Mystery, mystery/thriller, fantasy, sci-fi, history or historic fiction? How is it? Would you recommend it to others?
2007-12-09 05:16:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I haven't been to the bookstore in a while, but I would like to get Metro Girl by Janet Evonovich because I started with her second book in the series Motor Mouth and it was really an enjoyably funny read.
2007-12-09 05:17:13 · update #1
I am an avid reader who came from a family of avid readers....so I always have my nose stuck in a book. I like just about anything; good fiction, historical novels, good sci-fi (of the Isamov or Clark genre).. Nothing beats a good "who-dun-it"...like James Patterson, Jonathan Kellerman...anything John Jakes writes.
Just finished "Path Between the Seas" - again. I read it 20 years ago and decided to run through it again. About the building of the Panama Canal....awesome.
Before that, Undaunted Courage, the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Before you think I'm an egghead, I'm also in the middle of Stephen Martini's thriller "Critical Mass" and have John Le Carre's "Absolute Friends" waiting in the wings. I usually have at least 2 books going at all times....HA!
Just found a book I have searched for a coupla years...in a tiny 75 year old book store in Philadelphia (I'm about 20 minutes from center city here in New Jersey where I live).. It is Washington Irvings biography of George Washington. Irving actually knew him and many of the founders....I am looking forward to reading about G.W. written by someone who was actually there!... Original book was written in the mid-1800's....so excited - and, it was on SALE.
2007-12-09 06:12:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have just started the Phillip Pullman trilogy, His Dark Materials, also, so don't really know yet. Just finished Elizabeth George's Playing for the Ashes. It is an English murder mystery, a little different from what I have been used to reading of hers, more gritty, and I think it moves a little slowly, but it was a pretty good read, all in all.
2007-12-09 07:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Isadora 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I got on a Cormac McCarthy kick earlier this summer, starting with No Country for Old Men. Right now I'm in the middle of Outer Dark. Very interesting, very disturbing. Still can't find All The Pretty Horses.
2007-12-09 09:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-15 00:51:00 · answer #4 · answered by blair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading a Clive Cussler novel, "Night Probe". It's a Dirk Pitt adventure. I like all of those. Next is "Shadow Of The Moon" by M.M. Kaye, then a James Patterson novel. I have gotten so far behind in my reading sense I got this computer. I've become obsessed. I'm on it all the time. I used to read three and four books a week. Now it takes a month to read one. I am even behind on my Reader's Digests. I have three partially read and two not even opened. I am really up to date on the news. I read it all because it's on the computer.
2007-12-09 05:32:07 · answer #5 · answered by curious connie 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If they didn't cost so much to ship, I'd send you down a bunch of my own books, Wally!
I just finished the True Crime novel by Anne Rule "Bitter Harvest". That was a very disturbing book.
And I have just selected a very old Andre Norton (written in 1969) called "Uncharted Stars". I hope for a bit of light relief after the darkness of the last book.
P.S...I noticed all those thumbs down the people above me had earned from some harsh soul, so I have gone along and given every one of them a thumbs up to counter them. You don't know how sorry I am to see some sick soul trying to undermine you like this -- don't take it to heart Wally, please?!
2007-12-09 06:21:15 · answer #6 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not reading one now, but the last novel I read was excellent. It was "Pompeii" by Robert Harris about a young
Roman engineer assigned to fix an aqueduct near Mt. Vesuvius in 79a.d. It is a real mystery thriller involving corruption, intrigue, suspense and even murder, and you
guessed it, the volcanic eruption. Fascinating reading.
2007-12-09 06:36:37 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm still stuck on the last of the Dune books, Hunters of Dune... (maybe it's the medications.) No, I've had a lot on my mind lately. But, yes I would recommend the 2 new Dune books... the original Dune series was awesome!
I have also been busy with this on line holiday shopping, all those little thumb nail photos !!! Ungrateful little so and so, just yelled at me for not sending cash! NEVER AGAIN!!!
2007-12-09 05:40:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I don't read a lot of novels, but just now I'm reading "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. Its a nice take on the "what happens after we die" scenario.
Its wonderful story. I'd highly recommend it !
2007-12-09 09:24:33 · answer #9 · answered by Stella 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just finished White Hot by Sandra Brown. Before that One False Move by Alex Kava. and before that Lethal Lies by Laurie Breton. Would love to hear more about the author you mentioned.
2007-12-09 05:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