tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post3306207939291489325..comments2024-03-28T17:39:34.611-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Book LookJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15451109453162491762018-08-19T16:31:03.382-04:002018-08-19T16:31:03.382-04:00I'm trying to catch up on many series..... Mar...I'm trying to catch up on many series..... Martin Walker's Bruno series, the Monkeewrench series, just found The Paris Spy, in paperback, they work better for tucking into my bag and going out to lunch. Unfortunately, because I have had to downsize my home, so I have to pick and choose carefully what I put in my home and what put in my e-reader, but I'm looking to curling up in my cozy chair, under the redwoods and reading, reading, reading.Deana Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093854261937772980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18482132046101043922018-08-19T09:55:24.262-04:002018-08-19T09:55:24.262-04:00I didn't get to the blog at all yesterday, but...I didn't get to the blog at all yesterday, but just have to add a thank you for this one! Several of the books you (collectively) mentioned are by favorite authors of mine, and in a couple cases, I wasn't aware they had a new one coming out so soon. Thank you!!!!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292993485984273172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61088335437169825612018-08-19T01:26:04.481-04:002018-08-19T01:26:04.481-04:00Hallie, I saw Eileen McNamara give a talk on "...Hallie, I saw Eileen McNamara give a talk on "Eunice" on BookTV (on C-Span 2) and she was fantastic! That immediately went on my TBR! And, of course, I'm awaiting the latest Gamache/Three Pines novel from Louise Penny--I have been since the moment I finished her last one. Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786511163919657885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58831369653682438492018-08-19T00:11:44.183-04:002018-08-19T00:11:44.183-04:00Really? SO interesting. We'll have to talk. I ...Really? SO interesting. We'll have to talk. I thought it was instantly wonderful. Hmm! Well, it's more philosophical than scientific, I think. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14441101286364923852018-08-19T00:10:17.195-04:002018-08-19T00:10:17.195-04:00Crsossing fingers you love it, Debs..ahhh. Let me ...Crsossing fingers you love it, Debs..ahhh. Let me know, okay??? SO weird to think of you reading it!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90439604182010971062018-08-19T00:09:29.328-04:002018-08-19T00:09:29.328-04:00Oh! How wonderful!! Really? Thank you!Oh! How wonderful!! Really? Thank you!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27254799303318297952018-08-19T00:08:48.839-04:002018-08-19T00:08:48.839-04:00Oh! Thank you! Cannot wait to read your review!! C...Oh! Thank you! Cannot wait to read your review!! Crossing fingers..xoxoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53929155763084662352018-08-19T00:07:46.670-04:002018-08-19T00:07:46.670-04:00Oh, I love those choices! LOVe Anthony Horowitz, ...Oh, I love those choices! LOVe Anthony Horowitz, my total favorite. And crossing fingers you love TRUST ME! Thank you!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33517154508508778852018-08-19T00:06:47.710-04:002018-08-19T00:06:47.710-04:00Yup. Yup. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52975976003256179842018-08-18T21:14:35.948-04:002018-08-18T21:14:35.948-04:00My TBR pile just keeled over dead. My TBR pile just keeled over dead. Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37512473722273530422018-08-18T20:54:35.127-04:002018-08-18T20:54:35.127-04:00Wow, this sounds GREAT!Wow, this sounds GREAT!Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74814369803834562662018-08-18T20:52:59.932-04:002018-08-18T20:52:59.932-04:00Edith, I cheerlead for authors that really enterta...Edith, I cheerlead for authors that really entertain me with their books and you definitely qualify for that.<br /><br />Julia, I don't know about that. But I will always respond when one of the JRWs puts up this topic!Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50483724117113473602018-08-18T20:06:35.546-04:002018-08-18T20:06:35.546-04:00I will look that up!I will look that up!Keziah Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15653632764316507179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80044968606457562042018-08-18T19:09:24.191-04:002018-08-18T19:09:24.191-04:00Instead of TBR, I want to use Goodreads WTR (want ...Instead of TBR, I want to use Goodreads WTR (want to read). It sounds a little less imperative and more accurate for me. I am a slow reader and even in the summer and being retired, I find that I finish about a book a month. That doesn't mean that I don't sample a few other books which remain never finished. However, in the pile, I have a few "tomes". Like Grant or Don Quixote. Much of Don Quixote I have read over the years. Grant was a gift, so it would be rude to ignore it on the pile. I have been able to finish 12 chapters.<br /><br />The book I wish to finish before the end of the year is W.E.B. DuBois: Biography of a Race (1868-1919), by David Levering Lewis. DuBois lived 95 years, which means that this the first of at least 2 parts. It is 735 pages and I got a paperback copy at a good price on Amazon. I'll let you know how it reads when I am done.David Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144607647071920674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82894115107632926002018-08-18T17:51:24.887-04:002018-08-18T17:51:24.887-04:00BAD BLOOD is at the top of my list, along with TRU...BAD BLOOD is at the top of my list, along with TRUST ME by Hank, and THE WORD IS MURDER by Anthony Horowitz.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26986489505930429652018-08-18T17:49:40.728-04:002018-08-18T17:49:40.728-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20740925206944980672018-08-18T17:22:46.973-04:002018-08-18T17:22:46.973-04:00I'm really looking forward to Rooted in Decept...I'm really looking forward to Rooted in Deception, the fourth Greenhouse Mystery by Wendy Tyson, which comes out in a couple of weeks. And I still haven't gotten to Donna Andrews' latest, Toucan Keep a Secret. Got a couple of books on the TBR pile before those, but I'm hoping to get to them in the next couple of weeks.