becke_davis wrote:You're all reading some very cool books! I'm reading this one today:
Silhouette in Scarlet (Vicky Bliss Series #3)
Ahhhh, one of Elizabeth Peters' Vicky Bliss mysteries, becke. I do like that particular book a lot-- maybe because the setting is in Scandanavia, and the chemistry between Vicky and John Smythe is heating up a lot! ( Not to mention the menace of the Silhouette carver, and , um, a sort of Viking type who's out to eliminate Vicky!)
Fricka wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
You're all reading some very cool books! I'm reading this one today:
Silhouette in Scarlet (Vicky Bliss Series #3)
Ahhhh, one of Elizabeth Peters' Vicky Bliss mysteries, becke. I do like that particular book a lot-- maybe because the setting is in Scandanavia, and the chemistry between Vicky and John Smythe is heating up a lot! ( Not to mention the menace of the Silhouette carver, and , um, a sort of Viking type who's out to eliminate Vicky!)
This is the first Vicky Bliss book I've read. (Of course, when I bought it I didn't realize it was #3 in the series.) I like it a lot - I'm about halfway through it.
I love her description of the silhouettes (barring the sinister undertones) - my grandmother had silhouettes of her grandparents. I wonder where those got to?
Fricka wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
You're all reading some very cool books! I'm reading this one today:
Silhouette in Scarlet (Vicky Bliss Series #3)
Ahhhh, one of Elizabeth Peters' Vicky Bliss mysteries, becke. I do like that particular book a lot-- maybe because the setting is in Scandanavia, and the chemistry between Vicky and John Smythe is heating up a lot! ( Not to mention the menace of the Silhouette carver, and , um, a sort of Viking type who's out to eliminate Vicky!)
This is the first Vicky Bliss book I've read. (Of course, when I bought it I didn't realize it was #3 in the series.) I like it a lot - I'm about halfway through it.
I love her description of the silhouettes (barring the sinister undertones) - my grandmother had silhouettes of her grandparents. I wonder where those got to?
I do too. I would love to own some of these books with these covers, and not have the books falling apart :-)
becke_davis wrote:
Vermontcozy wrote:
Ryan_G wrote:
Ryan Just The Cover Alone Makes me Want to Read The Book..Vacay Time for You..You Needed a Rest..Best Susan
I love the vintage covers - I wish some publishers would introduce a line of mysteries with covers like this.
Ryan_G wrote:
I do too. I would love to own some of these books with these covers, and not have the books falling apart :-)
becke_davis wrote:
Vermontcozy wrote:
Ryan_G wrote:
Ryan Just The Cover Alone Makes me Want to Read The Book..Vacay Time for You..You Needed a Rest..Best Susan
I love the vintage covers - I wish some publishers would introduce a line of mysteries with covers like this.
True. The bindings are sometimes very fragile, and the pages yellow pretty fast.
Brownies and Broomsticks (Magical Bakery Series #1)
I've just finished reading this book by Bailey Cates. Since I love cozies with a cooking tie-in, this one was right down my alley. I can hardly wait for her second book in the series to be released, now!
This was a great summer read
see my review here plus a special offer from the author
http://thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com/2012/06/revie
dhaupt wrote:This was a great summer read
see my review here plus a special offer from the author
http://thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com/2012/06/revie
w-of-coming-up-for-air-by-patti.html
A Talented Author Patti Callahan Henry..Gives a Bit of Romance But also a Mystery..Twist,,I did love Losing The Moon and Where The River Runs....Thanks Debbie..
Vermontcozy wrote:
dhaupt wrote:
This was a great summer read
see my review here plus a special offer from the author
http://thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com/2012/06/revie
w-of-coming-up-for-air-by-patti.html A Talented Author Patti Callahan Henry..Gives a Bit of Romance But also a Mystery..Twist,,I did love Losing The Moon and Where The River Runs....Thanks Debbie..
Thanks Susan, I'm just glad I found her. Gosh so many wonderful authors so little time 
I'm reading lots of things right now - kinda hectic, reading-wise - so where to begin?
I'm reading
A Study in Scarlet , but I am almost finished with it. I just started
David Copperfield (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) and know this will take me the rest of the summer, most likely. I'm doing it audio-style, and it's about 5 inches thick with CD's. HUGE!
I'm also reading
Stardust and hopefully will get to
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette in the next week or so.
basson_mommy12 wrote:
I'm reading lots of things right now - kinda hectic, reading-wise - so where to begin?
I'm reading
A Study in Scarlet , but I am almost finished with it. I just started
David Copperfield (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) and know this will take me the rest of the summer, most likely. I'm doing it audio-style, and it's about 5 inches thick with CD's. HUGE!
I'm also reading
Stardust and hopefully will get to
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette in the next week or so.
I love the Penderwicks!
becke_davis wrote:
Becke I love Laura's series, she's got another one coming out in AugustDid you read her last oneit was about a college campus rampage shooting at the U of Texas, and if you read the dedication to her mother you'll find out that her mom was on campus the day of the read campus shooting many years ago
dhaupt wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
Becke I love Laura's series, she's got another one coming out in AugustDid you read her last oneit was about a college campus rampage shooting at the U of Texas, and if you read the dedication to her mother you'll find out that her mom was on campus the day of the read campus shooting many years ago
dhaupt wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
Becke I love Laura's series, she's got another one coming out in AugustDid you read her last oneit was about a college campus rampage shooting at the U of Texas, and if you read the dedication to her mother you'll find out that her mom was on campus the day of the read campus shooting many years ago
Yes, it was excellent! I'm not getting much reading done with so much going on at my house, but TWISTED is really good so far - VERY suspenseful!
I'm about half-way through Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. It's written with Thomas Cromwell as the main figure.
A Killer Read (Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series #1)
I'm also reading this. It's a great cozy with literary and library tie-ins.
Fricka wrote:
I'm about half-way through Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. It's written with Thomas Cromwell as the main figure.
A Killer Read (Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series #1)
I'm also reading this. It's a great cozy with literary and library tie-ins.
I love books about books!
becke_davis wrote:
Fricka wrote:
I'm about half-way through Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. It's written with Thomas Cromwell as the main figure.
A Killer Read (Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series #1)
I'm also reading this. It's a great cozy with literary and library tie-ins.
I love books about books!
Oooh, becke, You'd love A Killer Read, then! Not only does the protagonist, Lizzie, host a Book Club, there are frequent references to other books; for example, in Chapter Two, there's a reference to A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair, and also to Agatha Christie. On top of that, for cat lovers, Lizzie has two Siamese with the names--get this! "Edam" and "Brie"! Tooooo cool!
Also, I like the quotes that Erika has put at the beginning of each chapter. The first one is my favorite so far--it's by Ruth Rendell: "Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading." Purrrrrrr!
I just started General Fiction's September read
One Mountain Away Emilie is one of my favorite authors and I have enjoyed her for years and I'm so happy that she'll be giving us a whole month of her time when we read this novel that comes out in August. She's also facing a huge transition in her own life as her minister husband is retiring after 40 years of service, they're moving, she had unexpected surgery and she's a prolfic author who's time demands attention to her own work as well.
If you love women's fiction you might think of putting this on your wish list
