Books! How do you read and what do you read?

hearlady said:
I just finished 'Prince of Tides'. I'm still in the haze of reading a great novel.
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A really good book!

Just finished’How The Light Gets In’ by Joyce Maynard. I think she’s good at character development. I did not realize this is a follow up to Maynard’s book ‘ Count The Ways’ but I think it can stand on its own ok. It is a little repetitive at times.
 
The book I'm reading now is 'Cue The Sun': the Invention of Reality TV' by Emma Nussbaum,a detailed history of how this genre changed how viewers watched TV. I've always been fascinated by this. The 1st part starts in 1947- 1989,I recognize /or remember watching some of the shows e.g 'Queen for a Day, Candid Camera,The Dating Game,An American Family- The Louds,The People's Court, MTV"s The Real World'. The next part starts with 'Survivor'
 

moviequeen1 said:
The book I'm reading now is 'Cue The Sun': the Invention of Reality TV' by Emma Nussbaum,a detailed history of how this genre changed how viewers watched TV. I've always been fascinated by this. The 1st part starts in 1947- 1989,I recognize /or remember watching some of the shows e.g 'Queen for a Day, Candid Camera,The Dating Game,An American Family- The Louds,The People's Court, MTV"s The Real World'. The next part starts with 'Survivor'
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I finished this book this afternoon, found it interesting for the most part. It ended with reality show' Keeping Up with the Kardashians'.I've watched only 2 shows over the yrs'MTV"s 'The Real World' for the 1st 10 seasons and Survivor which I started at the beginning in 2000. I watched the majority of the shows through the yrs, still interesting to watch
 
I have a Kobo (alternative to Kindle and not owned by Ama$on). At the moment I'm reading "The Road to Gandolfo" in which Robert Ludlum sends up his usual thriller mode. Previous to that was "Survivor" by JF Gonzalez. I have a lot of ebooks and other downloaded texts on my laptop, as well as having a Kobo subscription. Of physical books I have 48.
 
CaliS said:
I really liked it - though, murder mystery is not my cup of tea. While I love detective shows, for some reason I don't like to read about them.
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Thanks for that. I'm typically not a murder mystery fan either. While some story line explanations came at the end of Sam Hell, I don't consider it a mystery - or a murder mystery - do you?
 
StarSong said:
Thanks for that. I'm typically not a murder mystery fan either. While some story line explanations came at the end of Sam Hell, I don't consider it a mystery - or a murder mystery - do you?
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No, not Sam Hell. :) I was actually referring to My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite #1).

I loved Sam Hell so much, I went looking for other books by the same author - but while I mostly enjoyed My Sister's Grave, I don't really go for the murder mystery type stories and doubt I'll read the follow ups.

Did you read the series?
 
Just finished the novel Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. I read it because so many people were raving about it on the Facebook group Friends and Fiction.
I’m not really sure how to describe the book but I’m glad I read it. It’s about kindness and our interconnection with one another. Human kindness seems to be in short supply in our world at the moment (not that there has ever been a time when we were overrun with kindness) and this book will leave you tearful but also uplifted.
 
MountainRa said:
Just finished the novel Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. I read it because so many people were raving about it on the Facebook group Friends and Fiction.
I’m not really sure how to describe the book but I’m glad I read it. It’s about kindness and our interconnection with one another. Human kindness seems to be in short supply in our world at the moment (not that there has ever been a time when we were overrun with kindness) and this book will leave you tearful but also uplifted.
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Wow! That book has 5 stars and 8,563 ratings! It's also on Kindle Unlimited, which I am pretty darned sure that means it is only available on Amazon. I am going to get it. Your discussion of it made me want to read it.
 
I just finished La Diva Nicotina, How Tobacco Seduced the World. It's an interesting history of tobacco use and its affect on world history. It was very important to the founding of the USA. The first successful British colony survived because they raised tobacco and there was a huge demand in Britain. And, the first slaves were brought in to grow it. Many of the founding fathers were tobacco growers, and tobacco helped finance the revolution.

