I love when an author can write a book that imitates real life as a piece of fiction and is able to keep you on the edge of your seat for sleepless hours as you flip page after page....ESPECIALLY when it is months or years later that you find out that the book you read and loved Was based on life!!!
The Codex
The Codex by Douglas Preston is such a book. Yesterday afternoon I was watching CNN and a reporter was interviewing someone about a man named Forrest Fenn from Santa Fe, Mexico who is a real life Indiana Jones. WOW, I thought, that sounds just like a book I read. After a little digging (like, reading the CNN article on the internet), sure enough, it was The Codex that we had read last spring and both my husband and I had been mesmerized by.
You won't want to put it down. But where do you separate the fact from the fiction? Okay, he did change the names and the places (can't give away the location of the loot!!!!), but WOW, what a cliff hanger. No pun intended!!!!
For the CNN article:
Enjoy,
Mountain Muse
Mountain_Muse wrote:
I love when an author can write a book that imitates real life as a piece of fiction and is able to keep you on the edge of your seat for sleepless hours as you flip page after page....ESPECIALLY when it is months or years later that you find out that the book you read and loved Was based on life!!!
The Codex
The Codex by Douglas Preston is such a book. Yesterday afternoon I was watching CNN and a reporter was interviewing someone about a man named Forrest Fenn from Santa Fe, Mexico who is a real life Indiana Jones. WOW, I thought, that sounds just like a book I read. After a little digging (like, reading the CNN article on the internet), sure enough, it was The Codex that we had read last spring and both my husband and I had been mesmerized by.
You won't want to put it down. But where do you separate the fact from the fiction? Okay, he did change the names and the places (can't give away the location of the loot!!!!), but WOW, what a cliff hanger. No pun intended!!!!
For the CNN article:
Enjoy,
Mountain Muse
Muse, thank you, Hi How are you, I've missed all your pearls of wisdom, your humor, your presence
dhaupt wrote:I'm about half way through this novel right now, let's just say that I'm going to invite him to the forum for next year, cross your fingers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
it is funny, poignant, sad, and so touching
Debbie,
You have found my soft spot. I went and got my box of kleenex and have the book downloaded. Doc and Fred have ordered some down time....so it sounds like reading time to me. :-)
Muse
Mountain_Muse wrote:
dhaupt wrote:
I'm about half way through this novel right now, let's just say that I'm going to invite him to the forum for next year, cross your fingers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
it is funny, poignant, sad, and so touching
Debbie,
You have found my soft spot. I went and got my box of kleenex and have the book downloaded. Doc and Fred have ordered some down time....so it sounds like reading time to me. :-)
Muse
Muse, you won't need too many tissues for this one and don't put it too far out of reach because Matthew has agreed to be my featured author next June when the forum reads this novel
here is the interview I did with him and my review too.
enjoy
ps. It's sooooooo goooood to see you on my board again my friend, I know that things have been hopping for you and I hope with the coming autumn you can take a breath of fresh mountain air
here's the link to Matthew's post-
dhaupt wrote:
Mountain_Muse wrote:
dhaupt wrote:I'm about half way through this novel right now, let's just say that I'm going to invite him to the forum for next year, cross your fingers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
it is funny, poignant, sad, and so touching
Debbie,
You have found my soft spot. I went and got my box of kleenex and have the book downloaded. Doc and Fred have ordered some down time....so it sounds like reading time to me. :-)
Muse
Muse, you won't need too many tissues for this one and don't put it too far out of reach because Matthew has agreed to be my featured author next June when the forum reads this novel
here is the interview I did with him and my review too.
enjoy
ps. It's sooooooo goooood to see you on my board again my friend, I know that things have been hopping for you and I hope with the coming autumn you can take a breath of fresh mountain air
here's the link to Matthew's post-
Thanks, Deb. The read is far enough off, I think I can get away with reading it now AND then :-). I am SOOOOoooo looking forward to a quiet fall. And I'm glad to be finding a few minutes here and there to stick my head back in.
Muse
barry2B wrote:Back for vacation and it was good! I still managed to get my reading in:
I'll say that I enjoyed every pick from this vacation, not a bad one in the bunch! My first post vacation book that I'll start tonight is:
Thanks for your post. I have some off these on my "waiting to read" shelf that I downloaded when they were free. Thanks for letting us know you enjoyed them. I may have to bump them up on my reading list.
