What Fiction are you reading this week, July 1, 2018?

[hermetic]

Hey, Happy Canada Day! Sure wish we could have nice things here like they do.

I'm still reading The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig and almost finished. Also still listening to The Golem of Paris by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman but have a ways to go, yet, on that. It has some really bone-chilling things going on. For instance, what it is like to live in Russia when you are just a commoner. Not nice.

What nice things are on your reading list this week?

Have a safe and happy 4th.

[dameatball]

1. Will finish "Lamb" by Christopher Moore today and start "The Outsider," Stephen King this evening.

I am finally going back to a Stephen King novel. I read so many of his books over the decades that I started having trouble with some of them seeming alike. Same thing with Tom Clancy.
But "The Outsider" has gotten good reviews and I haven't read a King novel in a long time, so gonna give it a shot. Looking forward to it.

By the way, "Lamb" is hilarious and cleverly written. Somehow Moore takes these impossible scenarios and enables the reader not to care about that and just enjoy the ride.

[hermetic]

3. I feel the same

about King. I will want to hear what you think of this one, though. It may tempt me to read another, too.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Where's all that free time when retired?

Halfway through "The Late Show" by Michael Connelly. It's a fast read and I'm loving Dectective Renee Ballard.

[hermetic]

5. Seriously

I know I sure got more reading done back when I was working. Days just go by too fast, now.

Glad to hear you are liking her. I look forward to getting to know her.

[Ohiogal]

10. That was a good one

The Ballard character was so well written! I've read all of Connelly's books. IMO he is among the top crime fiction writers of all time.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood. Wow.

In the near future when economic collapse and job outsourcing has made unemployment in this country include (or so it seems) almost everyone, Stan and Charmaine join The Positron Project, which promises full employment and useful skills to everyone who joins. The catch? You spend one month in the town of Consilience, and one month in the Positron Prison. And you will have no contact with the outside world ever again.

Really good so far. 80 pages left to go.

[dameatball]

6. Yikes. That sounds pretty dark, but interesting.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. Yes, very dark and very good.

[hermetic]

7. Well, gosh

I wonder how I missed that one. I thought I had read everything of hers. Ah, well, one more to be on the lookout for. Thanks.

[CrispyQ]

22. I had not heard of that one.

Thanks!

[murielm99]

8. I am still reading Odd books.

Odd Apocalypse, by Dean Koontz.

[hermetic]

9. Takes you away

to another place, doesn't it? Which is certainly a good thing at this point in time.

[dameatball]

19. First Koontz book I ever red was Ghost Story.....scared the crap outta me

[northoftheborder]

11. Promised to the Crown, by Amie K Runyan

(Historic Fiction) Story placed in 17thC French territory, that would become Quebec. Young French girls were recruited by King Louis 14th to agree to sail to the frontiers of "New France", marry, have children and develop the settlements to help protect from English aggression. There were an abundance of young men already there, and few women. So they had their pick of misc. types - some rugged frontiersmen, some men of wealth and property. Three young women's lives are narrated over the years with their adventures in a rugged, untamed land. A sequel - Duty to the Crown, follows their story.

These are light reading for me, (I have to recover from a Philip Roth book.)

[hermetic]

13. Ah, yes

Understandable.

I will say, though, that sounds somewhat entertaining. Of course, I love Canada and its history so I can see easily relating to one of them, probably Elisabeth.

[virgogal]

12. "The Snowman"---Jo Nesbo

[hermetic]

14. Cool

Actually, I have a couple of Jo Nesbo audio books coming up soon in my queue. Looking forward to them.

[virgogal]

24. He is terrific.

[Timewas]

15. Harlen Coben

Into the Myron Bolitar series..on #4 today

[hermetic]

16. Ah yes

Harlan Coben, with over 70 million books in print worldwide. I've read a few of those.

[Timewas]

17. When I find series

I tend to try to read them in order if possible...

[dameatball]

20. I had the same problem, then just typed in (whatever author) chronology....it worked.

When I like an author or a continuing series leading character, it is sort of weird to go back and read a suspense novel where the hero/heroine is risking their lives....and you have already read something two years after.... Of course the supporting casts sometimes do not fare so well.

