Fiction
Related: About this forumWhat Fiction are you reading this week, September 15, 2024?
I'm reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim: a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. Great writing. She really puts you inside the story.
Listening to Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka. "A chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer." Lots of harrowing incidents, at the beginning anyway. Just started it.
What books are you chilling out with this week?
Diamond_Dog
(33,790 posts)Not exactly fiction, but I am enjoying it nonetheless!
I didn't know she had written a book. But I'm certainly not surprised. 2019. Sounds great.
Arne
(3,426 posts)Starts with time travel, becomes epic futuristic tale
exposing climate change and AI struggles.
This writing is up there with the masters of science fiction.
It's 580 pages but I devoured it nonstop.
Lonestarblue
(11,327 posts)rsdsharp
(9,830 posts)Only six more to go!
The King of Prussia
(742 posts)First in a new cozy series. Enjoying it so far.
hermetic
(8,541 posts)A new cozy series. 5 star rated. Murder in paradise. Eight more so far. Thanks!
cbabe
(3,941 posts)Dead Watch/John Sandford
Stand alone. Politics and murder. Twisted and tangled plot.
Not one of his best but ok read.
A Darkness More Than Night/Michael Connelly
Bosch is second to McCaleb. Theyre adversaries trying to stop a serial killer and another bizarre killing staged like a Bosch painting.
Interesting to see Bosch through anothers eyes.
Bosch becomes a suspect. Another 5 star rating. Thanks!
cbabe
(3,941 posts)Off to big library to pick up new Craig Johnson First Frost.
hermetic
(8,541 posts)an interview with Michael Connelly, Laurie King and Walter Mosley. It's quite interesting and rather funny. Especially Mosley.
japple
(10,221 posts)the Hwy 59 series, Bluebird, Bluebird and boy howdy this woman can write!
hermetic
(8,541 posts)and final one in the series has just been released. Rave reviews. Sounds like a great series to invest one's time in.
pscot
(21,030 posts)Ah, Treachery is next. Thomas wrote Political thrillers in the mold of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. He had a wonderfully engaging style and a light touch, cynical and slyly humorous. He created a cast of memorable characters from an African dictator with unspeakable tastes to a Romanian dwarf who women found irresistable and while violence sometimes threatens, his heroes tend to be urbane, 40ish, slightly jaded operatives rather than pistol packing tough guys. Settings range from 1940s Europe to '80s LA. His books have been out of print for a while but they've being re-issued by St Martin's in a nicely done trade paperback edition. Highly recommended if you think you may have run out of things to read.
hermetic
(8,541 posts)Sounds great, albeit a bit old. Originally 1983. Put it on my list, though. Thanks, pal.
pscot
(21,030 posts)More than a bit, actually. These are a little dated but Thomas was a first rate writer and they hold up quite well. But I remember Harry Truman and $0.25 a gallon gasoline so they don't seem as anomolously historical as they might to a child of Gen-Z.
I don't remember Truman but I do recall one time I was going out with friends before I was old enough to drive. The car was running low on gas. So all four of us managed to scrounge $1.00 in change from purses and pockets and got 4 gallons of gas. We were then able to cruise around all night. Which is what we used to do for fun.
pscot
(21,030 posts)driving around aimlessly for hours at time was a major form of recreation. The Sunday drive; fun for the whole family. Then the '70s came along.
I used to think that i was cool
runnin 'round on fossile fuel
But now I see what I was doin'
Was drivin' down the road to ruin