Sat Dec 17, 2011, 09:49 PM

DUgosh (3,029 posts)

What are you reading the week of December 18, 2011?

Murder of a Pink Elephant by Denise Swanson - Scumble River Book #6

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
What are you reading the week of December 18, 2011? (Original post)	DUgosh	Dec 2011	OP
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchel nt	Viva_La_Revolution	Dec 2011	#1
cookie recipes---	NEOhiodemocrat	Dec 2011	#2
Hoodtown by Christa Faust	getting old in mke	Dec 2011	#3
AMOS WALKER; The Complete Story Collection by Loren D. Estleman	fadedrose	Dec 2011	#4
I like Amos Walker	fadedrose	Jan 2012	#10
Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey by Clark Strand	YankeyMCC	Dec 2011	#5
"Locked On" by Tom Clancy	MaineDem	Dec 2011	#6
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson	JitterbugPerfume	Dec 2011	#7
Various, of course	matt819	Dec 2011	#8
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, by George V. Higgins	Moe Shinola	Dec 2011	#9
THE ROSEWOOD CASKET by Sharyn McCrumb	fadedrose	Jan 2012	#11
DEATH OF AN OUTSIDER by M. C. Beaton	fadedrose	Jan 2012	#12
DEATH OF A PERFECT WIFE by M. C. Beaton	fadedrose	Jan 2012	#13
DEATH OF A HUSSY by M. C. Beaton	fadedrose	Jan 2012	#14

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Sat Dec 17, 2011, 11:32 PM

Viva_La_Revolution (28,791 posts)

1. Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchel nt

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 01:11 AM

NEOhiodemocrat (912 posts)

2. cookie recipes---

Oh, this is for fiction, then My To Do before Christmas list!

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 02:12 AM

getting old in mke (811 posts)

3. Hoodtown by Christa Faust

Quite a trip.

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 02:52 AM

fadedrose (10,044 posts)

4. AMOS WALKER; The Complete Story Collection by Loren D. Estleman

I have such a hard time remembering what happened in books when I leave and return to them, so it's pleasant to be able to read the whole story in one session. Most stories average about 12 pp..

Book 95

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Thu Jan 5, 2012, 11:52 AM

fadedrose (10,044 posts)

10. I like Amos Walker

Trouble is that I had so many books that were coming due at the library that I couldn't finish it. Have been going through and reading 4 or 5 short stories, then going to a whole book, and returning to Amos. It's a long book. Am still going thru.

I find that when I especially like the characters in a short story, I regret that it's not a whole book. I'll give Estleman a real reading with a whole book when my stack is down.

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 08:01 AM

YankeyMCC (8,401 posts)

5. Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey by Clark Strand

Also finishing up The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, editor

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 08:17 AM

MaineDem (18,161 posts)

6. "Locked On" by Tom Clancy

Other than the "liberals are evil" thread running through these books it's a good story.

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 03:55 PM

JitterbugPerfume (18,183 posts)

7. Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson

This book deals with global warming ,genetic science and MUCH more . KSR is at the top of my list as a favorite author , but if you are looking for an easy uncontroversal read he is definately not for you . EVERYTHING I have read by him has disturded me and made me think in a slightly different way.

love it!

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 09:16 PM

matt819 (10,749 posts)

8. Various, of course

Just finished listening to Dashiell Hammett - Red Harvest. A hoot to listen to. Prohibition, the Continental Op, the 1920s colloquialisms. Starting The Dain Curse next week.

Round the Bend by Nevil Shute. Shute is a premier storyteller.

Also just finished The Sandburg Connection by Mark de Castrique. de Castrique's novels are set in the North Carolina mountains and are a lot of fun. His Buryin' Barry novels are a riot. His Blackmand Robertson novels are also entertaining. All pretty lightweight, but you find yourself drawn to his characters.

Starting The Drop by Michael Connelly tonight. 11/22/63 is also on the bedside table, though that's more than a little daunting.

One more - finished last week. Michael Ridpath's Where the Shadows Lie. A sort of hybrid American/Scandinavian murder mystery. An American of Icelandic descent is a homicide detective in Boston. He needs to lie low for a while and ends up in Reykjavik advising the Icelanders on the American approach to homicide investigation. This approach seems to involve running around aimlessly and without checking in with his superiors. Add in a dose of Icelandic sagas and Tokien's Ring novels, and that about sums it up. Lightweight, entertaining, though it has nothing on the genuine Scandinavian writers. Talk about a bleak group of writers. I love it.

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Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:25 PM

Moe Shinola (143 posts)