What are you reading the week of July 28, 2013?

[DUgosh]

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia ~ Beautiful Creatures book #1

2013 book #88

[Mr. David]

1. Hard Rain by Barry Eisler.

So far I'm enjoying the series suggested by a DU'er..

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

I had always meant to get to it, and I finally did. Just started it.

[LWolf]

10. I loved that one. nt

[Enthusiast]

3. Carl Hiaasen's Bad Monkey.

[Curmudgeoness]

12. Is that a new one?

I just love his books, and I can't recall reading that one. Oh goodie! A new one!!!!

[Enthusiast]

13. It is a new one.

We loved it.

[Tabasco_Dave]

4. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe

[Enthusiast]

5. That was fun.

[getting old in mke]

6. _Captain Blood_ by Rafael Sabatini

It's kind of hard to not see it in my head in black and white, though.

Listening: _Mistborn: The Final Empire_ by Brandon Sanderson. So far, seems fairly standard fantasy: Kid from the downtrodden finds she has unsuspected powers, finds a mentor and an evil force to oppose.

2013: 71 and counting. Falling behind my six year average...must stop this long fantasy novel kick if I want to catch up!

[Goblinmonger]

7. World War Z & Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies

Almost done with Z and then a little non-fiction. Plane ride to Madrid in a couple hours so depending on whether I am able to sleep, may finish both.

[matt819]

8. Haven't checked in here recently, so I'll catch up on books I've read recently and am reading now

Currently reading
Shatter the Bones by Stuart MacBride - latest in the DS Logan McRae series. The McRae series keeps getting darker, but MacBride is one heck of a writer.

Red Moon by Benjamin Percy - American humans vs. American lycanthropes. For lycanthrope, substitute any "Other," e.g., immigrants, Muslims, etc. A little obvious, but still not a bad story so far. What seems odd, at least about 1/3 of the way through the book, is that "lycans" appear to be an American phenomenon. USA. USA.

Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman - Two feuding towns in Minnesota. The other side of the track town, St. Croix, up in arms about cancer cluster claimed to be caused by Monadaman Research (read Monsanto?) in upscale Barron. The daughter of the CEO of the evil chemical company is murdered. I started listening to this one but had to take a break. The accused killer, a teenage girl from St. Croix, claims she didn't murder the other girl, though all the evidence points to her. I'm guessing that in the end she didn't do it, and you know that more people are going to die, etc. I don't know if I'm going to make my way through it.

Read recently
Land of the Living by Nicci French - A bit tedious. British murder mystery. The first two hundred pages is essentially a monologue by the main character, who is being held hostage by a crazy person. Or it's all in her head. Or she's just making it up. She then escapes, conveniently has amnesia regarding the days before her alleged kidnapping. No one believes her, and she sets about recreating her movements before her kidnapping. If you make it past the first 200 pages, you'll want to finish it to see if it was real or fabricated. But that's a lot to ask.

Birdman by Mo Hayder - Serial killers, necrophiles, the smart detective everyone ignores (a bit like Logan McRae above). The descriptions of the killings are more than a little gruesome, but there are quite a few twists and turns, and if you have the stomach for it, it's a pretty good read.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. something really fun - and a page turner - Stephen King's Joyland

http://www.amazon.com/Joyland-Hard-Case-Crime-Stephen/dp/1781162646/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375217512&sr=1-1&keywords=joyland



Nothing too deep - read it in two days....nice little story!

[Enthusiast]

14. I am now reading Joyland.

I love Stephen King.

[LWolf]

11. Two so far:

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.

Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey.

[didact]

15. DMT - The Spirit Molecule...by Rick Strassman

DMT - The Spirit Molecule...by Rick Strassman

[LWolf]

16. Snapper, by Brian Kimberling.

It's a simple, meandering novel. The protagonist is a middle aged man from Indiana, telling stories about different people in his life from different times.

I'm not sure what it is about this book, but I am thoroughly enjoying it. I've got gentle thunderstorms and rain today, and am curled up with a drink and this book. It's kind of like having the protagonist sitting in the chair across from mine, telling me random stories about his life, and leaving me to piece them all together.

[Mz Pip]

17. The Woods by Harlan Coben

One of his stand alone novels.