Hank Phillippi Ryan: Summertime! And soon…the summer reading lists
will be out! But hey, why wait for the Times or the News or People--when we have
the Reds? What are you reading--right now? (Come on, be honest.) and what're
you reading next?
I'll admit it--I'm reading Dan Brown's Inferno.
And okay, fine, it's a page turner. Irresistible! I'm also reading Joe Hill's NOS4ATU. Which
is creepy as pie and just as delicious. And Bruce DaSilva's new PROVIDENCE RAG. He's
good! Sort of if Spenser was a reporterand lived in Rhode Island.
Next is
Jon McGoran's DRIFT. Or maybe ...Susan Elia MacNeal’s HIS MAJESTY"S HOPE.(She’s so terrific. I am hooked on her
books!) And Catriona McPherson has a new one, AS SHE LEFT IT. Sigh. And I SHOULD be writing!
How about
you?
LUCY BURDETTE: I'm reading a romance by Nancy Herkness called
TAKE ME HOME. It's about a woman who goes home to West Virginia from NYC and
finds both a "whisper horse" (a horse who will listen to your
troubles) and a romance with a sexy vet. It's light summer reading that
seriously sizzles....
And next
up, KNEADING TO DIE, by our friend Liz Mugavero. And after that, Erica
Baumeister's THE LOST ART OF MIXING. But really, seriously, need to be
finishing MURDER WITH GANACHE...
HANK : Oh, me, too. (and Lucy, I cannot wait to read it!) LOVE Liz Mugavero! Ah, I’m at 50,000 words—hurray!
Of a book that has no title, boo. Soon, I’ll be coming to you to ask for advice. How can you write a book that has
no title? Well, I secretly have one. (Is
it: The Last to Lie? One False Move? No Good Deed? As Good As True? What do you
think?)
Rhys is en route from London, Julia has a big
deadline, Ro is doing something glamorous, and Hallie’s writing, too, I know…and she’s just back from vacation.
HALLIE EPHRON:
My TBR pile is topped by Jess Walter's "Beautiful Ruins" --
I'm a huge fan since he blew me away with Edgar winner "Citizen
Vince." Like Roberta I'm behind on my
deadline so reading for pleasure is
on the back burner--temporarily at least.
JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: Hallie, I'm so happy to be (temporarily) able to read for pleasure! I'm still recovering from the Best Novel Edgars, and as such, I've been reading a lot of romance, womens fiction, etc. I just finished the latest Nora Roberts stand-alone, WHISKEY BEACH. Always a good read. When you're in a Nora mood, nothing else will suffice.
I'm also backtracking to read Lee Child's THE AFFAIR; after I bought it in 2011, Ross grabbed it off my pile and read it and for some reason, I never got back to it. I want to catch up before NEVER GO BACK lands at the beginning of September. A
couple of summer books I'm REALLY looking forward to laying hands on: William Kent Kruger's TAMARACK COUNTY and Paul Doiron's MASSACRE POND. Both faves of mine in the "Rugged men sleuthing in places that can kill you" genre. Seriously, I may have to hit up their editors for Advance Readers Copies.
DEBORAH CROMBIE: Whew, Julia, now I feel a bit better (grovel, grovel) about admitting the fact that until now I had never read a Lee Childs' novel. Not a deliberate oversight--I've had two in my TBR pile for donkey's years-- just too many books... Anyway, I'm reading the very first Jack Reacher, KILLING FLOOR, while alternating hitting myself on the head for not having read ALL of them sooner. Halfway through, I could write a dissertation on Reacher as the iconic hero in literature, but suffice to say it's a cracking good story.
JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: Hallie, I'm so happy to be (temporarily) able to read for pleasure! I'm still recovering from the Best Novel Edgars, and as such, I've been reading a lot of romance, womens fiction, etc. I just finished the latest Nora Roberts stand-alone, WHISKEY BEACH. Always a good read. When you're in a Nora mood, nothing else will suffice.
I'm also backtracking to read Lee Child's THE AFFAIR; after I bought it in 2011, Ross grabbed it off my pile and read it and for some reason, I never got back to it. I want to catch up before NEVER GO BACK lands at the beginning of September. A
couple of summer books I'm REALLY looking forward to laying hands on: William Kent Kruger's TAMARACK COUNTY and Paul Doiron's MASSACRE POND. Both faves of mine in the "Rugged men sleuthing in places that can kill you" genre. Seriously, I may have to hit up their editors for Advance Readers Copies.DEBORAH CROMBIE: Whew, Julia, now I feel a bit better (grovel, grovel) about admitting the fact that until now I had never read a Lee Childs' novel. Not a deliberate oversight--I've had two in my TBR pile for donkey's years-- just too many books... Anyway, I'm reading the very first Jack Reacher, KILLING FLOOR, while alternating hitting myself on the head for not having read ALL of them sooner. Halfway through, I could write a dissertation on Reacher as the iconic hero in literature, but suffice to say it's a cracking good story.
Also part way through the 75th anniversary edition of THE HOBBIT (a birthday gift from a friend,) which I hadn't reread in years. And THE HOBBIT: THE CHRONICLES, a gift from my publisher--a fabulous coffee table book on the art and design in the film. Then a good bit more non-fiction: THE POSSIBILITY DOGS by Susannah Charleson (out yesterday!), THE TRAIN IN THE NIGHT by Nick Coleman (a book about music and hearing loss,) and THE MURDER ROOM, by Michael Capuzzo. Then more fiction; a galley of MIDNIGHT by Kevin Egan, who will be my guest on JR in July. And somewhere there is a new Jo Bannister novel, if only I could find it... I think we will all be buried in books...
(Oh, and I LOVE William Kent Krueger, so the new one is going on the pile, too.)
RHYS BOWEN: I'm on a plane as you read this, finishing up Deb's No Mark Upon Her, which I had had on my Kindle for a year and never had time to read. I was interviewed by a woman who belongs to Leander Club so that was fun. And I'm no longer sure what lurks in the TBR pile at home. I know I have to blurb Hannah Dennison's new one, and definitely want to read Catriona's (she'll be our guest next week) and the latest Kate Morton is waiting for me and I confess, I'll have to read Dan Brown as I was just in Istanbul.
RHYS BOWEN: I'm on a plane as you read this, finishing up Deb's No Mark Upon Her, which I had had on my Kindle for a year and never had time to read. I was interviewed by a woman who belongs to Leander Club so that was fun. And I'm no longer sure what lurks in the TBR pile at home. I know I have to blurb Hannah Dennison's new one, and definitely want to read Catriona's (she'll be our guest next week) and the latest Kate Morton is waiting for me and I confess, I'll have to read Dan Brown as I was just in Istanbul.
LUCY BURDETTE: Could I just say that I was
on the Edgar committee that chose CITIZEN VINCE as best novel that year? I was
very proud of that one!
HANK: See, Lucy/Roberta? You know your stuff! It’s very gratifying to be on that committee—ours
picked Mo Hayder’s GONE. A fabulous book! I smile every time I see it in a
bookstore.
So how about you, Readers? Tell us your then, now,
next! We’d love to hear what you’re reading! There are SO many wonderful books!
(And yes, indeed! One lucky commenter wins the ARC of THE
WRONG GIRL!) Yesterday's winner: Katie Baer! Email me h ryan at whdh dot com with your address!
