Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I love crime stories/murder mysteries - I just finished CJ Lyons' Borrowed Time - and it was almost as if two different people wrote it. I got the sample on my Kindle, so I could "try before buying" and it was good, got my attention right away, but then after I bought it - it changed - there was a secondary theme (love, sex) that didn't seem to fit and didn't make sense for the characters that were introduced in the beginning (don't get me wrong, I have nothing against love and sex..highly recommend it!) but I was disappointed that it was written in such a way. Anyone else read any of her books and have that same impression? Also, has anyone else read any of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles series? I read The Silent Girl, then realized that I probably should have started in sequence, red the sample of The Surgeon and it seemed to be a little disturbing - (the murderer in this case performs awake hysterectomies on his victims....) seems too gruesome for me and I've been told that her books tend to be that way, although the Silent Girl wasn't that bad. Anyone else love crime/murder mysteries and can recommend something to me? Thanks!
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Life - Keith Richards.
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Have you tried Faye Kellerman or Laura Lippman? Two of my favorites.
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"The Hope" HermanWouk, another of his great historical novels.
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I love The Haj by Leon Uris. Yes, it's an oldie but a goodie. Probably my third time around. It certainly explains the world as it is today plus just a good read. I'm visiting my favorites like Pillars of the Earth by Follett and Poland by Michener. King Rat by Clavel is also waiting.
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Just finished the new Lee Child book "The Affair". For all you Jack Reacher fans, I think this is the best one yet! It is a prequel that explains a lot.
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Greg Iles "24 Hours" - literally could NOT put it down.....lots of twists and turns, which is what I like! I've read a few of Barbara Freehy's books - they were okay (sometimes too sugary and too much romance, though) - but Connie Shelton's Charlie Parker Series is pretty good, so far; then Michael Prescott got my attention with "Blind Pursuit" and "Last Breath"--just finished that one....had me on the edge of my comfy chair!!!
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I love this thread. Thanks for the good reading suggestions. I am reading Steve Jobs and cannot put it down. Ironically we were visiting our son who lives in Woodside CA last week and took our six-year old granddaughter to a birthday party at the home of Jack Sculley. I was reading the chapters in the book about John Sculley at the time. The book is well written and a fascinating account of not only Steve Jobs but the culture of high tech.
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Let's see - I read Ulysses when I was 14, so I don't have to do that again. Finally got around to reading War and Peace about 3 years ago, took several months to finish. Read half of Moby Dick years ago, read the whole thing recently - stunning. Other than that, I read crime stories and mysteries mostly, never "chick lit." Almost all new fiction is about dysfunctional families - enough is enough.
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"The Tehran Iniative" by Joel Rosenberg from a new series he's writing. Read 'The Twelfth Imam" first---both are very good! I highly recommend 'anything' by this author!!!
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Just finished Mission Compromised, now reading The Assassins both by Oliver North. Like the way he approaches the story from different angles at the same time.
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Bridal Illusions an unpublished novel written a few years ago by a friend from Chicago. She is sending along a few chapters each day. If you are a female and went to a Catholic high school, you can relate!
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I'm reading an amazing book called Good-bye is Not Forever by Amy George. It is a book that has been on my book self for years. The story is true and is about the experiences of the author as a young child growing up in Ukraine in late 1930's and then as a Russian prisoner of war who was taken to Germany during WWII with her mother and brother who were put to work by German's.
Its a gripping story and an easy read other than the subject matter. Suzanne |
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