[Timewas]

23. there is a site

Will give you the order of books surprisingly called.



https://www.orderofbooks.com/

[dameatball]

25. Cool. Thank you.

[CrispyQ]

21. Oh, I love that first image!

I just finished "A Clash of Kings" this morning & have a "A Storm of Swords" already checked out. Book two dragged a bit in the middle & I had to force myself through a few chapters, but I closed the book excited to read the next one.

We aren't doing anything special for the holiday but I thought I might bring my ice cream maker upstairs & check it out. I haven't used it in a couple of years. I'll stop by the farmer's market the day before & see what local fruit they have. And I'll read.

[hermetic]

29. I like that one, too

Sounds like a nice, quiet day for you. Same here. BBQ something, pop a few movies into the DVD player, play with the kittens.

[RamblingRose]

26. Texas by James Michener (going on month 4)

I may finish all 1096 pages one of these days if I can stay off DU & turn off Rachel

[hermetic]

30. Michener can be wordy

His stories are always great, though.

[Squinch]

27. There There by Tommy Orange.

About growing up in urban America as a Native American. So far it's fabulous.

[hermetic]

31. Oh, wow! Fantastic.

Likened to Sherman Alexie and Louise Erdrich. A must-read for me, then. Thanks!

[Squinch]

32. Enjoy!

[Alliepoo]

28. "The Knowledge" by Martha Grimes

The newest in her Richard Jury mystery series.

[hermetic]

33. Those sound good

Washington Post says: with signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters, these mysteries are “utterly unlike anyone else’s detective novels.” So, thanks. And welcome to DU.

[PennyK]

36. Thank you!

Eighteen of them?
Sounds like a great series. I'm going in!

[Dr Vegas]

34. I just ordered "Hope Never Dies"

https://booktrib.com/2018/07/hope-never-dies-delivers-reasons-to-laugh-again/
[link:https://booktrib.com/2018/07/hope-never-dies-delivers-reasons-to-laugh-again/|

[hermetic]

39. What fun!!

An Obama/Biden caper!

Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer (Quirk Books), a work of fiction, may bring tears to your eyes. Yes, it’s that good of a whodunit, with its plot tied up neatly with no loose ends. You may laugh until you cry because this book is that funny. But mostly, you may weep with joy for reuniting with a couple of old friends you’ve missed so much.

Please do report back on that one. And welcome to DU!

[Dr Vegas]

45. I hope this doesn't break the rules

#utm_source=Mailchimp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=New%20Release%20Hope%20Never%20Dies&utm_term=Watch%20the%20Trailer

[PoorMonger]

35. The Saint Of Wolves and Butchers by Alex Grecian

From the bestselling author of The Yard comes a chilling contemporary thriller about an enigmatic hunter on the trail of a Nazi who has secretly continued his devilish work here in America.

Travis Roan and his dog, Bear, are hunters: They travel the world pursuing evildoers in order to bring them to justice. They have now come to Kansas on the trail of Rudolph Bormann, a Nazi doctor and concentration camp administrator who snuck into the U.S. under the name Rudy Goodman in the 1950s and has at last been identified. Travis quickly learns that Goodman has powerful friends who will go to any length to protect the Nazi; what he doesn't know is that Goodman has furtively continued his diabolical work, amassing a congregation of followers who believe he possesses Godlike powers. Caught between these men is Kansas State Trooper Skottie Foster, an African American woman and a good cop who must find a way to keep peace in her district--until she realizes the struggle between Roan and Bormann will put her and her family in grave peril.

[hermetic]

38. Oh my

That sounds like quite a satisfying read.

Did you say you had read The Yard? That sounds like reading time well spent, too.

[PoorMonger]

41. I haven't read The Yard, yet

But I’m thinking I will sooner rather than later. I liked this one quite a bit.

[PennyK]

37. The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye

She is good! This is the third book in the Timothy Wilde trilogy. I've also just finished her Dust and Shadow (Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper). Highly recommend her stuff.

[hermetic]

40. Cool

Thanks.

[PoorMonger]

43. Oh

That’s a good reminder - I read The Gods Of Gotham years ago when it was new. Must have missed the others if they showed up on shelves.

[PoorMonger]

42. New Boy by Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier brings Shakespeare’s harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge to a 1970s era elementary school playground.

Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day – so he’s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can’t stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players – teachers and pupils alike – will never be the same again.

The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. Peeking over the shoulders of four 11 year olds – Osei, Dee, Ian, and his reluctant ‘girlfriend’ Mimi – Tracy Chevalier's powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal will leave you reeling.