All Thing Books And Reading Thread 2019

[Mia6]

Omg. I read On The Beach. High school

It was not a required book for my English class, only the “honors” tier. I heard so many comments about it, that I felt as if I needed to read it.

It still stands out in my mind as a very profound book.

There was a movie made of it— chilling.

The movie was good as well

 

[Willow's Mom]

Who's the author?

Nevil Shute

 

[Koveshnikov]

Dixie has a knack for being in
the wrong place at the wrong
time. The day she happens upon
the dead body outside a fancy
mansion is no different. She's
had her fill of homicide investigations, so she leaves the
gate-keeper's corpse to be
found by somebody else.
Unfortunately, that somebody
else sees Dixie leaving the scene
of the crime, and the fatal bullet might have even come from her
own gun! To make matters
worse, the owner of the
mansion is Dixie's new client--a
scientist who is either a genius,
insane, or both--whose pet iguana is under her charge. All
that, plus a feisty calico kitten
that needs some TLC, means
that time is running out for
Dixie to cat nip this case in the
bud... and collar the killer.

 

[Koveshnikov]

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter
introduced a winning sleuth in
Florida pet sitter Dixie
Hemingway, and the next books
in the series, Duplicity Dogged
the Dachshund and Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues, firmly
established author Blaize
Clement as a new star amongst
mystery fans. Now Dixie
Hemingway, no relation to you-
know-who, is back in this fourth riveting installment.
When Dixie meets Laura
Halston, a newcomer to Siesta
Key, she recognizes a kindred
spirit and believes she's found a
new friend. Disarmingly beautiful, Laura confesses that
she's in hiding from an abusive
husband. Later, when Laura
receives threatening phone
calls, Dixie is certain the
husband is the culprit. But the more Dixie learns about
Laura, the less certain she is
about anything...and then
matters turn deadly. As she tries
to understand Laura's past,
Dixie is forced to acknowledge things about herself that she
has never faced before.
Fast-paced and gripping, Cat
Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof is
everything Blaize Clement's
many fans have come to expect.

 

[Mia6]

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter
introduced a winning sleuth in
Florida pet sitter Dixie
Hemingway, and the next books
in the series, Duplicity Dogged
the Dachshund and Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues, firmly
established author Blaize
Clement as a new star amongst
mystery fans. Now Dixie
Hemingway, no relation to you-
know-who, is back in this fourth riveting installment.
When Dixie meets Laura
Halston, a newcomer to Siesta
Key, she recognizes a kindred
spirit and believes she's found a
new friend. Disarmingly beautiful, Laura confesses that
she's in hiding from an abusive
husband. Later, when Laura
receives threatening phone
calls, Dixie is certain the
husband is the culprit. But the more Dixie learns about
Laura, the less certain she is
about anything...and then
matters turn deadly. As she tries
to understand Laura's past,
Dixie is forced to acknowledge things about herself that she
has never faced before.
Fast-paced and gripping, Cat
Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof is
everything Blaize Clement's
many fans have come to expect.

Love the title, ha!!

 

[Koveshnikov]

Mia6

A Dixie Hemingway Mystery Series by Blaize Clement

Dixie Hemingway knows first-hand that many things in life are worse than a dirty litter box. Once happy as a Florida sheriff’s deputy, she lost everythin...

goodreads.com

 

[Tobermory]

Dixie has a knack for being in
the wrong place at the wrong
time. The day she happens upon
the dead body outside a fancy
mansion is no different. She's
had her fill of homicide investigations, so she leaves the
gate-keeper's corpse to be
found by somebody else.
Unfortunately, that somebody
else sees Dixie leaving the scene
of the crime, and the fatal bullet might have even come from her
own gun! To make matters
worse, the owner of the
mansion is Dixie's new client--a
scientist who is either a genius,
insane, or both--whose pet iguana is under her charge. All
that, plus a feisty calico kitten
that needs some TLC, means
that time is running out for
Dixie to cat nip this case in the
bud... and collar the killer.

I really enjoyed this series. Sadly, the author died in 2011.

 

[glittercat]

glittercat : This is the book you were wondering if anyone had read, right.

Yes indeed. May well give it a miss.... I still love all the early stuff - Salem's Lot, The Shining and so on - but I haven't been that keen on some of his newer books. Dr Sleep, for example; poor. Although re the older stuff Pet Semetary would have been so much shorter - and maybe better - if they'd only built a fence. LOL!!!

 

[Koveshnikov]

Tobermory
many wonderful authors are already gone, and we will never know the continuation of our favorite series ...

