Which book are you currently reading?

[Grace]

Did you think you could tell what the niece wrote after the death of the original author? I thought there was a definite change of tone at one point.

No, I must admit I did not notice a change. And I was unaware, until well after I read the book, that the original author had died.

Then I was disappointed, as I had hoped she would write more books.

[Edwina's Secretary]

No, I must admit I did not notice a change. And I was unaware, until well after I read the book, that the original author had died.

Then I was disappointed, as I had hoped she would write more books.

I think because I read the entire book in one sitting (a long plane ride) it was more noticeable. I did not know why until I finished but I thought the last part very different than the rest of the book. Then I read the story.

I too was disappointed to know she would not be writing another book.

[Queen of Poop]

I am reading Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. It is the last in the Twilight series. I've already read Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. I am reading these for the same reason I read the Harry Potter series. My stepdaughter is reading them and I figured someone (one of us grownups) should be aware of the content of the books. It's been a good read, I'm almost done the last book, but my personal preference is ANYTHING Stephen King.

[Andie]

I'm actually between books right now. Waiting on the new Charlaine Harris, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and Kathy Reichs books to come out. I tend to bounce between young adult and adult fiction. Reading is my way to escape so I tend not to read anything too serious.

I've burrowed "The Vampire Dairies" by L.J. Smith from one of my cousins but I can't seem to get invested enough to read past chapter 4. *sigh*

Guess I'm going to have to suck it up and hit our lil library here in town or the bigger one over in New Madrid.

[Catherinedana]

but my personal preference is ANYTHING Stephen King.

Hi Gayle,

Me too (mostly). If you like him, you also might want to try Shirley Jackson. She was a big influence on him and you can see that in his writing once you read her.

And, check this out! I belong to the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater church and several months ago we had this incredible guest minister. She was dynamic, intellegent, moving and had us all fixed on her incredible message her name is Naomi King and (drum roll please) it turns out that she is Stephen King's DAUGHTER! No mention was made of this when she visited so she rested on her own merit. I was so impressed by her that I looked her up on the internet and that's how I found out. Her regular church is a UU congregation in Plantation FL (near Miami). So it seems that they are BOTH story tellers of the greatest kind.

[elizabethann]

I just read Nineteen Minutes. I highly reccommend it.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Also outstanding...The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson.

Randi introduced me to these and now they are available in the US everywhere. He is Swedish - or should say was as he had a heart attack right after he finished the third one - which is not yet available in English.

I can't wait until it is!

[phesina]

Also outstanding...The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson.

Randi introduced me to these and now they are available in the US everywhere. He is Swedish - or should say was as he had a heart attack right after he finished the third one - which is not yet available in English.

I can't wait until it is!

I'm reading The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson right now. I read the previous one a few months back.

I have in the last couple of years discovered many fine Scandinavian writers of mysteries! .. Henning Mankell, Karin Fossum, Asa Larsson, Inger Frimansson, to name a few. A mystery bookstore in Ann Arbor has a Scandinavian section, and that's the first place I look when I go in there.

Plus, in the last year I've discovered James Ellroy and his L.A. Noir mysteries.

And lately I've been re-reading some of Elmore Leonard's Detroit Noir (? ) mysteries.

Kirsten, after you brought up a 1990 book called Freeze Frame by Marjorie Dorner (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=154795), I got that from amazon.com and have just finished it. Don't the times change so quickly! (Why, back when I was a girl... we got our e-mail through tin cans attached to strings.. )

[Kfamr]

Currently rereading Quantum Psychology by Robert Anton Wilson and Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger.

[pomtzu]

I'm a Stephen King addict too. I used to devour anything he wrote!

I just started Adrift by Steven Callahan - a true account of 76 days lost at sea.

Finished Dan's (Willow Oak) book - Critter Chronicles a couple of weeks ago on my long train ride on vacation.

[RICHARD]

I'm a Stephen King addict too. I used to devour anything he wrote!

I just started Adrift by Steven Callahan - a true account of 76 days lost at sea.

Rock the boat, don't rock the boat, baby!

You will be able to fix a water still after you finish!