check out more local flavor, an NH series by Brandon DuBois.
Cheryl
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Posted by Hellsfury on September 17, 2009, 5:17 pm
Just finished "Life as we knew it" by Susan Beth Pfeffer, and "84
Charing Cross Road" by Helene Hanff. Currently reading "The Sweetness
at the bottom of the pie" by Alan Bradley. Supposed to be reading "The
Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs, for when the club gets
together again.
And in between I'm as always re-reading something by Pratchett.
I also have a book by Gregory Maguire on the bedsidetable, as well as
"The Stepmother's Diary" by Fay Weldon, which I should just return to
the library because I've had it for far too long, and haven't gotten
anywhere with it. And I'm waiting for the latest Artemis Fowl to be
translated, so that the library will buy it.
Arnhild
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> Tears of Pearl is the latest Tasha Alexander offering and is set in the
> Ottoman Empire of the Victorian era. I love this series
> Even Money - Dick Francis and Son - typical Francis plot - hero with life
> issues rights wrong doing in the world of British horse racing
> The Canterbury Papers by Judith K. Healey =EF=BF=BD- intrigue in the cour=