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Getting close to halfway through the Leaphorn and Chee series, and have decided that I'm going to have to invest in the three that are out now as movies on DVD!

 

[Mia6]

So, remember when I borrowed the "10 books you wish you'd never read", scary, from the library? Our's let's us renew a book
up to 4 times so I've had them quite a awhile. Well, I didn't read any of them, ha!! Had to take the back yesterday. I have so many
on my Kindle I kept reading those. Oh well, I'll get them again.

 

[Kat0121]

Finally finished Elton's book. It was really good and has a lot of great pictures in it. It's a good read if you're a longtime fan like I am. Demi's book is up next

 

[Willow's Mom]

I went on a fiction binge: finished On The Beach and then read The Mountain Between Us in one day. I'm not saying I got anything else done that day other than bore the kitten so she wouldn't tear her stitches out.....

I downloaded the movies and remembered how boring watching movies is. We're talking Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck here, so I guess I just don't like movies.

My "to read"pile is a bunch of dog and cat training/behaviour books, philosophy, and political theory. I guess I just needed some good stories to reboot my brain.

 

[Winchester]

Has anybody read J.D. Robb's In Death series? (We may have mentioned this before) It's actually Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb. Now I'm not a big Nora Roberts fan at all, but I do like the In Death series. I've started buying those books in hardcover. There's a stand at our local market that sells hardcovers one for $3.00 or 4 for $10. I don't know if that's a good price or not, but I bought 8 of them today. I'll look on Thriftbooks to see if they're any cheaper there. If not, I may go back next week for a few more.

I'm not a big James Patterson fan either, but I do like the Women's Murder Club series that he writes with Maxine Paetro. I may start buying those, too, simply because I can't find them all at the library, either in print or in ebook and I'd like to read them. I saw a couple at the market, too, but had already bought the Robb books.

You know, Rick told me today that the look on my face when I see a stand of books for sale is a lot like the look on his face when I present him with a dozen donuts! I don't know if that's good or bad. A woman at the market heard him say that and she started laughing. I do love my books.

Somebody mentioned King's new book The Institute. I read it and wasn't impressed. It was over-written; King has always been very verbose, but this was wordy, even for him. I got it from the library as an ebook and was glad I didn't buy it. It was boring and I kept thinking, "All right, already! Get with the program!" Just my

 

[rubysmama]

I'm still reading Window on the Bay. It's ok, but not a page turner. A little too "romance-y", I think.

 

[Tobermory]

Somebody mentioned King's new book The Institute. I read it and wasn't impressed. It was over-written;

I’ve often wondered, with these super popular, household-name authors, if they’ve reached a point where they have so much power and control over their work that they can stipulate that it can’t be edited to the extent it was when they were lesser known. I agree that Stephen King has always been wordy, but his early work is much more tightly written.

I’ve read all of the “In Death” series and really enjoyed them. I think Roberts has done a good job of keeping her stories fairly interesting.

 

[Mia6]

I downloaded the movies and remembered how boring watching movies is. We're talking Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck here, so I guess I just don't like movies.

I've always had it bad for Gregory Peck.

 

[rubysmama]

I’ve often wondered, with these super popular, household-name authors, if they’ve reached a point where they have so much power and control over their work that they can stipulate that it can’t be edited to the extent it was when they were lesser known. I agree that Stephen King has always been wordy, but his early work is much more tightly written.

I don't doubt it.

 

[Winchester]

I’ve often wondered, with these super popular, household-name authors, if they’ve reached a point where they have so much power and control over their work that they can stipulate that it can’t be edited to the extent it was when they were lesser known. I agree that Stephen King has always been wordy, but his early work is much more tightly written.

I’ve read all of the “In Death” series and really enjoyed them. I think Roberts has done a good job of keeping her stories fairly interesting.

You have a good point. And in many cases, some of the authors are now "writing" with other people and I'm not sure why. Clive Cussler is a good example. He's writing with his son, Dirk Cussler, as well as with Justin Scott, Jack Du Bril, Paul Kemprecos, etc. James Patterson writes with Maxine Paetro. And so on. They are very prolific.

In King's case, his earlier books were much better, IMHO although even back then he was very wordy. But nothing like he is now. I still read them, but I will no longer buy them. I would sit and re-read his earlier books and still re-read them now. His newer books? Once and done.

 

[Mia6]

I,too, love King's early books. I've read The Shining at least 5 times and also The Stand. There are more
of his earlier books that I've read but can't remember. I didn't like the ending of the Shining with Dick Halloran
dying. but I think he was revived in Doctor. Sleep not sure.