what books are you reading or have read lately...

[Bengalz]

I have a further 25 books here waiting to be read, most of them Maeve Binchy books, although i love her writing after reading Stieg Larssons book, they are a little on the dull side in comparison, but i still enjoy them.

I agree Carole, reading anything after Stieg Larsson pales by comparison and I am so sad he is no longer with us. Girl Who Played with Fire is playing here now; I haven't seen it yet but surely will I love the Swedish films and don't understand the need for remake(s)

I have ordered a book called "The Man Who Left too Soon" - it is a biography about Larsson and hoping it is a fascinating insight into the man who created this series.

PS. Don't worry ... Maeve Binchy will still appeal on those days when you just need to read

[Miss Z]

I've finally gone back to Thomas Hardy with 'The Woodlanders', and I don't know why I ever left him.

[cassiesmom]

Bumping up this old thread. I was loaned a copy of John Grisham's book "Casino Island", but I haven't started it yet. I just finished a book called "American Pain" which is a true story about two guys who started a so-called clinic that served addicts and drug dealers posing as patients.

[phesina]

A clinic like that just got closed down in Detroit and the "doctor" running it busted.

[RICHARD]

Ghost Rider, Neil Peart.

Peart is a drummer in a Canadian rock band who, lost his daughter in a car accident and then is hit with the death of his wife about 13 months later.

He jumps on his BMW and takes a motorcycle journey all around Canada, the US and even down into Mexico - looking for a way to get past his pain. It's told from his perspective and thru letters to friends and family. I think his final mileage for the trip was 57k miles - it was a long ride and the best parts of the book are his travels to places I have been or passed thru.

[Randi]

A friend of mine just recommended this book. Sounds like it's an easy read and good fun. Not well known on this side of the pond, I think, but I'll look for it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...om_search=true

The last book I read was one of Camilla Lackberg's.. crime stories. She is Swedish and writes well. Check her out!
http://www.bookseriesinorder.com/camilla-lackberg/

[cassiesmom]

Hmmmm... I would like to bump up this old thread. A friend's book club read this book and she loaned it to me when I was sick a couple of weeks ago. "Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule" by Jennifer Chiaverini. It's based on the true life of first lady Julia Dent Grant, but it's been fictionalized with lots of dialogue. Next up is a book for work on health literacy, which is one of our organizational focus areas for 2019. I read a book over the summer called "Spring Fever" by Mary Kay Andrews ... perfect summer read, not too short, not too heavy, and a happy ending.