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What are you reading the week of April 21, 2013? (Original Post) DUgosh Apr 2013 OP
Time travel romance. bravenak Apr 2013 #1
"Winter of the World" by Ken Follett Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #2
Follett is my favorite author - have read everything. This one has a different feel to it - not Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #12
Are you in the middle of reading it now too? Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #16
Me too. No...finished it. Key to Rebecca was a great, great book ! A Dangerous Fortune Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #17
_The Black Box_ by Michael Connelly getting old in mke Apr 2013 #3
Did you like it? Have read most all his books and saw that was out. I love Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #9
Yes. getting old in mke Apr 2013 #10
Interesting. Never heard of Crais....will go pick up. Thanks ! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #11
which of Crais's books to you recommend to start with? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #14
Series starts with The Monkey's Raincoat getting old in mke Apr 2013 #15
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse ananda Apr 2013 #4
Escape From Kathmandu JitterbugPerfume Apr 2013 #5
Donald Westlake's Hula Popper Apr 2013 #6
the Story Teller, by Jodi Picoult demosincebirth Apr 2013 #7
Tenth of December SheilaT Apr 2013 #8
True Believers SheilaT Apr 2013 #13
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
1. Time travel romance.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 12:21 PM
Apr 2013

Rowena through the wall. It is funny and raunchy.
And " journey towards a preordained time " by Renata Mcmann. It about Jesus from a atheist perspective. Basically Mary was a time traveler in the first century and gave birth to Jesus.
They go back and forth through time, inadvertently acting out the bible. And he surfs.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:29 PM
Apr 2013

Just started it. I had been fifth on the reserves at the library, took my last book back and asked how close I was to the front on this book, and they had it in a pile to call me. Good, I loved the first book in the Century series.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
12. Follett is my favorite author - have read everything. This one has a different feel to it - not
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:09 PM
Apr 2013

intense - still very good...but more of a slow simmer.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
16. Are you in the middle of reading it now too?
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 06:34 PM
Apr 2013

I am enjoying it....I don't need intense to enjoy a book (although Key to Rebecca was nail-biting intense). I just love historical novels, and I am glad that Follett has decided to tackle them. I am about 3/4 through now. Terrible times in the world.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
17. Me too. No...finished it. Key to Rebecca was a great, great book ! A Dangerous Fortune
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 10:59 PM
Apr 2013

Pillars of Earth, and Eye of the Needle are my favorites.

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
3. _The Black Box_ by Michael Connelly
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:21 AM
Apr 2013

Figured I should join that bandwagon!

Listening: _Rimrunners_ by CJ Cherryh. Space opera in the Alliance/Union universe.

2013: 36 and counting

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. Did you like it? Have read most all his books and saw that was out. I love
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 08:06 AM
Apr 2013

detective books. I kind of switched over to the Jack Reacher books (Lee Child)...but he isn't near as likeable as Harry

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
10. Yes.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 07:29 PM
Apr 2013

I like the fact that Harry is aging, too. Sorta like me.

Although to be honest, in that LA I'm more of an Elvis Cole/Joe Pike fan. Elvis shows up in one of Connelley's books and Harry shows up in one of Crais's I guess that's what happens when you allow authors to become buddies.

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
15. Series starts with The Monkey's Raincoat
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 02:05 PM
Apr 2013

He also has some nice standalones. Two Minute Rule. Demolition Angel. His latest, Suspect, has a K9 team where both the man and dog are suffering from PTSD.

But Elvis and Joe are the core fun. West coast Spenser and Hawk.

ananda

(28,783 posts)
4. The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:50 PM
Apr 2013

The life of Mind is so appealing to me after so much World this week.

JitterbugPerfume

(18,183 posts)
5. Escape From Kathmandu
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 01:40 PM
Apr 2013

by Kim Stanley Robinson

This book has the rescue of a Yeti by our heros, the burial of Mallory on Everest to keep an expedition from finding him and putting him on display, an illegal climb to the top of
Everest to free a Lama from the tyrannical rule of a more powerful Lama, a trip to Shambhala where everyone has the flu and lots of other fascinating and strange happenings. I think I have said it before , but it can't be said to much I LOVE KSR!!!!
By the way my big orange long haired Maine Coon mix male cat is named Cat--Mandu

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
8. Tenth of December
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 02:48 PM
Apr 2013

by George Saunders.

What an amazing collection. He writes about very strange people and it works.

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