I really like Gillian Flynn. I'm currently reading "Bad Habits" by Jenny Mc Carthy. It's amusing, and rather graphic in places. Not something I would normally choose but I'm bored and sick and it was a free download.

Just finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. It was quite funny in a Brit Com kind of way. It is also a deeply spiritual yet nonreligious novel. The author wrote it for her father who was dying. A wonderful reflection on the most important things in life and a "how to" guide on self compassion!

You will know how not profound my reading habits are when I tell you I just finished Jonathan Kellerman's most recently released paperback.

It made me stay up almost all night two nights.

I enjoy his books so much.

Bout halfway through The Panther. Good story but long.

Doesn't it make you feel like you got your money's worth.

So hard to find a book for our Book Club...has to be a good one...but can't be one that's been read by any of us! Any good Book Club choices from anyone?

My old book club back home is reading In the Garden of the Beasts. I haven't read it so I can't give a review, but it sounds interesting. Here's the article from the New York Times: ?In the Garden of Beasts? by Erik Larson ? Review - NYTimes.com
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11/22/63 by Stephen King, it would make for a good discussion.

Somehow this post was posted twice.

Hahahaha! True! There was a time when I would buy a 425 page book over a 350 page book because I would get an extra 75 pages for the same price!
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The damn DITTO key got stuck again.

Book Club books
 

My book club recently read "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time," by Mark Haddon. Hard to describe, but worthwhile reading for a book discussion. Because I recognized the author's name, I then picked up "A Spot of Bother," by the same author at a garage sale. Different but possibly even better, I thought.

Has your group read "Defending Jacob?" Great for book clubs as well. Or how about "Loving Frank?"

I think the best book club books stimulate different opinions, or at least get us into some in-depth discussions of issues or life circumstances.

Daniel Silva's "Portrait of a Spy" I am reading the whole Gabriel Allon series in the order it was written. It is riveting to me.

Goodbye is Not Forever
 

Am not sure whether you will find this response, but I will definitely read this book!! It sounds like the story of my mother!!!

Just finished GoneGirl and enjoyed it very much. I am now reading "18 in America" by Dylan Dethier. It's about a young mans goal to play a round of golf in every one of the 48 states. Very enjoyable and very well written.

Under The Dome by Steven King. Good read and different from the TV series.

I'm reading a series of Detective books by J.D. Jance. She has three main Detectives; Sheriff Joanna Brady, Ali Reynolds and J.P. Beaumont. I've r ead the Brady and Beaumont series and am now reading about Ali Reynolds. Make sure you read the books in the order they were written, as the story lines and characters reappear.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachael Joyce.

La Bella Lingua
 

La Bella Lingua, about the evolution of the beautiful italian language..full of interesting anecdotes. by Dianne Hales, who is obviously writing her love story with italian!

Free books online
 

Pixelofink.com
Bookbub.com

Both are free and or discount sites for ebooks. Sme are good, some are excellent
But all are free or discounted. Since I am a voracious reader I love these sites. I now have more than 100 books downloaded on my kindle. Life is good!
Maryanna

I just finished 2 Tom Clancy books that I loved.

I am almost finished with Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans. It is a fairly good book but I guess I lost interest since I skimmed a lot of pages.

The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy

Loved Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley so I ordered A Thousand Acres....much darker but also great.....am looking for the rest of her books. I also loved The Art of Racing in the Rain....am reading Prayers for Rain by Dennis LeHane and really enjoying it now...he's one of my favorites. I have three Randy Wayne White novels to read after that.

Robert Parker, Carl Hiasen, Lee Child, John D. McDonald, Jonathan Kellerman, Etc.

Like them all....John D. MacDonald is my all time favorite.

:thumbup: I Agree. He's Awesome. I really like Travis Mcgee and the busted flush plus it's all based out of Florida!

Bad Monkey by carl Hiaasen. It's a hoot.:BigApplause:

Great reads for my booklist
 

on this post. I write them on the list I keep in my Nook.

Currently reading "The Round House," by Louise Erdich. Only 60 pages in, but good so far, set on a North Dakota Indian reservation, contemporary, and the narrator is a 12 yr old Indian boy, facing some personal tragedies in his family.

Not my typical read - this is for a book club - but I am finding it to be good.

Now reading "The Hit" by David Baldacci.
It's really good so far.

I just tried "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac but didn't like it and gave up so now the next is gonna be nos4a2 (sound it out to get unabbriated title) by Joe Hill.

Reading "The Hammer and the Cross" by Harry Harrison. 1st book in a trilogy taking place in the ninth century which explores the Viking invasion of England, and speculates on what might have happened had the Vikings been more entrenched against the ruling Christian churches.

Pretty exciting!

Reading "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" given to me by our granddaughter. The "immortal" part has to do with her DNA.


http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/in...enrietta-Lacks

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Very interesting but oh so difficult to take in. Hitler really was a madman. How he got everyone to follow along remains a mystery to me. The term 'swept up' comes to mind. And how he got the world to pamper him is, especially in light of current events, eye-popping. I'm near the end of this book and I can't wait for it to be over.

Swimming with Maya - a gut wrenching tale of grief of a mother whose 19 year old daughter died.

"Four Months in a Sneak-box" by Nathaniel Holmes Bishop. An account of the author's 1874 2600 mile journey down the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico in a 12 foot "sneak-box" boat.

a manual for work...LOL but candy crush keeps getting in the way:throwtomatoes:

I sometimes just love a good read that always, always is fun and/or a can't put it down book. Two of my favorite authors that fill that bill are Jonathan Kellerman and Janet Evanovich.


When I feel stressed they are my escape. I just finished Naughty Nineteen and Guilt.

The Bible, and The Power of Right Believing by Joseph Prince who's on TV.
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them,
and health to all their flesh. pr 4:20-22

I checked out Joyce Carol Oates' new book, "Carthage," from the library but I can't finish it. It just goes from horror to horror, so much damage and human misery. It starts with a 19-year-old girl missing from home and you can bet that nothing good happens to her. Way too disturbing, don't read it.