Book thread

[Aidan MacKenna]

I'm almost embarrassed to post this here, but after having read the book The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band written by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Neil Strauss, it has become my favorite book. I found myself waking up in the middle of the night to see what the four chuckleheads were up to. It's my dirty little secret.

[Camille]

Originally Posted by Chaz108

Over the past few months, I've read 8 books by Lisa Gardner and enjoyed them all immensely. She's a great author if you enjoy shows like Criminal Minds and CSI.

Chaz:

If you like LG you will love Tess Gerritsen.
She is a former surgeon from Boston and has been an author for some time.
Same type of genre as LG but all her novels are set in New England.
I would recommend starting with either, "Harvest" or "The Surgeon"...and avoid the TNT rip off show like the plague. It's shocking.

C x

[Chaz108]

Originally Posted by Camille

Chaz:

If you like LG you will love Tess Gerritsen.
She is a former surgeon from Boston and has been an author for some time.
Same type of genre as LG but all her novels are set in New England.
I would recommend starting with either, "Harvest" or "The Surgeon"...and avoid the TNT rip off show like the plague. It's shocking.

C x

Thanks so much for the referral. I will definitely check her out.

I do love the genre, another guilty pleasure!

[Camille]

Originally Posted by ..

if you need still more ...


Robert Baer: See No Evil (excerpt: pt. 1 pt. 2)


Victor Ostrovsky: By Way of Deception
Victor Ostrovsky: The Other Side of Deception

Thanks. I'll be re-considering the bank loan then

C xx

[Guest050715-1]

I am currently reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein which is an adorable book written from a dog’s point of view, and Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942 - 1943 by Anthony Beevor. Both are excellent reads.

[caramelqtee mila]

I have reread for the umpteenth time Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov,it never gets boring. I am now reading One Drop by Bliss Broyard. Its about widely recognized New York Times journalist Anatole Broyard a Creole man from New Orleans that lived his entire adult life as Caucasian. His background went unbeknownst to most friends,associates and even his own children until his confession on his deathbed. Im almost finished and it is amazing.

[caramelqtee mila]

Originally Posted by AidanMacKenna

I'm almost embarrassed to post this here, but after having read the book The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band written by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Neil Strauss, it has become my favorite book. I found myself waking up in the middle of the night to see what the four chuckleheads were up to. It's my dirty little secret.

Aidan I read this book a couple of years ago and finished it in two seatings because it was just that juicy of a read. Its as addictive as the debauchery they were engulfed in,I loved it! Dirty secrets are always the best ones

[Guest083011]

Originally Posted by OliviaHoward

I am currently reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein which is an adorable book written from a dog’s point of view, and Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942 - 1943 by Anthony Beevor. Both are excellent reads.

Stein's book was sent to me after our cat died this year. It was cathartic for me. But the bits describing auto racing and racing in the rain are so true (personal experience for me). Ok the end was hokey. But it was very enjoyable.

[Sisyphus]

Originally Posted by OliviaHoward

I am currently reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein which is an adorable book written from a dog’s point of view, and Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942 - 1943 by Anthony Beevor. Both are excellent reads.

The Beevor followup, The Fall of Berlin is also an excellent read. Enjoy!

[Mr.Oneeye]

Originally Posted by Sisyphus

The Beevor followup, The Fall of Berlin is also an excellent read. Enjoy!

Good Morning Sisyphus;

I will agree with you that both of Beevor's books are excellent, but they are both almost unreadably harrowing with their accounts of the sufferings inflicted on the civilian inhabitants of Stalingrad & Berlin.

His books on the Spanish Civil War and D-Day are my favourites amongst his work.

Thanks for reading
Cyclops

[guest012511]

I've put all those Sensual Domination books down and currently reading The Essays by Francis Bacon.

Not something to be completed in one sitting.

[Chaz108]

Originally Posted by Camille

If you like LG you will love Tess Gerritsen.
She is a former surgeon from Boston and has been an author for some time.
Same type of genre as LG but all her novels are set in New England.
I would recommend starting with either, "Harvest" or "The Surgeon"...and avoid the TNT rip off show like the plague. It's shocking.

C x

I had some free time so I wandered into my local book store this afternoon. They were having a buy 1, get 1 free deal, so I bought the following:

• Bloodstream
• Gravity
• Harvest
• Life Support
• The Surgeon

The jackets seemed intriguing, and Tess was nothing like I was expecting (her photo).

Thanks again.

[Camille]

No problem Chaz..I hope you enjoy.
I think you have to read "The Surgeon" first to understand the dynamics between Jane and Maura...and then maybe "Harvest." I haven't read "Bloodstream"..I bought it ages ago but never read it. That's the one based in space I think and for some reason that doesn't appeal to me. Let me know what you think when you get round to reading it..maybe I can be persuaded otherwise. I just bought "Ice Cool" which is her latest one..havent started it yet though. I have noticed that her last 3 books have been released in hardback first..and paperback has followed some 6 to 12 months later. I try to wait for the PB but I'm not always successful lol.
Anyway..enjoy!!!

C xxx

[Sisyphus]

Originally Posted by Mr.Oneeye

Good Morning Sisyphus;

I will agree with you that both of Beevor's books are excellent, but they are both almost unreadably harrowing with their accounts of the sufferings inflicted on the civilian inhabitants of Stalingrad & Berlin.

His books on the Spanish Civil War and D-Day are my favourites amongst his work.

Thanks for reading
Cyclops

Good evening Sir!

The war on the Eastern front was brutal & the atrocities to civilians particularly so. There was a depressing undertone to both books in that regard. No doubt!

I found that was part of their value, though. They ought to be required reading to any advocate of "total" warfare.

I haven't gotten to his work on the Spanish Civil yet. So many books...so little time!!

[Camille]

Originally Posted by charlestudor2005

I just finished the new "it" read for the summer: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

I would never have picked it up myself, but it was recommended to me, and it was the first book I read off my Kindle (which I now love).

It was a really good book, although the SO wondered why I was reading something that had women being violently abused (she didn't read it, and IMHO, it was basically a subplot).

My biggest letdown: the author had contracted to do a series of 10 books, but only wrote 3 before passing away. So, there' not much motivation to read the other two since you don't know how the series will end.

Just read it. Really enjoyed it. I have been told by 2 other people that if you read the other 2 ("the girl who played with fire" and is it "the girl who kicked the bees nest?") you actually won't feel cheated...but surprisingly satisfied. On that note I will go for it!

C