What are you reading this week of July 30, 2017?

[hermetic]

I am now venturing into Blue Labyrinth by Preston/Child. I am really enjoying this one for many reasons. Pendergast is back and on top of his game. Vincent, Margot, and the New York Museum of Natural History are back. If you've read Relic and/or Reliquary, you will be pleased. If you haven't read those, it makes no difference to this story so it's not like a prerequisite. It's just a little more fun for those who have. Plus, this story moves along at a good pace.

Having just finished Utopia by Preston, I'd say that one would have benefited from being shorter. It just went on way too long. Still a good story, though. And now there was that horrific accident at the Ohio State Fair which you can't help but wonder at if you've read the book.
http://azdailysun.com/business/ohio-fair-officials-say-rides-to-reopen-after-fatal-accident/article_8ef7ef55-a844-5f9e-b279-de6803bc2606.html

What are you venturing into this week?

[TexasProgresive]

1. Still building Kingsbridge cathedral in "Pillars of the Earth"

This book has it all; action, plots, highly developed characters who come in all shades from good to evil. Most books tend to have 2 dimensional evil characters but not this one. They are fully developed so that you can hate them while loving the other characters. I'm at pg 498 with the ending at 973. Every sentence is a delight, even those that horrify.

[hermetic]

2. Cool!

[CurtEastPoint]

3. I tried to read it but... have you seen the miniseries?

[TexasProgresive]

5. No, I'm afraid I would be disappointed

I love the way books interact with my imagination. Movies and miniseries are the imagination of the director, screen writers, cinematographers and the actors. They entertain me but if I read the book I always feel they missed a lot.

[sueh]

11. I read "Pillars of the Earth" some years ago and loved it! To this day, it is one of my favorites.

I never got bored. Ken Follett knows how to bring a story to life.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney and also The Handmaid's Tale

Both enthralling!

[hermetic]

6. That first one

does sound enthralling. I will look for it.

The Handmaid's Tale truly is enthralling. Along with disturbing, scary, worrisome. I love Atwood.

[CurtEastPoint]

7. I'm near the end of HT and then will watch the series on Hulu.

[hermetic]

8. Yeah

I would like to see that, too. I have to wait for it on DVD. Please do come back and say what you thought of the show as opposed to the book. I am always really curious about that sort of thing. TIA!

[TexasProgresive]

9. Another great thing about reading

At 67 I just learned a great new word, extortionate.

[hermetic]

10. I prefer exorbitant

Rolls off the tongue easier.

I'm with ya on that learning thing, though.