Making Connections discussion

I finished reading A Life For A Life - Tim Ellis and now I am going to embark on reading Road Closed - Leigh Russell.

Currently, I am reading AlchemistThe Alchemist

I'm bouncing between Three Bags Full and The Circus in Winter.

Plan for November:

A Life For A Life - Tim Ellis
Road Closed - Leigh Russell
Silent Witness - Rebecca Forster
Chasing Amanda - Melissa Foster
Priced to Move - Ginny Aiken
Nightfall - Stephen Leather
Revelation - M.J. Mancini
The Trafficked - Lee Weeks
The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obreht

I'm currently reading .

I've just finished Road Closed - Leigh Russell and now thinking of reading Chasing Amanda - Melissa Foster.

I would like to recommend Peril: From Jackboots to Jack Benny by Pearl Goodman who I noticed is willing to be part of author interviews and blog tours. This book describes her problems growing up in the 1960s as the child of Holocaust survivors. The book blurb is:
The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Pearl Goodman grew up in Toronto in the 1960s. In this exceptionally original memoir, written with wry humor and a sharp satirical eye, she juxtaposes popular culture with the jarring transitions and contradictions in her and her parents' lives. Striving to make sense of her emerging identity, she invokes TV shows, ads, movies, and distinctive details of the material and ideological landscape, while interweaving them with her parents’ harrowing wartime experiences of concentration and refugee camps, and the drama and uncertainty of their postwar emigration first to Israel, and then to Canada.

Reviews have been very impressive with one saying "a powerfully moving book that deals with the lingering intergenerational effects of the horrific history of the holocaust.."

Another one said "culturally informative and emotionally moving story". "Far More Than 'Coming of Age': Holocaust and Love" Peril: From Jackboots To Jack Benny

Starting this one today :)

I read and enjoyed Butler Did It! by Sally Pomeroy and Keith Pomeroy.

The book was fun, a lot of humor and colourful characters and funny scenes, not to mention plenty of action, things blowing up and creative, "out of the box" thinking. ... You know...Fun...enjoyable, and entertaining... that kind of fun.

I had a few minor things I thought could have been different but... did I mention it was a "Fun" read?

Fun means something to me.

Is going to read Howl - Annalise Grey (*whispers the next few words "on her kindle" as it's been playing up nearly a week since it arrived*)

I've just startedNerveI was wondering if anyone else has heard of it or read it yet. So far it seems good but I'm only 8 pages in so far.

I am in the middle of and thoroughly enjoying it.
Next I hope to read

I am presently reading The Genesis One Code. The book talks about how science and religion agree on more then 20 events described in Genesis. Talks about our origins. Interesting. Plus there is a iphone app that converts Scientific time to biblical time exploring what other events were going on around the same time.
http://danielfriedmannbooks.com/the-g...

I'm really enjoying NerveI'm almost half-way through it and I've definatley had to force myself to put it down and get some sleep!

Just finished Howl - Annalise Grey which I found very good. Now I am about to make a start on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson.

Am now reading Samuel Chase Coale's In Hawthorne's Shadow: American Romance from Melville to Mailer. Not exactly sunny Sunday reading, but most informative.

If anyone here is shopping for the kiddoes for Christmas, you can -- for the next 12 hours (i.e., until midnight PDT) -- get yourself a copy of "One Little Christmas Tree" at Amazon for FREE.

You can find the illustrated story here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ADRAG1S

Russell

Just finished The Blog of Maisy Malone - Eve Ainsworth.

Check out the latest review on Jackie Blue


Christoph Fischer's review Nov 30, 12

Read from November 29 to 30, 2012

“Jackie Blue” is a private investigator in LA who has just landed her first case. During the investigation regarding jewellery and insurance fraud she stumbles across the first of several dead bodies, leading to a much more complex set up than she has bargained for.
Her character is instantly likeable and interesting and the plot of her investigation moves swiftly along while Jackie has all hands full with her own busy social life. There is her hunky ex-boyfriend, a new potential love interest, her landlady (my favourite) and a colourful family to make this a rich and quirky novel.
The story is well plotted and entertaining, the life-like dialogue is well placed and technically it would be hard to fault the book for its many achievements. I felt however that the book was written for an audience other than myself, who has a (probably morbid) preference for heavy and serious fiction, and I would have liked the investigator Jackie to be a little bit more feminist and independent from the gun handling men in her surroundings.
This is the first in a planned series of Jackie Blue novels and I hope to see her come into her own in future instalments.
4 out of 5

http://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Blue-ebo...

