So basically 2 books a month. That seems like a reasonable challenge.
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All Thing Books And Reading Thread 2019
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Mamanyt1953
I love Pendergast! I've re-read the series several times now and decided that I wanted to get the books. I'm reading Verses for the Dead right now, the newest Pendergast. It's really good. So far, anyway. Ironically, Pendergast never appeared in Relic, which is actually the first novel in that series. He never really showed up until Reliquary.BTW, I like Heather Graham, but as you say, there gets to be a sameness about her Krewe series. Still, I keep reading.
I read Evanovich's newest Stephanie Plum. I think I'm done with the series. Look Alive Twenty-Five was simply downright stupid. I used to enjoy the books and have most of them. But I stopped buying them several years ago because she went way downhill (IMO). I was getting them from the library, but I think I'm even done with that. It's not worth it anymore.
I love Pendergast, too! I have a hold on Verses for the Dead st the library. I also really liked Preston & Child’s Gideon Crew series.
And I agree about Evanovich. I stopped reading those in the late teens of the series.
And I agree about Evanovich. I stopped reading those in the late teens of the series.
I pretty much like anything by Preston/Child and also their separate books as well. I've read the Gideon Crew series. I thought The Lost City of the Monkey God was fascinating. I'd like to read The Monster of Florence, too. If you haven't read Utopia (Child), I recommend giving it a try. It was excellent.
I think I've mentioned this before....does anybody like the Dirk Pitt series and the other series by Clive Cussler? I'm a huge Cussler fan and have read all of his books. He has a new addition to the Oregon Files: Shadow Tyrants. I have a lot of his Pitt books and some of the Oregon File books. I also like the Sam and Remi Fargo books.
I think I've mentioned this before....does anybody like the Dirk Pitt series and the other series by Clive Cussler? I'm a huge Cussler fan and have read all of his books. He has a new addition to the Oregon Files: Shadow Tyrants. I have a lot of his Pitt books and some of the Oregon File books. I also like the Sam and Remi Fargo books.
Does anybody here read Dean Koontz? I heard he has a new series out. Wondering if anyone's read it to tell me if it's good!
I think I’ve read them all...except the one you mentioned which I just now downloaded from the library to read on my iPad! Love this thread!
I thought immediately of Cussler when Evanovich’s name came up because I think his stuff has remained entertaining and readable through dozens of books. Perhaps the author collaboration has helped sustain his stories.
I don't think I've ever read anything by either of those authors.
I DO like Dean Koontz, in fact. I get his newletter, and have kept up a very irregular corrospondence with him for years, and Hekitty has exchanged letters with three of his dogs now. He's a lovely man, and writes very good horror. I think the thing I like most about him is that almost all of his "monsters" have roots in science, no matter how improbably. I remember reading an interview that he did where he mentioned that after "Strangers," (at least I think it was "Strangers") he was actually investigated because what he had written was just too close to a black op that was actually being done. THAT is SCARY!
I'm currentl re-reading "Alas Babylon." Mostly because I couldn't find my copy, and ordered another one. So it was on the staging table (I bookplate all books, add a lable to those in a series with the number on it, and pile up to read), and there you have it. I love that book. Our knowledge of a limited nuclear engagement has changed drastically since it was written in 1959, and there is a good bit of "benevolent racism" in the book (again, written in 1959), but it is an excellent read, and a very honest look at small town attitudes in that era.
Hmph. I've also lost track of some Barbara Micheals books. I'll have to replace those, as well. Drat and darn and SPIT!
Wow I didn't even think of it that way but yeah. It doesn't seem as intimidating when it's framed that way. I'm not going to count my audiobooks as much because I read those together with my mom, though usually I'd count them. I have to start reading books I've bought. I think I'm a book hoarder, haha.
I love Clive Cussler!! Dirk Pitt is one of my favorite characters! I read one book and knew then that I'd read all the rest!
ME, TOO! I have over 600. Around 650, I think. And more coming. AND I FOUND THE BARBARA MICHAELS BOOKS!
Before we retired and during our peak book-owning period, we had more than 65 cartons of books. 1,000+ probably. We wouldn't have known this because we didn't count the boxes, but during one of our moves, the guys who carried the boxes down two flights of steep, narrow stairs in our 1910 Craftsman house informed us unhappily of this tiny little fact. "Have you actually READ all of these books?" one guy asked. Yep, we said. He just shook his head and trudged off to the moving van.
We did feed them a big lunch and tipped them generously.
Book hoarding? Nah. Because as the below pics says:
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So I "finished" Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser a little while back. By "finished" I mean I got to the end of the book, but I did a LOT of skipping over pages.