The book is well written and well researched with a lot that I wasn't aware of. I got my used copy on Ebay for less than $5.
 
It’s funny how two books by the author can hit you so differently…. I previous read (and enjoyed very much) another book by this author, set in WWII. this one—

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Was not in the same level, at least not for me. Don’t empathize with the whole debutante ‘thing’ and I felt like the author could have brought the personal crisis forward from 3/4s of the way though the book and it would have been more interesting.

Still, she has a nice writing style, I will look for more of her titles.
 
I'm reading Ken Follett's terrific book' The Pillars of the Earth' about the 12th century construction of a Gothic Cathedral in England. I read this back in 2003, loved it was long 983 pgs
 
@Medusa , here are a couple of series you might like. Light entertainment reading, but good.

Hailey Camille - Lady Vigilante Series (Formerly Avon Calling) : There are 20 short books, which you can get individually or in sets Called Season 1 and Season 2.

Betty Jones is a woman with a dark past, which she paints each day with Avon cosmetics and a picture-perfect smile. She’s created a new life with her naïve-but-loveable husband George, and their children. Despite the protective walls that she has built around her world, Betty is unable to live with the continuing existence of the people who once ruined her, so she embarks on a cold-blooded vigilante mission to be rid of them once and for all.

Kate Allenton - Lost Souls Society Series: 7 books (#7 comes out on Thursday)

The Lost Souls Society supernatural suspense series is brimming with ghosts who don’t always play nice and a psychic who doesn’t always play by the rules.
 
WheatenLover said:
@Medusa , here are a couple of series you might like. Light entertainment reading, but good.

Hailey Camille - Lady Vigilante Series (Formerly Avon Calling) : There are 20 short books, which you can get individually or in sets Called Season 1 and Season 2.

Betty Jones is a woman with a dark past, which she paints each day with Avon cosmetics and a picture-perfect smile. She’s created a new life with her naïve-but-loveable husband George, and their children. Despite the protective walls that she has built around her world, Betty is unable to live with the continuing existence of the people who once ruined her, so she embarks on a cold-blooded vigilante mission to be rid of them once and for all.

Kate Allenton - Lost Souls Society Series: 7 books (#7 comes out on Thursday)

The Lost Souls Society supernatural suspense series is brimming with ghosts who don’t always play nice and a psychic who doesn’t always play by the rules.
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Thank you so much. :) I'll look into these.
I'm all up into my romances at the moment, but I'll grab these for my to-be-read (or listened to) pile. :)
 
Medusa said:
Thank you so much. :) I'll look into these.
I'm all up into my romances at the moment, but I'll grab these for my to-be-read (or listened to) pile. :)
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Lady Vigilante loves her husband, but he is a minor character. Mainly, she doesn't want him to find out she is a vigilante. The Lost Souls Society series is about a really tough woman who is a trouble magnet. She lives through it all, hence it being a series.

They are entertaining to read. You won't add 10 IQ points to your stash, but you will probably have fun reading them.

Shawn Inmon's Middle Falls Time Travel series is also a fun read. Someone dies. They get a chance to live their live over. They come back earlier than they'd probably choose -- such as childhood. Sometimes they come back once or twice, sometimes a few times, and sometimes a ton of times, depending on how they handle the situation.
 
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This afternoon I finished Ken Follett's book, The Pillar's of the Earth' which I read in 2003, the story of building a 12th century Gothic Cathedral in England The story starts in 1135 ends in 1174
At times it was confusing to keep all the characters straight, but I did enjoy it as much as I did the 1st time,its long at 983 pgs, I recommend it Sue
 
As I stated earlier in this thread, I only LISTEN to audiobooks. I sometimes read a Kindle eBook as well. I prefer books on modern history mainly in Europe but some elsewhere. I like audiobooks best since I can listen with my wife at breakfast and dinner. I never read any fiction books. Audible.com publishes all the audiobooks I listen to.
 
The book I started this afternoon "All the Beauty in The World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Patrick Bringley
He worked there as a security guard in the galleries for 10 yrs,his previous job was at the New Yorker magazine in the editorial events office This is his 1st book
 

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