Our Book Corner

[suebird3]

OK, I finally got to B&N this past weekend, and read most of This Body of Death.  I will admit to reading the ending.  Somehow, I was thinking that Azhar(?) and Barbara would be a couple, and with his daughter's mum back in the picture?  Hmmmmm.  

BTW, Jean Auel's next book will be out the end of March next year.  The scuttlebutt is that there will be only 6 books in the series, not 7 as previously thought.  

[FLCruise7]

Next year?  Good grief - that means I'll have to go back & re-read all the previous Auel books to remember what was happening.  And if I recall correctly, "Plains of Passage" was just terrible.  I didn't think I'd ever finish it.

I actually read quite a bit, but after reading all the posts in here, I'll just say that I'm probably in the minority in that I like what I call "trashy romance" novels and I snap up everything by Nora Roberts, Barbara Delinsky, Jane Anne Krentz, Debbie Macomber and Sandra Browne.  Not much into mystery, crime or vampire books.  I just like to read to escape and I don't really care that I can generally figure out the plot in the first chapter (sometimes from the back cover!).

But as I tell people who are not into "fluff" novels, there are obviously lots of people who like them because there sure are a bunch out there!    And wouldn't it be a boring world if everyone only liked 1 thing?

[suebird3]

I hear ya.  I read certain 'trashy novels' by certain writers.  I liked Laurie McBain, but she hasn't written in years!    

Plains of Passage was a bit of a snooze at times.  There's a whole forum dedicated to Jean and her books, and there's a thread of what we DON'T want repeated in the next book.    

Just found out Louise Cooper died.  She was a decent writer.  

[Flaricka]

Even though I'm only half-way through it, I just HAVE to recommend the book I'm reading now.  It's THE HELP, the first novel by Kathryn Stockett.

I think it's one of the finest books I've read in a long time.  Set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962-1963, the story of a white woman, recently graduated from Ole Miss, trying to be taken seriously as a journalist in a world where everyone's main objective is to land a husband; and also the story of two "colored" maids, and how their lives weave together and the stories they tell of the time and place that was the South during the early days of the Civil Rights movement.

That's absolutely ALL i'm going to say about it, because I would like it to unfold for you as deliciously as it's unfolding for me.

Beautiful, beautiful story.

[GBSfan278]

Right now I'm reading a book called "Shadow Chase" by Seressia Glass, it's book two in a series & comes after "Shadow Glass". This is a really great series & ties in great imagination & Egyptian mythology. I'm an Egyptian mythology/history person, so if it has it in the description, I'm definitely going to be interested.

Now of course, this is right now... in a day or two I'll be reading textbooks... yay... NOT.

[suebird3]

GB, I will have to look into that story.  I am somehow drawn to Egyptian Mythology, also.  

Flarika, I just may check out your suggestion, too.  

[Flaricka]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  This was mentioned before, but is worth a second to the recommendation.  I just finished it ... and I LOVED it!  Very beautifully written.

Water for Elephants by Sara Grusen.  Soon to be a movie with Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Hal Holbrook.  Great book, and it should be a lovely movie.

[LookieLoo4u]

I'm reading Sue Grafton  U is for Undertow--it is a series about Kinsey Millhone mysteries --she is a private eye that takes on cases that take place in Santa Barbara,CA. Sue Grafton is writing a book for every letter of the alphabet.it is so fun trying to decipher the streets and surrounding area in the books the city is Santa Teresa----I love reading and will read what ever catches my mood.

[Lguy1967]

I am currently reading the first book in a series called Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.  There are currently seven books to this series.  The book focuses on two main characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall  and Jamie Fraser, and takes place in eighteenth and 20th-century Scotland.  In Sept. 2010, the author wrote another book, as told by the main character Jamie Fraser.

The book is a romance novel with a focus on the romantic relationship between the two main characters. The heroine is slightly older and more experienced than the hero. The book could be described as a work of historical fiction with a detailed account of 18th century Scottish clan life. The book could also be considered fantasy with a plot propelled by time travel when Claire journeys from 1945 to the 18th century.