What are you reading the week of March 2nd, 2014?

[Goblinmonger]

Give me something to add to me "To Read" list.

[Goblinmonger]

1. The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers

Have always had this low on my list of things to read because of my love of Lovecraft, but with it being referenced on True Detectives on HBO, I figure it's time to get it in before the end of that show.

It displaces Seeing by Saramago which I will likely read next week.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. The Museum of Extraordinary Things, Alice Hoffman.

[pamela]

12. How is it?

I usually love anything by Alice Hoffman. I've had that book on my wishlist for months and was anxiously awaiting its release but I haven't bought it yet.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. I'm liking it so far.

And for me that is high praise

I tend to like fiction that is on the border between realism and fantasy. - Murakami for example.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. "Virgins of Paradise" by Barbara Wood

This is a re-read, since I read it several years ago. I usually shun all romance novelists, but this book is NOT a romance, and it is such a great book. I was so glad that someone recommended this one to me a long time ago, because I would have missed a really good read because of my aversion to Barbara Wood just because she is classified as a romance novelist.

[libodem]

4. I'm still working on

Cane River by Lalita Tademy.

[scarletwoman]

5. I'm SO excited! I finally got "Free Falling, as if in a Dream" from the library!

I've been on the waiting list for months!

Author, GW Persson (Sweden). It's the final book of his trilogy about the Palme assassination. I devoured the first two books last year - they were absolutely fascinating - and ended up reading both of them twice, just to try to imprint all the various plot threads and characters in my memory. Then I had to wait months, because the U.S. edition of the English translation wasn't released until just this February.

I'm only a few pages in, so all I can say at this point is that the main detective character from the first two books is front and center right at the beginning, and a few other names have come up that I recall from the earlier stories.

This is going to be hard to put down - all 589 pages of it (the first two were also close to 600 pages long).

If anyone has already read this one, PLEASE no spoilers!

[getting old in mke]

6. _The King's Deception_ by Steve Berry

Berry returns to Cotton Malone after a standalone away in a thriller that will have something to do with Henry VIII, a secret society, and his 15 year old son. I'm not far enough in to know what the the second pillar of conspiracy will be--he usually does have two that he weaves into his stories.

I know that I've said it before and probably will again, but I like the way Berry approaches his conspiracies--weaving history and speculation and then in afterwords chatting about what is which and why he went the way he did. Plus, he knows he's just creating fun without the portentousness (and dimness of character) of, say, a _Da Vinci Code_.

Listening: Just finishing up _Prince of Fire_, book five of Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series. I've read a number over the years, but am listening through pretty much back to back and the character growth and story arcs are so much richer and apparently. Really enjoying them. Almost halfway through the series.

2014: 24 and counting.

[Enthusiast]

7. Randy Wayne White's Everglades.

We are in the process of reading all the Doc Ford novels in order.

Everglades is the 10th book out of 21. We find them very entertaining.

[dhill926]

9. great reads….

have always felt the earlier ones were better…but still good stuff.

[Enthusiast]

11. Good to get some feedback, dhill926.

[SheilaT]

8. A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn.

It's one of a series about a PI named Bernie Little, and his dog Chet. Chet narrates and it's a hoot. Quinn seems to get EXACTLY what dogs are thinking and why.

I'm a cat person and I love these books.

[YankeyMCC]

10. "The Peshawar Lancers" by S. M. Stirling

Nicely constructed alternate world and interesting characters.

[TBF]

13. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin -

It's quite romantic and enchanting. It's relatively light reading but quite a long book (multiple story lines) so be sure you can commit to several hours.