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

[Bengalz]

For those who enjoy historical novels: I have just finished reading Kate Morton's "Riverton House"; a great read. I have her second novel "The Forgotten Garden" and can't wait to get into it as well. Morton researches her material well and has a unique approach to storytelling - I really like her style.

[carole]

Last weekend hired our the girl with the dragon tattoo, then went to the movie the girl who played with fire, and have now just finished the book, even though i had seen the film, i found the books just as exciting, and very close in context to the movie, only a few differences,I just love this whole triology, i cannot wait for the next film, i think i now prefer to see the film first then read the book, hurry up film come down under, has it been released in the US yet,? i see they are doing a re-make of the girl with the dragon tattoo in the US, that will be interesting i suppose, although cannot see why really.

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.

[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.

[Catty1]

Right now I'm taking turns between Michener's "Hawaii" and "The Change" by Germaine Greer. I've never read anything by Greer before - I had no idea she was Australian! Although I expected a dry book she writes so very well that I find the book engaging.

[mon]

. Perpetual Motion by Otis Stuart. The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom. The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein, Theodore Roszak.

[Randi]

I'm enjoying a book a dear friend sent me, it's called "The Postcard Killers" by James Patterson & Liza Marklund. I read before I sleep; it has short chapters, so I simply have to read one more! Have to check out more of his/their books.

[phesina]

Liza Marklund is a Swedish writer of crime novels. I think she is quite well-known and popular there, and elsewhere. She has written several other books, some of which are in the Ann Arbor library system. I plan to check some out to read!

James Patterson is an American writer of crime novels. He is very well-known and popular and has written dozens of other books. I've read a number of his books, some of which feature "The Women's Murder Club": a police detective, a pathologist, a lawyer, and a reporter, all of whom are involved and work together in solving the novels' mysteries.

"The Postcard Killers" is the first book they've written together. I don't know if they've written any others. I hope they do!

[Catty1]

I've never had three books on the go at once until recently!

Germaine Greer - The Change
James Michener - Hawaii (that was a long one, but a satisfying read)
Can't recall the third one...

I am a fan of anything written by Jeffrey Deaver.

[Felicia's Mom]

I am reading "Altar Ego" by Craig Groeschel.