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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1350874
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I have just finished a remakably good thriller, Five Decembers by James Kestrel which I strongly recommend (do not be put off by the cover - this is not a bodice ripper although it does include a love story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTPO5U7q0EI

Now delving back into SF with Hammerfall by the ever impressive C J Cherryh.

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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351002
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I just finished Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Wow! Just wow!


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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351063
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I somehow find myself deeply mired in the WOT series, which I never finished. It just went on and on and then Jordan died. I quit in a fit of pique when it was announced that Brandon Sanderson was taking over; I'm not a fan . However, I decided I really should get to the end, having invested so much time in the series.


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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351083
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Hagatha, life is too short for unrewarding reading, however reluctant one may be to admit defeat...! hardwall lol


And, LadyK, glad to see you enjoyed The Old Man's War - wonderful stuff: have you read the whole series yet?

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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351101
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I will be ordering the rest of the series, Lex. Right now I'm in the middle of Accomplice to the Villain, the 3rd book in the the Villain series by Hannah Nicole Maehrer. They're fun fantasies mixed with romance and some serious themes, and I've grown very fond of the characters, except for the king. (Hiss! Boo!) Assistant to the Villain and Apprentice to the Villain are the first two books and should be read in order.

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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351523
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I'm re-reading a decades old book "Coma by Robin Cook". I bought it when it first came out in 1976, and I decided to download it to my kindle fire from Amazon. Although it's dated, the story is still very good.


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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351562
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Have pre-ordered the new Old Man's war novel (thanks Lex thumbsup) but in the meantime I am about halfway through Blood Meridien. Very dark but compelling.


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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351632
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Judith,
I also read Coma when it first came out. It's a good thriller.

I'm all caught up with Louise Penny's Gamache mysteries, and the most recent one, Grey Wolf, was a real page turner. I think her new one will be out later this year. Tonight I started the second book in the Old Man's War series, The Ghost Brigades.


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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351643
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Just read Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak on the strength of Ghostlady's recommendation passed on by Drac a few months ago: excellent stuff!

Now immersed in Forge of Heaven, C J Cherryh's great sequel to Hammerfall (which I had much enjoyed - very different from her Foreigner series which was where I started in terms of her work).

Waiting in the wings are The Dark Room by Jonathan Moore (thriller by author of Five Decembers), The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (SF) and A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto ( detective story/thriller following a glowing review in the weekend paper), probably to be followed by Matt Haig's Humans and Stephen King's The Gunslinger: Libby's holding system means that I simply read whatever comes off my list next...

I remember enjoying Coma.

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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1351661
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Great thriller Judith!! Enjoy


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Reading Tom Michell's book 'The Penguin Lessons' (what I learned from a remarkable bird) based on his experience as a British teacher who travelled to South America to teach at a boys' boarding school.


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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: Lex] #1352186
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I think Blood Meridien is going to wear me out! I might put it aside for the moment and wait for the new Old man's War book.


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I have been on a Stephen King binge. First I read Holly, then I read Revival, and now I'm reading The Long Walk.

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Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades was excellent, and I especially liked The Last Colony, the third book in his Old Man's War series. I also read Zoë's Tale, which is told from the perspective of the adopted daughter of two of the important characters in the other books. It's a coming of age story, but it also fills in some gaps about events that were only touched on in the previous book.

I have two more books in Scalzi's series to read, but I'm taking a break to read Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire (love his name!). I just started it this morning, and I'm already smitten.

Marian,
I just got King's latest story collection, You Like It Darker, which I hope to jump into soon.

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Re: What are you reading? 2 [Re: LadyKestrel] #1352192
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[quote=LadyKestrel]

Oldbroad,
I really like China Mieville's books. He has an off-center and often unexpected way of looking at things that appeals to me. I haven't read Un Lun Dun yet, so I'll be interested in what you think of it.]


Well, it took two months but I finished Un Lun Dun yesterday. I am not good at describing books so I will just say that I did like it though I didn't feel compelled to read more than the few pages a day that I usually read.

Today I started a Nora Roberts book called The Obsession.

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