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1089387726738609632018-08-18T16:46:57.166-04:002018-08-18T16:46:57.166-04:00I'm super excited for Time's Convert, too,...I'm super excited for Time's Convert, too, & am rereading the All Souls trilogy to prepare for it. It's been a long time since I read it.Jana Leah Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492395947508454607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7725370964514465892018-08-18T16:21:29.700-04:002018-08-18T16:21:29.700-04:00Eeeek, I didn't know, either!!! I hope it actu...Eeeek, I didn't know, either!!! I hope it actually comes out in November. Ben Aaronovitch is more famously late than me...Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64554065714637590672018-08-18T16:20:01.766-04:002018-08-18T16:20:01.766-04:00Katie, you can read Kindle books on your computer,...Katie, you can read Kindle books on your computer, tablet, or even your Smart phone, and Kindle on any platform is free. I adore Peter Grainger's books--one of the best British crime series of the last few years. I think they are well worth giving digital books a try.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41466943977105813772018-08-18T16:13:16.697-04:002018-08-18T16:13:16.697-04:00Me, too, on Kent!Me, too, on Kent!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9657989136612341672018-08-18T16:12:33.736-04:002018-08-18T16:12:33.736-04:00I bought it yesterday:-)I bought it yesterday:-)Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64207285743420103232018-08-18T15:21:54.240-04:002018-08-18T15:21:54.240-04:00Thanks, Dianne, for your recommendation for Peter ...Thanks, Dianne, for your recommendation for Peter Grainger. His series sounds like catnip to me, but--and this is a big but--his books seem to be available on Amazon ONLY in Kindle version. As a Luddite who only reads print books, I am stymied. Suggestions?exlibrisnchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018316742019110682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69673285845595234062018-08-18T14:21:34.951-04:002018-08-18T14:21:34.951-04:00I am just the worst at limiting my recommendations...I am just the worst at limiting my recommendations or choosing favorite books. The Reviewers Recommend panel that I'm on at Bouchercon limits my favorite books to five for 2018 and three that I'm looking forward to. I am going quite crazy trying to narrow those two selections down. But, because it's only a 45 minute time frame and there are four other reviewers besides me, it's a necessary requirement. If you see me at Bouchercon muttering to myself before the panel on Friday morning, I have succumbed to losing my mind.<br /><br />So, just one recommendation, Julia? OK, I'll play by the rules, with just a little bending. Catriona's new book Go to My Grave has already been mentioned, and my copy is waiting patiently for me. Since we're talking about our current reading here today, I will say that I just read Hank's outstanding Trust Me and am in the middle of trying to write a review that will do it justice. The Reds are really hitting it out of the park this year, with Death on the Menu maybe my favorite in the series so far, and I should finish Rhys' Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding Today, which is thrilling me all the way through. My next read is probably going to be Lou Berney's November Road, which I want to get read before Bouchercon, so I can talk about it. Jenn's Hitting the Books is one I just posted about on my FB page. Trying to keep up with the Reds this year is a challenge. <br /><br />So, my one book I'll list that isn't in my meanderings above, a book I've been looking forward to for some time is Elly Griffiths'/Domenica de Rosa's stand-alone book entitled The Stranger Diaries. Dom writes two amazing series, the Ruth Galloway mysteries and the Stephens and Mephisto mysteries. The Stranger Diaries will be her first stand-alone written under her nom de plume Elly Griffiths. She has written some earlier books in her career under her real name Domenica de Rosa that are stand-alone novels, but they aren't mysteries. The Stranger Diaries comes out the first of November in the UK and can be ordered through British book sellers or online through Book Depository. It won't be out in the states until next March. I'm fortunate that I'll be receiving my copy from Dom at Bouchercon. I'm excited! Below is the description, including a blurb from Louise Penny, found on Book Depository's site.<br /><br />The Stranger Diaries:<br />A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time?<br /><br />'Compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising' PETER JAMES<br /><br />'At once a homage to the Gothic thriller, and a re-imagining, it is goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting, in every sense. I loved this book! And you will too' LOUISE PENNY<br /><br />A gripping contemporary Gothic thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries: Susan Hill meets Gone Girl and Disclaimer.<br /><br />Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. As a literature teacher specialising in the Gothic writer RM Holland, she teaches a short course on it every year. Then Clare's life and work collide tragically when one of her colleagues is found dead, a line from an RM Holland story by her body. The investigating police detective is convinced the writer's works somehow hold the key to the case.<br /><br />Not knowing who to trust, and afraid that the killer is someone she knows, Clare confides her darkest suspicions and fears about the case to her journal. Then one day she notices some other writing in the diary. Writing that isn't hers...Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71841082599308786842018-08-18T13:39:54.231-04:002018-08-18T13:39:54.231-04:00I should probably stop commenting here and get my ...I should probably stop commenting here and get my words written for the day...Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.com