[bubblehead1026]

Originally Posted by Deerfly

I too enjoy Vince Flynn books and always look forward to new releases. The son of a woman that lives in The Villages attended college with Flynn in Minnesota and is a friend of his.
Another Minnesota author whose books I enoy is John Sanford. I remember him as a reporter for the St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press writing under his given name, John Camp. I have read all of his books most of which have the work Prey in the title and usually involve a seriel killer and a main character, Lucas Davenport. His other books are great as well, the Jason Kidd series and the Virgil Flowers series.
A third author whose new books I look forward to is Lee Child. His Jack Reacher novels are very good entertainment.

Reacher is the original bad ass. About 20 years ago, Tom Selleck would have been perfect to play him!

[Suzi]

James Patterson, John Sanford, Lee Childs, Vince Flynn, Carl Hiasin and Janet Evanovich.(when I need a laugh, Evonavich is IT!! ABC mysteries too.
I love "Reacher" and I think the TV program "Person of Interest" is a take-off of him.

[Madelaine Amee]

Favorite authors for us would be Ruth Rendell, a British female crime writer who always has a psychotic twist woven into her stories. My other half puts Ken Follett at the top of his list, he has just received the Winter of the World, book two in the Trilogy series.

While I am at it, I would like to add that our libraries are excellent, they have always been able to get any books for us, and everyone is so helpful.

[Cedwards38]

Currently into Cormac McCarthy.

[Deerfly]

Originally Posted by bubblehead1026

Reacher is the original bad ass. About 20 years ago, Tom Selleck would have been perfect to play him!

Guess who IS going to portray him. Tom Cruise! Just can't picture it.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Deerfly

Guess who IS going to portray him. Tom Cruise! Just can't picture it.

Cruise as Reacher. Going to suspend disbelief on this one until I see Reacher. They can work wonders with camera angles, special effects, and other cinematic tricks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher

[chachacha]

would have to say my favorite author is my daughter, Catherine Farnes, who writes books for Christian teens...of course i'm a bit partial she has written nine books published by Bob Jones University Press and one which she self-published for adults. most of her stories take place around her home state of montana in the great outdoors.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by chachacha

would have to say my favorite author is my daughter, Catherine Farnes, who writes books for Christian teens...of course i'm a bit partial she has written nine books published by Bob Jones University Press and one which she self-published for adults. most of her stories take place around her home state of montana in the great outdoors.

Christian Novels: Catherine Farnes

Hope some TOTVers check these out or at least have their grandkids do so.

[chachacha]

Tal, that was so nice of you to post that link, since i am totally inept in that area. yes, she has many loyal fans now and most of the books are going to kindle or ipad or whatever that little contraption is

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by chachacha

Tal, that was so nice of you to post that link, since i am totally inept in that area. yes, she has many loyal fans now and most of the books are going to kindle or ipad or whatever that little contraption is

You are welcome. I hung out with a very nice Children's Librarian in training while getting my MA in Librarianship at the University of Denver. She almost crushed my hand while watching one of the Indiana Jones' movies in 1983 or 1984.

Hope she and her friends discover your daughter's works.

[gatherer47]

A fellow Villager has turned me on to author Lawrence Block and his Mathew Scudder series.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Books I reread: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged...

...I'm still looking for a new sci-fi author of the Heinlein, Asimov, Clark caliber (hint, hint for you sci-fi fans).

Asimov is my favorite. I'm on my third time through his entire Robot/Empire/Foundation series (14 books). It gets better each time. I too am looking for sci-fi of the caliber you refer to. I'll let you know if I come across any.

Also...convince me to read Atlas Shrugged! I've been thinking about but just haven't taken the plunge. :^)

[Deb01]

Don Bissett Death Comes In The Morning, The best book that I have read in a long time. So many unexpected twists.

[Geewiz]

Alan Furst - spy adventures in pre-WW2....it's Casablanca in print...start with Dark Star.

James Clavell - Shogun and Tai-Pan

Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera

Tom Wolfe - Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff

Nabokov's Candy - "Good Grief, it's Daddy!"

and Harry Potter

[Hancle704]

I have enjoyed many books by several of the authors mentioned, Baldacci, Flynn, DeMille,Connelly, but saw no mention of Daniel Silva. Great stories but I suggest you look for the Gabriel Allon series and read them in order. Also not mentioned is Wilbur Smith who writes some great epic adventures about the Courtney family in Africa. If interested , look for them in chronological order, they go from the first settlers in So. Africa to current days.

I also enjoyed the Ken Follett novel Fall of Giants and will look for his newest once it comes out in paperback.