I started Six Geese A-Laying - Sophie Kinsella yesterday and finished it this morning. Didn't think much of the storyline.

Starting Merry Christmas, Alex Cross - James Patterson

I'm reading War Horse
It reminds me of The Winter Pony and so far I like The Winter Pony better.

Keep trying to finish it, but I'm too busying writing and marketing, lol! So much for my fun reading lately.

Finishing up
and starting ...so excited for this one!

Just finished Buriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog and loved it for its sly humor and intellectual breadth.
http://hockgtjoa.blogspot.com/

Just finished reading Angelfall . Awesome book.

My review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This morning I finished Merry Christmas, Alex Cross - James Patterson. Now I am going to read Witchy, Witchy - Penelope King.

Just finished The Dying Tree, by Deborah Palumbo (fantastic Civil War set story) and now I'm re-reading one of my favorite series, The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. On the 2nd book, Fool Moon.

I just finished Origins by Randolph Lalonde and thuroughly enjoyed it. If you want a good Indie-pub, this qualifies. I liked it so much I am now reading Spinward Fringe Resurrection and Awakening now and so far, good read.



I also squeezed in a short but very funny parady by Vera Nazarian Vampires are from Venus, Werewolves are from Mars. It might not be for everybody, but I had fun reading it.

Last night I finished Mistletoe And Magic - Gina Ardito. I started A Cleansing of Souls - Stuart Ayris last night.

I've finished A Cleansing of Souls - Stuart Ayris. Now going back to Private Games - James Patterson.

The Racketeer is easily one of John Grishams best. This novel is about a 43 year old black man named Malcolm Bannister. He was an innocent man who got caught up in a scheme by a tricky setup in Washington and got sentenced to 10 years in prison at what they call a prison camp.

The story takes a twist when a Federal Judge by the name of Fawcett gets murdered along with his young secretary 5 years into Bannisters sentence. The guy can't keep his pants on but that doesn't come as much of a shock from a government official does it? Bannister uses the information he has to try to work his way out of prison and step into a new identity. Will it work? Bannister will come to learn that not everything is as simple as it seems.

I was happy with the ending....I was hoping it ended the way it did, but judging by a few of his past stories, I knew that he tends to end things however he pleases rather than how it "should" end...so I was pretty happy with the ending and felt it matched the rest of the book just fine.

Its more of a "puzzle" book, not too intense just a lot of figuring stuff out. And that's fun for me

JackieBlueNovel wrote: "The Racketeer is easily one of John Grishams best. This novel is about a 43 year old black man named Malcolm Bannister. He was an innocent man who got caught up in a scheme by a tricky setup in Was..."

I hadn't heard of this book. Sounds like a good read! I used to read Grisham quite a bit until I found out all his books are ghostwritten by a gal in my town (he's only written one full book himself)...but maybe will check him (err...her) out again. :)

My 2 faves of his are The Testament and The Last Juror - great character based books which is why I think they are my faves.

Thanks for the info on this book!

Donna wrote: "JackieBlueNovel wrote: "The Racketeer is easily one of John Grishams best. This novel is about a 43 year old black man named Malcolm Bannister. He was an innocent man who got caught up in a scheme ..."

Donna, he's hit or miss. It just proves how hard it is to crank out greatness as often as he writes. He puts out a new book it seems every 9 months which is amazing

I am reading Revenge (unfaithful, Book 2) by Joanne Clancy.

Sue wrote: "I am reading Revenge (unfaithful, Book 2) by Joanne Clancy."

what do you make of it so far?

I love it. I have read all of Joanne Clancy's novels. She writes excellent romance/suspense novels. I am 75% through and should finish tonight. Always a twist in her novels and I love the scenic description of the countryside in Ireland.

I'm reading

I am reading Glass Houses - Rachel Caine in tree book form.

Just started and I really like this one so far.

Finished , starting now, alongside .

Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Allison Goodman, and Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey.

I've just finished , and am now reading .

Halfway through this one:

Finished Glass Houses - Rachel Caine. Now reading Locked In - Kerry Wilkinson.

I am almost half way finished and I finished

I'm reading The Mammoth Hunters, by Jean Aul (for about the 3rd time.)