Mountain_Muse wrote:
dhaupt wrote:I'm about half way through this novel right now, let's just say that I'm going to invite him to the forum for next year, cross your fingers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
it is funny, poignant, sad, and so touching
Debbie,
You have found my soft spot. I went and got my box of kleenex and have the book downloaded. Doc and Fred have ordered some down time....so it sounds like reading time to me. :-)
Muse
Hey, Karen! Good to see you. I see you from time to time on FB, where the world meets, and the seasons change!
I think I'm going to get this book too, but I'll save it to read later on. I still have enough books to read, to get me through the fall and into next year! A stack, and I am such a SLOW reader.
Kathy
KathyS wrote:
Mountain_Muse wrote:
dhaupt wrote:
I'm about half way through this novel right now, let's just say that I'm going to invite him to the forum for next year, cross your fingers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
it is funny, poignant, sad, and so touching
Debbie,
You have found my soft spot. I went and got my box of kleenex and have the book downloaded. Doc and Fred have ordered some down time....so it sounds like reading time to me. :-)
Muse
Hey, Karen! Good to see you. I see you from time to time on FB, where the world meets, and the seasons change!
I think I'm going to get this book too, but I'll save it to read later on. I still have enough books to read, to get me through the fall and into next year! A stack, and I am such a SLOW reader.
Kathy
I hope you enjoy it Kathy
dhaupt wrote:
KathyS wrote:dhaupt wrote:I'm about half way through this novel right now, let's just say that I'm going to invite him to the forum for next year, cross your fingers
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
it is funny, poignant, sad, and so touching
I think I'm going to get this book too, but I'll save it to read later on. I still have enough books to read, to get me through the fall and into next year! A stack, and I am such a SLOW reader.
Kathy
I hope you enjoy it Kathy
I hope so, too. I ordered it last night.
I was reading Lynne's book last night (yes, I'm still reading it) and I literally couldn't put it down. At first I was reading it slowly, wanting to feel and obsorb all of what she was trying to tell us through her characters, but last night was such an exciting part, I was up until 3a.m., on the edge of my seat (bed) but then had to put it down and go to sleep! This story is building, and I'm anxious to move through it at a faster pace. I'm trying not to stop and edit everything I see! My downfall 
, since Lynne is in my writer's group!
Have a great rest of the weekend !!
Ryan_G wrote:
Off the Grid (Monkeewrench Series #6)
Ryan, this is on my list for the weekend too!!
Here are my other selections
I hope you like it. It was a rather fast read for me. Have a great weekend!
dhaupt wrote:
Ryan_G wrote:Off the Grid (Monkeewrench Series #6)
Ryan, this is on my list for the weekend too!!
Here are my other selections
Ryan_G wrote:
I hope you like it. It was a rather fast read for me. Have a great weekend!
dhaupt wrote:
Ryan_G wrote:
Off the Grid (Monkeewrench Series #6)
Ryan, this is on my list for the weekend too!!
Here are my other selections
I hope I like it too
you have a great weekend too!!!!
Happy Friday peeps
We're battening down the hatches waiting for Issac's remnants to blow into the Midwest so it looks like all holiday weekend outside plans will be a wash out, but we need the rain so bad I don't think most people will mind, except for the kids who'll miss their last weekend at the pools.
So I guess I should read
Here's what's on my reading plate
Hemingway's Girl which is my Tuesday New Release feature and I have a Q&A w/Erika Robuck
Then I'll be starting to read for RT's December issue starting with
Then I 'll start on my HQN Presents and Special Edition series reviews
So will you be reading, partying, sleeping late
tell all
And what ever you do stay safe and have fun!!!
Invisible (Ivy Malone Series #1)
I am finally getting around to reading this book that I downloaded as a freebie some time ago. So far, I will give this funny, light-hearted mystery a thumbs-up.
Have a safe Labor Day weekend and be careful in the rain!
TarHeelGirl00 wrote:
Invisible (Ivy Malone Series #1)
I am finally getting around to reading this book that I downloaded as a freebie some time ago. So far, I will give this funny, light-hearted mystery a thumbs-up.
Have a safe Labor Day weekend and be careful in the rain!
Thanks for the recommend TarHeelGirl
I hope your holiday weekend is good too.
dhaupt wrote:
TarHeelGirl00 wrote:Invisible (Ivy Malone Series #1)
I am finally getting around to reading this book that I downloaded as a freebie some time ago. So far, I will give this funny, light-hearted mystery a thumbs-up.
Have a safe Labor Day weekend and be careful in the rain!
Thanks for the recommend TarHeelGirl
I hope your holiday weekend is good too.
I have read all three books in the series and I liked all of them. This was the one that got me started though!
I am reading:
One Deadly Sister (Sandy Reid Mystery Series)