The first part was interesting as it talked about how fast food restaurants began in California at the same time highways were being build and more people were driving cars. Then it came to the chapters on slaughterhouses and processing plants, which I COULD NOT read. Though from just tiny bit I saw, it sounds like the conditions for the workers is about as awful as for the animals. Not to get "preachy" but made me glad I'm a vegetarian.
My next read was The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard which was a fictional story about the women who worked at a secretive military base in Tennessee in the 1940's operating machines that eventually made the atomic bomb a reality. It was interesting, as I had never heard of it before. But also depressing to think just regular people were involved in something that caused such horrible death and destruction.
I've since found there's a similar titled book The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan which is non-fiction, and more highly rated than the novel.
I'm currently reading Ocean Beach (Ten Beach Road, #2) by Wendy Wax which in the 2nd in a series of books where 3 women, who due to financial ruin, end up renovating houses together. It's a nice light change of pace from the non-fiction stuff.
The first part was interesting as it talked about how fast food restaurants began in California at the same time highways were being build and more people were driving cars. Then it came to the chapters on slaughterhouses and processing plants, which I COULD NOT read. Though from just tiny bit I saw, it sounds like the conditions for the workers is about as awful as for the animals. Not to get "preachy" but made me glad I'm a vegetarian.
My next read was The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard which was a fictional story about the women who worked at a secretive military base in Tennessee in the 1940's operating machines that eventually made the atomic bomb a reality. It was interesting, as I had never heard of it before. But also depressing to think just regular people were involved in something that caused such horrible death and destruction.
I've since found there's a similar titled book The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan which is non-fiction, and more highly rated than the novel.
I'm currently reading Ocean Beach (Ten Beach Road, #2) by Wendy Wax which in the 2nd in a series of books where 3 women, who due to financial ruin, end up renovating houses together. It's a nice light change of pace from the non-fiction stuff.
I gave up on Heretic's Anonymous. It wasn't my thing, though YA is hit or miss with me usually anyway. I picked up The Bees by Laline Paull instead.
So the characters are bees? Curious to hear what you think of it.
I've just finished A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold, the mother of one of the Columbine killers, which was heartbreaking, but extremely interesting to me after having worked with adolescents and young adults for so long.
It reminded me to some extent of a book I read a long time ago, Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore, a journalist and the brother of Gary Gilmore, who demanded that the state of Utah carry out the death penalty imposed on him. I'm now rereading that.
It reminded me to some extent of a book I read a long time ago, Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore, a journalist and the brother of Gary Gilmore, who demanded that the state of Utah carry out the death penalty imposed on him. I'm now rereading that.
I plan to read that some day, but need to be in the mood for a depressing read.
I kinda went nuts for a few days...Read "Cat Daddy," quickly followed by "Total Cat Mojo," "Catification," and "Catify to Satisfy." I did this under threat of death by one H. Renee, who informed me that she got those for me for Christmas FOR A REASON, NOW READ! For those of you who have watched EVERY SINGLE EPISODE of "My Cat From Hell," "Total Cat Mojo" holds no surprises, but it is really nice to have all the information in one place, well-organized, and easy to find. I've been a fan of Jackson Galaxy for years, and have deeply respected him as an expert in all things feline, but after reading "Cat Daddy," I've gained a HUGE respect for him as a man. This book was raw, brutally honest, and utterly vulnerable. It is about two broken beings who heal each other. I HIGHLY recommend it. The ones on catification are beautiful books, full of color photos of amazing projects that people have undertaken for their cats. They range for the very simple and inexpensive to the "OH MY GOD THE WHOLE HOUSE IS FOR CATS," and I'd do any and ALL of them, given the funds!
I'm currently reading "The Secret of the Ninth Life," by Leslie Schuster. Not very far into it yet, so an in-depth review isn't in the cards. However, thus far, the book is about an aging couple and their cats. The cats talk among themselves, of course. I really like the style of this book. It is simple, and has an innocent quality to it that one generally only finds in children's book, but this is meant for adults. It matches the fact that this is the cats' story, and they are innocent, after all.
I'm currently reading "The Secret of the Ninth Life," by Leslie Schuster. Not very far into it yet, so an in-depth review isn't in the cards. However, thus far, the book is about an aging couple and their cats. The cats talk among themselves, of course. I really like the style of this book. It is simple, and has an innocent quality to it that one generally only finds in children's book, but this is meant for adults. It matches the fact that this is the cats' story, and they are innocent, after all.
I wish some of the cat books you mentioned,
Mamanyt1953
, were available as ebooks from my library, but alas they aren't. And I'm not buying books anymore, so I guess I won't get to read them. Not like I don't have 100's of ebooks on my wishlist that I hope to read someday. 
Mamanyt1953
, were available as ebooks from my library, but alas they aren't. And I'm not buying books anymore, so I guess I won't get to read them. Not like I don't have 100's of ebooks on my wishlist that I hope to read someday. - Status
