What are you reading this week of October 18, 2015?

[hermetic]

I read the first chapter of Outlander but then it was my turn at the library to get Dry Bones, the 12th book of the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. I do so enjoy this series. There is humor, pathos, mysticism, intrigue, and great descriptions of the wilderness in Montana and Wyoming. Plus, this one's got dinosaurs! Good story.

I did once watch the DVD of the Longmire series that's on TV but I didn't much care for it. Vic looks nothing at all like she's described in the books. And instead of following the books, the TV show mixes up plots and events. Very offputting, for me anyway.

What is your pleasure, or not, this week?

[TexasProgresive]

1. I'm reading an Ian Rankin -John Rebus mystery

Let it Bleed I would like to read the 1st one to really get to know John Rebus.

[hermetic]

2. I love the Rebus stories

Sadly, my library only has 4 so I haven't yet read Let it Bleed. Someday, hopefully.

[Enthusiast]

4. We read the first four Rebus books. I ordered the next two but they have yet to arrive.

Rebus likes him some beer and whiskey.

We did receive a copy of A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt.

[Enthusiast]

3. Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic.

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I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I liked To Kill a Mockingbird better than Mrs. Enthusiast did. Now I'm reading the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. This one will take me a while but I like it so far.

Mrs. Enthusiast finished Driftless by David Rhodes. She would recommend Driftless. She liked the characters and the writing style. I will get around to reading Driftless at some point. She is now reading Entry Island by Peter May which she also likes. Thank you for the recommendation, scarletwoman.

[TexasProgresive]

5. I would be interested in your take on

post colonial Africa and what could've been. Also is their a symbolic meaning in the green mambas? I think Ms. Kingslover put them in the story for more than a messenger of death.

[Enthusiast]

7. I will try to develop a take on post colonial Africa.

I wrote a reply to your post earlier yesterday but it seems to have been lost somehow.

I have a way to go on The Poisonwood Bible. I have yet to encounter the green mambas.

The only other African book I have read is The Covenant by James Michener. I believe that was 30 years ago or more. I'm glad I read The Covenant otherwise I would know absolutely nothing about South Africa. I found the Boer War especially interesting.

[TexasProgresive]

8. Did Michener write about the British use of concentration camps

in The Covenant? I ran across that fact when reading the Llwelyn Irish Century books. 26,000 Boer women and children died in those camps.

[Enthusiast]

9. It has been so long ago that I can't remember. I do remember the British were pretty ruthless.

Seems I would remember a detail like 26,000 Boer women and children deaths.

The Covenant is one of the Michener books that I have considered reading a second time.

[Enthusiast]

6. I like books that include dinosaurs.

One of my favorites is Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston. It is the book where the character Wymann Ford is introduced. It's exciting and fast paced. You might describe it as a shoot 'em up. I loved it.

[Number9Dream]

10. Re-reading "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury

Haven't read this in about 25 years. The perfect creepy book for Halloween time.

"It's late October, and Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Carnival comes to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. Two boys discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes. . .and the stuff of nightmare." (from jacket)

Science Fiction Weekly review: "A dark fantasy set in a small town, its people are brought to life so expertly readers feel very much like citizens ... even when their adopted hometown is menaced by outside forces against which it is helpless. Bradbury's prose is musical and hypnotic, fully engaging the senses and emotions. This is a book, once opened, that truly makes the real world disappear."

[TexasProgresive]

11. I think that was the 1st Bradbury book I read

It haunted my thoughts for years. A great read.

[scarletwoman]

12. I *know* it was the first Bradbury book I ever read.

It completely blew me away - and yes, "it haunted my thoughts" for a long time afterward, too. I think I was either 13 or 14 when I read it - the perfect age, I think.

After SWTWC I set out to read everything he wrote, up through the early 80s. He was an amazing writer.