What Are You Reading?

[Jo McDonald]

I got a huge grin out of your post Edie.....
Better luck next time with your Sci-Fi book.    LOL

[sixdogsmom]

Thanks Jo! Me too as I would certainly hate to give up the genre after this lifetime of enjoyment! Hmmm, I have never tried the bodice rippers, but the pictures on the covers certainly are interesting! 

[Diane Amberg]

I've got the Foxfire books and used to get Mother Earth News many years ago.  Love all the "How to" stuff also. Helped make me so smart!

[farmgal67357]

I'm reading "Fr. Arseny: A Cloud of Witnesses." It's about a Russian Orthodox priest that survived living in Communist work camps. Not only did he survive, he led many people to God and called them his Spiritual Children. There are wonderful stories in this book!
Lisa

[Clubine Ranch]

Got The Help at the Moline Library. My sister liked the movie better than the book, but we don't go to movies very often so will wait till it comes on the movie channels we take. Hope you like it too, Jo.

[Janet Harrington]

I just finished a Lee Child book titled "Gone Tomorrow" A Reacher Novel. This was published in 2009 and was an excellent book. It is in paperback. Jack Reacher is an ex-military cop whose only possessions are what he wears on his body and carries in his pockets. Here is the link that wikipedia has on Jack Reacher.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher He is a great character. I recommend anything that has Jack Reacher as the main character.

I have been listening to audio books when I am driving. The current one is "With No One As Witness", by Elizabeth George. This is a bout a serial killer that takes place in London, so all the characters are English and the reader uses English accents. It has been a long book. I say that because I am so ready to find out who the killer is.

Here is an overview I found on Barnes and Noble...In With No One As Witness, Elizabeth George has crafted an intricate, meticulously researched, and absorbing story sure to enthrall her readers. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, along with his longtime partner, the fiery Barbara Havers, and the newly promoted Detective Sergeant Winston Nkata are back and on the hunt for a sinister killer.

When an adolescent boy's nude body is found mutilated and artfully arranged on the top of a tomb, it takes no large leap for the police to recognize this as the work of a serial killer. This is the fourth victim in three months — but the first to be white.

Hoping to avoid charges of institutionalized racism in its failure to pursue the earlier crimes to their conclusion, New Scotland Yard hands the case over to Lynley and his colleagues. The killer is a psychopath who does not intend to be stopped. Worse, a devastating tragedy within police ranks causes them to fumble in their pursuit of him.

With a surprise ending that will shock readers to the core, With No One As Witness is full of the mesmerizing action and psychological intrigue that are the hallmarks of Elizabeth George's work.

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[Janet Harrington]

Got The Help at the Moline Library. My sister liked the movie better than the book, but we don't go to movies very often so will wait till it comes on the movie channels we take. Hope you like it too, Jo.

Haven't read the book, yet, but saw the movie this weekend. I thought is was wonderful, funny and sad. Lorie liked it. Ms. T and Cat...not so much. they didn't like the sad parts.

Can't wait to read the book.

[Diane Amberg]

Yes! Often seen on PBS Mysteries. Really enjoy them.

[Janet Harrington]

EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN!!!! By Janet Evanovich  Releasing on November 22, 2011
Those of you who are Janet Evanovich fans here ya' go.

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich.

Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she's knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she's flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he's dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup. His killer could be anyone. And a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed to be carrying.

Only one other person has seen the missing photo—Stephanie Plum. Now she's the target, and she doesn't intend to end up in a garbage can. With the help of an FBI sketch artist Stephanie re-creates the person in the photo. Unfortunately the first sketch turns out to look like Tom Cruise, and the second sketch like Ashton Kutcher. Until Stephanie can improve her descriptive skills, she'll need to watch her back.

Over at the bail bonds agency things are going from bad to worse. The bonds bus serving as Vinnie's temporary HQ goes up in smoke. Stephanie's wheelman, Lula, falls in love with their largest skip yet. Lifetime arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt moves into Stephanie's apartment. And everyone wants to know what happened in Hawaii?

Morelli, Trenton's hottest cop, isn't talking about Hawaii. Ranger, the man of mystery, isn't talking about Hawaii.  And all Stephanie is willing to say about her Hawaiian vacation is . . . It's complicated.

[kshillbillys]

That one sounds good Janet...I love the Janet Evanovich novels and practically anything by James Patterson---Jennifer