Robin M Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Good morning, my darlings. Today is the start of book week 29 and the quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks. Have you started Book # 29 yet? Mr. Linky is all set up on the 52 books blog and ready for you to link to your reviews. Week 29 - Coffee House Mysteries: I discovered a great cozy mystery series last year. Before last year I didn't know what a cozy mystery was. Wonderful lights reads, entertaining and just right for relaxing on a warm sunny day. She also has some great recipes, some including coffee which are quite interesting and sound quite delicious. Enticing, even for this non coffee drinker. So...tell me. What interesting books have you discovered this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 I'm currently reading the thriller "Comes a Horseman" by Robert Liparulo. It was his debut novel. He's the one who wrote the ya series - the Dreamhouse Kings. I've read the first 3 - scary good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 This week it's Nothing to Envy and a cozy mystery from Georgette Heyer. I missed last week's thread, because I was out of town, so here's last week: The Bird in the Tree and Road to Serfdom. I'm on an Elizabeth Goudge kick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I finished "The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake and "Secrets of Eden" by Chris Bohjalian. I am beginning (Book #29) "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 This week I read the sequel to A Time to Dance: #38 - A Time to Embrace, by Karen Kingsbury Currently reading: #39 - The Giver, by Lois Lowry Still slogging through: #40 - Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens. Not sure why this third reading is taking so long (read twice during high school years and did senior thesis on this classic) . . . my only guess is possibly that the type is so small . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I've been enjoying getting some extra reading time in this summer.' #29 Fantasy Freaks, Gaming Geeks by Ethan Gilsdorf. I wrote a review which I linked through Mr. Linky or you can read it here at my blog. #30 Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik, the second in the Temaraire series, a very fun historical fiction/fantasy combo. I've just started the next in the series. #31 The Inheritance by Simon Tolkein -- the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkein. It isn't fantasy, but a whodunit courtroom drama. Very well written, just wished I hadn't figured it out so early! He dropped a clue that could have come later. I'm going to be at Comic-Con starting Thursday. The first full day is chock full of panels featuring sci-fi and fantasy authors such as Christopher Paolini and Naomi Novik. I hope to report back anything interesting I glean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Finally I'm back to reading! I finished 'The Translator' by Leila Aboulela which I quite enjoyed even though the ending was a trifle lame, and 'My Father's Notebook' by Kader Abdolah to which I give the same review. I was reading from the 'A' section of the library this week :) The A section of this library is much more interesting than our last library. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Has anyone read Between Two Worlds? I remember hearing about her case last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I've been on the go all week, so I'm still working on book #27 (the book I started last week): The Color of Magic, Terry Pratchett's first book in the Discworld series. Books I've read in 2010: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Good Omens; The Palace of Dreams; Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World; Lying Awake; The Remains of the Day; Iron & Silk; Lottery; The City of Dreaming Books; Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel; Clutter Busting: Letting Go of What's Holding You Back; The Power of Less; Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life; The Bonesetter's Daughter; Life of Pi; Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express; Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide; Waiting for Snow in Havana; The Happiness Project; Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable; The Dante Club; Conquering Chronic Disorganization; City of Thieves; Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life; Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen; Dead Until Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I read 3 books this weekend! I finished Pride and Prejudice - one of my new favorites of all time! So much better than the movies, but I still think the Kiera Knightly one is best. And then I read The Seceret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn, and the sequel, What Happens in London by the same author. So, that makes 17 for me. Pretty good considering! :) I'm not sure what I'm going to work on next. I'd like to read Emma, The Screwtape Letters, and Cranford, but not all at once.:D Blessings! Dorinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Ok, I've picked my book for the week. It's Sizzle by Julie Garwood. I have to return it to the library because someone else has requested it :toetap05:. Blessings! Dorinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I finished The Color of Magic last night. It was a fun, satirical, fantasy book. Love Terry Pratchett's writing. (FYI, if you want to read it, I have posted it on my PaperbackSwap page. :001_smile:) Not sure what I'll read next. I have a couple of books I requested waiting on me at the library. I'm hoping to pick them up tonight. If so, I'll probably start one of them next.... The Ballad of Peckham Rye Special Topics in Calamity Physics Or, I may pick something entirely different. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Last week I finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Street Food, and Curry Cuisine. This week I'm loving Crossing to Safety and Life As We Knew It. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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