Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

[caleb72]

I just finished Toonopolis: Gemini by Jeremy Rodden. Fun cartoon adventure - I have it reviewed on my site.

Now I'm starting The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker - also for review on my site. Enjoying it so far - she has a way of getting my interest quickly.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I just finished James Lee Burke's "Glass Rainbow." Wonderful!!! I wouldn't want to live in Burke's mind but there is no doubt he knows how to tell a story.

This book is typical 'Dave Robecheaux.' Clete Percell is in there, as are several other regulars. Lot's of sno'balls, boudin (white and heated in the microwave,) drive-through daiquiri windows, and of course lots poor folk living in shacks. But the plot is solid and deep, the story line captivating, the action realistic and bloody, and this book certainly makes you anxious to see the next in the series.

The book can stand on it's own, but like so many series, would benefit from reading from the first book to follow Robicheaux's life as a law enforcement officer in the southern Louisiana parishes. I usually put a Clifton Chenier CD on in the background just to set the mood.

Stitchawl

I've got the first couple of Robecheaux books, and have been meaning to read them for ages. Your post has encouraged me to make that sooner rather than later, once I have finished to current round of MR "book club" reads.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

I've got the first couple of Robecheaux books, and have been meaning to read them for ages. Your post has encouraged me to make that sooner rather than later, once I have finished to current round of MR "book club" reads.

They are brilliant glimpses into the southern Louisiana life style, both upper and lower crust. Burke's skill with descriptive phrases is almost frightening! Dave Robicheaux is a very troubled man, with serious history coloring his thinking, but a very good person. The stories are well thought out, well laid out, and usually throw the reader for a loop or two. I think you'll enjoy them if you like the police mystery genre.


Stitchawl

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

They are brilliant glimpses into the southern Louisiana life style, both upper and lower crust. Burke's skill with descriptive phrases is almost frightening! Dave Robicheaux is a very troubled man, with serious history coloring his thinking, but a very good person. The stories are well thought out, well laid out, and usually throw the reader for a loop or two. I think you'll enjoy them if you like the police mystery genre.


Stitchawl

I do, and having once lived in Louisianna I also have an affinity for the locale (and Cajun music).

Was one of the series made into a film with Tommy Lee Jones, who certainly came across as a bit disturbed? The name escapes me at the moment - I remember a surreal bit where he stumbled into a Confederate camp in some kind of time slip scene.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

I do, and having once lived in Louisianna I also have an affinity for the locale (and Cajun music).

Was one of the series made into a film with Tommy Lee Jones, who certainly came across as a bit disturbed? The name escapes me at the moment - I remember a surreal bit where he stumbled into a Confederate camp in some kind of time slip scene.

Yes, and he 'almost' played a convincing Robicheaux. Close, but not quite Cajun enough. The book it was from was "In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead," a very typical (and good!) Dave Robicheaux novel.


Stitchawl

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I just finished James Lee Burke's "Glass Rainbow." Wonderful!!! I wouldn't want to live in Burke's mind but there is no doubt he knows how to tell a story.

This book is typical 'Dave Robecheaux.' Clete Percell is in there, as are several other regulars. Lot's of sno'balls, boudin (white and heated in the microwave,) drive-through daiquiri windows, and of course lots poor folk living in shacks. But the plot is solid and deep, the story line captivating, the action realistic and bloody, and this book certainly makes you anxious to see the next in the series.

The book can stand on it's own, but like so many series, would benefit from reading from the first book to follow Robicheaux's life as a law enforcement officer in the southern Louisiana parishes. I usually put a Clifton Chenier CD on in the background just to set the mood.

Stitchawl

added to my continually expanding TBR list....

what would be the title of the first book?

....looks like "Neon Rain?"

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by kennyc

added to my continually expanding TBR list....
what would be the title of the first book?
....looks like "Neon Rain?"

WARNING: Don't make friends with the elephant trainer unless you have room in your house for an elephant!


Stitchawl

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

WARNING: Don't make friends with the elephant trainer unless you have room in your house for an elephant!


Stitchawl

Electrons don't weigh to much or take up too much space.

I'm not a huge fan of mysteries/suspense but am interesting in expanding my reading a bit as well. Thanks for the glowing review.

[Quake1028]

Originally Posted by monkeyluis

Just finished The Weight of Blood.

How did you like it?

[WT Sharpe]

Just finished The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker, in which the author puts forward some excellent arguments for why it's a mistake and counter-productive to cling to ideas long discarded by science in an attempt to create a more just world.

As soon as we recognize that there is nothing morally commendable about the products of evolution, we can describe human psychology honestly, without the fear that identifying a “natural” trait is the same as condoning it.

4½ stars out of 5.

[WT Sharpe]

Also finished A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., the MobileRead Book Club's November selection, and I'm ready for the discussion that begins on the 20th.

[Crusader]

I'm currently on a Terry Pratchett binge due to the fact that I'm participating in a Discworld reading challenge. I've read 7 Discworld novels so far and I'm busy with Lords and Ladies at the moment.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

just started mothership by tony chandler (i borrowed this using the new one-a-month prime/kindle book lending)

i've read over half of mothership as of this morning and i decided to search amazon for the sequel Borne On Wings Of Steel to see if it was also available to borrow. nope! so onto my amazon christmas wishlist it goes, oh well

and when i've finished Borne On Wings Of Steel i will need to decide between The Blood That Bonds (sequel to Blood Hunt by Christopher Buecheler) and Star Svensdotter [1], Second Star by Dana Stabenow. decisions, decisions

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant;1819260[URL="http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b28045/?"

F&SF, February 2005[/URL] by Spilogale Authors

Not as good as January's issue, although I did particularly like the novelet "Inner Huff" and the story "Dutch".

Next up: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

This isn't available as an authorised ebook in the UK, so I've had to buy a second-hand paperback!

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

This isn't available as an ebook in the UK, so I've had to buy a second-hand paperback!

As a Moderator in an e-book forum, are you allowed to read paper books?


Stitchawl