What Fiction are you reading this week, Nov. 29, 2020?

[hermetic]

Still reading Wolf Hall. This one takes me away to the court of Henry VIII in the 1500s. Great story. Often wildly funny dialogue. A bit confusing sometimes. What I don't understand is why author Mantel spells Henry's first wife with a K, not a C. Everywhere else she is Catharine of Aragon. It's not like there would be concerns about recognizing her...

Listening to the YA/Horror/Fantasy Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz. Scott and Jamie are twins and they can read each other's minds. People have always taken advantage of this. Now it's going to get much, much worse and the fate of the world hinges on their survival.

Tomorrow I will commence listening to Virgil Wander by Leif Enger. Looking forward to seeing where this takes me.

What interesting literary places will you be visiting this week?

[58Sunliner]

1. Sidney Powell's tweets and fraudulent lawsuits filed by R's.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. My new bedtime cozy mystery is

Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates. Once again at the Bodie Lighthouse Library located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with its, on loan, Jane Austen Collection of first editions.

[cilla4progress]

3. Night Watchman, by my favorite author,

Louise Erdrich. A true tour de force. I've read almost all her books. I love her writing and her stories.

This is one of the best, so far.

Every sentence is a story unto itself!

[hermetic]

4. I think she is the greatest!

I've been on the waiting list for this one for a while now. Thanks for the reminder to check on that.

[cilla4progress]

7. I bought a signed copy from her independent bookstore in Minneapolis -

Birchbark Books!

Did I say she's my favorite author?

[hermetic]

8. Sweet!

I would so love to visit that store. I used to live in that area but I didn't know of her then and I don't think that store had opened yet. For now I'll just have to content myself with visiting it online.

[cilla4progress]

19. Good idea - don't know that I've done that!

Yes, it's on my bucket list to visit there some day.

[murielm99]

9. I loved that book!

[japple]

16. Great book. Another big fan of Louise Erdrich here. I loved Night Watchman.

Happy reading!

[Oldem]

36. I read

Tracks a few decades ago and loved it. Your post reminds me to put Erdrich back on my reading list.

[northoftheborder]

5. Murder at the Ice Ball, by Leighann Dobbs

Very light night-time reading, part of a series.

My daytime listening is still Obama's book. It is interesting to me, but wonder if the average person is as interested in the day to day workings of campaigning and Congressional/Presidential brokering. His values and philosophy of life and governing come through though, and make me an even greater admirer of him as one of the most important figures of the century. He also goes into his mistakes and failures to live up to his own high standards of accomplishment, which is very admirable. I look forward to the next volume, (or volumes).

[hermetic]

6. That's great

I'm so glad that is all in books now so no one can ever really take it away from us, though they may try.

[murielm99]

10. I am reading

Gideon's Corpse by Preston and Child. It is the second book in a series with protagonist Gideon Crew.

I read the first book last week.

This is an excellent series. It moves quickly and is intelligently written.

Gideon and his temporary partner are trying to save DC from a nuclear terrorist attack. But that may not be the real threat at all. We will see.

Gideon is an unusual hero. He is terminally ill.

[hermetic]

12. That sounds really good

Someday I'll read this series.

[MLAA]

11. I need laughs so I'm about to start new Carl Hiassen book Squeeze Me

[hermetic]

13. I think you'll find some there

[MLAA]

22. He is the only author I have read besides Mark Twain that makes me laugh out loud 🙂

[hermetic]

15. Ahh, No Exit

One of my favorite stories ever. "Hell is other people."

[Polly Hennessey]

20. Oh, yes.

“Hell is other people.” Forever trapped within them.

[murielm99]

23. I used to own a paperback copy of "Mandingo."

I think it fell apart years ago. I read it because a couple of black people told me it was realistic. It is unforgettable.

I agree with you about "The Age of Reason."

I read "A Clockwork Orange" several years ago. I read a couple of Burgess' other books around the same time. He is still controversial, after all these years. I understand why, after reading his books.

[japple]

18. Thanks for the thread, hermetic. Hope you enjoy Virgil Wander as much as I did. I loved

the characters and didn't want the story to end. I'm still dragging through Silas House's book, Clay's Quilt but not making much progress. I do want to find out how the story ends, though and will keep on until I finish.

[Ohiogal]

21. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

My first try with this author.

[hermetic]

24. Sounds good

A heart-pounding thriller about a young woman whose new job is apartment sitting in one of New York's oldest and most glamorous buildings. Is it haunted?

[Ohiogal]

25. Maybe!

I wonder if this fictional building is loosely based on The Dakota.

[PennyK]

26. No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency!

I'm up to the third books...they are charming. Also peeking at the TV show, nicely done.

[hermetic]

32. Never read any of those

Though I have always thought I should. Had no idea it was a TV series but by golly, my library has it on DVD so I'm gonna give that a look. Thanks!

[The King of Prussia]

27. Still on White Nights by Anne Cleeves

It's good, but I have the attention span of a gnat at the moment.

The covid case numbers are at last coming down, but Christmas looks like being a free for all - so no doubt we'll get a third wave before the vaccine arrives. About all that can be said for Johnson is that he's not quite as useless as Trump.

[hermetic]

33. Attention span of a .......

What? What were we talking about?

Seriously, it's interesting what staying locked away for 8 months will to do one's mind. It's not like being in jail, of course, since we can do pretty much whatever we want. Except go out. I'm not sure that having a vaccine will help much here, since millions still think it's all a hoax. Oh well,,,

As long as I have books, I'm happy.

[pscot]

28. Hi Hermetic

I finally finished Wars of the Roses and a bleak, violent and depressing read it was.
I read Charcoal Joe by Walter Moseley. Easy Rollins is back from the dead and has gone into the detective business. Moseley flashes his old form. Not his best but still good.
I also read Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuuomainen. This is Tuuomainen's 6th book. He notes that the first 5 were somewhat dour and offers this one as a change of pace. Finns apparently have a sense of humor. It probably arises from living next door to the Russians.

I'm about halfway through The City We Became by N.K. Jemison. I guess this can be categorized as science fiction, sub-category alien invasion/monsters among us. This is the 1st thing I've read by Jemison and it's quite good. She writes in trilogies so there's lots to explore here. I'm looking forward to it.

Cheers.

[hermetic]

31. Rave reviews for Palm Beach, Finland

Fargo meets Baywatch in a dark, poignant comedy thriller. A page-turner and a dark comedy about lust for money. I was really pleased to see my library has this so I expect to be reading it real soon.

I always enjoyed Walter Mosley's books and I see he has quite a few new ones. I should get caught up on some of those.

Also liked Jemisin's Broken Earth series. She has a lot to offer.

[SheltieLover]

29. Thoroughly enjoying Carl aHiaasen's work

Thank you so much for suggesting this author.

Currently reading "Strip Tease," and just finished "Razor Girl."

[hermetic]

34. Glad to hear that

He should keep you entertained for a while, with 30 books. A couple of weeks, anyway.

[Oldem]

35. Doc, by Mary Doria Russell

A beautifully written and sometimes extremely funny novel that takes John Henry (Doc) Holliday from his boyhood in Griffin, GA to his days in Dodge City, KA. Holliday was a classically trained scholar in Greek and Latin and an accomplished classical pianist. His bouts with tuberculosis, alcohol, and his prostitute-girlfriend are harrowing, but he--and other--characters can be wonderfully funny in the hell-hole that was Dodge City at the time.