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alansplace · 05-29-2012, 10:51 AM

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I finished reading Killing Grounds followed by The Art of Detection and now I'm starting to read Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers. This is a novel included in the Charlie Chan Omnibus available in Mobileread's Patricia Clark Memorial Library.

Finished reading Behind That Curtain which was a real interesting and fun story. It is the 3rd Charlie Chan novel in the omnibus and the first one that actually reminded me of the Charlie Chan movies that I saw on TV as a kid. Can't decide what to read next, maybe later today I'll get a deciding flash!

alansplace · 05-29-2012, 12:40 PM

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Finished reading Behind That Curtain which was a real interesting and fun story. It is the 3rd Charlie Chan novel in the omnibus and the first one that actually reminded me of the Charlie Chan movies that I saw on TV as a kid. Can't decide what to read next, maybe later today I'll get a deciding flash!

My 'deciding flash' just ocurred. A friend of mine collects guns and knows I read mysteries so left me this book with a recommendation and a brief description. All I know is the protagonist is a game warden who gets involved in a murder mystery and who cannot hit the 'broad side of a barn' (refers to shooting at it I suppose). The book is Open Season by C.J. Box and is the first in a series about game warden Joe Pickett. Onward!

poohbear_nc · 05-29-2012, 03:52 PM

I'm still hugely enjoying the mystery series by Fred Vargas and RT Raichev.

Marilyn Stasio (NYT Book Review) has described Vargas as "insanely imaginative" - each book's plot is completely different & very strange - but it all hangs together very well. To truly appreciate Commissaire Adamsberg & his squad, the books should be read in order. They are appearing slowly as ebooks. Very highly recommended.

Raichev is obviously very well read in all areas of mystery novels and well versed in mystery films. He uses classic book & movie titles as chapter titles in his Country House Crime series that feature a sixty-something version of Tommy & Tuppence. Character names are also taken from other mystery novels - you'll find a Mrs. Scarpetta in The Little Victim, among other familiar names. And you'll hear Major Payne ask Antonia "Did Adam [Dalgleish] ever marry Emma?" And setting a faux Browns Hotel in India ..... Also very highly recommended!

poohbear_nc · 05-29-2012, 04:11 PM

On a completely different note, I am also completing Henry James' The Sacred Fount - and am finding it quite funny! A novella notorious for absolutely nothing happening - it's the country weekend from Hell, filled with emotional vampires, and narrated by a completely clueless [the British term gormless seems apt here] observer. For whatever reason, the usual Jamesian syntax is quite readable in its convolutions, and you keep turning page after page marveling at the asinine conclusions drawn by our faithful narrator, and wishing someone would push him into the fountain!

James disowned this work in his later years [refused to include it in the comprehensive New York Edition of his oeuvre] and critics never could agree as to whether he was serious or satirical. I find it to be a "light-hearted" [if such term could ever be applied to The Master] tale, with tongue firmly planted in authorial cheek.

caleb72 · 05-29-2012, 04:27 PM

Finished Wired by Douglas E Richards. Review is on my site. With lots of action this techno-thriller was a fun read.

I'm now reading Symphony of Blood by Adam Pepper also for my review site. This one seems to be a hard-boiled mystery with supernatural themes. About 30% in and it's just regular P.I. stuff at the moment but I'm looking forward to the introduction of the otherworldly.

maianhvk · 05-29-2012, 10:28 PM

Finished The Chinese Maze Murders yesterday (very good) and began Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (promising right from the start). Still reading Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog - it's more difficult than I expected, but an exceptional book as well.

CRussel · 05-30-2012, 01:26 AM

Taking a break from 1635: The Dreeson Incident to read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. It's been years since I read it, and the recent events on Everest have brought this all back, with a vengence.

alansplace · 05-30-2012, 07:02 PM

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My 'deciding flash' just ocurred. A friend of mine collects guns and knows I read mysteries so left me this book with a recommendation and a brief description. All I know is the protagonist is a game warden who gets involved in a murder mystery and who cannot hit the 'broad side of a barn' (refers to shooting at it I suppose). The book is Open Season by C.J. Box and is the first in a series about game warden Joe Pickett. Onward!

Well, I've finished reading Open Season by C.J. Box and I enjoyed it. I wouldn't have even given it a second look if my friend hadn't provided it (and it had a recommendation by Tony Hillerman on the cover). In fact I may, at some future date, pick up some more books in this Joe Pickett series!!

In another thread Deep Fathom by James Rollins was mentioned and it kind of appealed to me, so I grabbed one up (Amazon $7.99) and am going to read it next.

pdurrant · 05-31-2012, 03:01 AM

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The Forerunner Factor by Andre Norton.

A good start, but a little too much weirdness and coincidence thrown in later on.

Next: The last of my recent purchases, Overkill by Robert Buettner.

John F · 05-31-2012, 07:21 AM

Currently reading: The Enchantress by Michael Scott
On deck: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

I wonder if they are related?

tecweston · 05-31-2012, 09:49 AM

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Currently reading: The Enchantress by Michael Scott

Good to see he's got a new job after leaving Dunder Mifflin.

stop__dreaming · 05-31-2012, 09:54 AM

Now moved on from The Godfather to the eagerly anticipated Kurt Wallander series, Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell.

So far so good.

pdurrant · 05-31-2012, 10:51 AM

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Overkill by Robert Buettner.

A fun read. An interesting background and an exciting story. Good stuff.

Good enough that I'm going straight on to the next in this series, and have added his previous series to my wish list.

Next: Undercurrents by Robert Buettner

CRussel · 05-31-2012, 12:06 PM

Hmm. I've got the two in this series as part of other Webscription months I've bought, but never tried anything by him. (I tend to get a bit burned out on MilSF after a while, and start to look for other things.) I'll have to move Overkill into my TBR and give it a try.

covingtoncat73 · 05-31-2012, 12:13 PM

I'm reading Everywhere. But No Place by Mike Foster. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Interesting concept of a VR rehab/prison.

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05-29-2012, 03:52 PM	#13353
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,470 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I'm still hugely enjoying the mystery series by Fred Vargas and RT Raichev. Marilyn Stasio (NYT Book Review) has described Vargas as "insanely imaginative" - each book's plot is completely different & very strange - but it all hangs together very well. To truly appreciate Commissaire Adamsberg & his squad, the books should be read in order. They are appearing slowly as ebooks. Very highly recommended. Raichev is obviously very well read in all areas of mystery novels and well versed in mystery films. He uses classic book & movie titles as chapter titles in his Country House Crime series that feature a sixty-something version of Tommy & Tuppence. Character names are also taken from other mystery novels - you'll find a Mrs. Scarpetta in The Little Victim, among other familiar names. And you'll hear Major Payne ask Antonia "Did Adam [Dalgleish] ever marry Emma?" And setting a faux Browns Hotel in India ..... Also very highly recommended!

05-29-2012, 04:11 PM	#13354
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,470 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	On a completely different note, I am also completing Henry James' The Sacred Fount - and am finding it quite funny! A novella notorious for absolutely nothing happening - it's the country weekend from Hell, filled with emotional vampires, and narrated by a completely clueless [the British term gormless seems apt here] observer. For whatever reason, the usual Jamesian syntax is quite readable in its convolutions, and you keep turning page after page marveling at the asinine conclusions drawn by our faithful narrator, and wishing someone would push him into the fountain! James disowned this work in his later years [refused to include it in the comprehensive New York Edition of his oeuvre] and critics never could agree as to whether he was serious or satirical. I find it to be a "light-hearted" [if such term could ever be applied to The Master] tale, with tongue firmly planted in authorial cheek.

05-29-2012, 04:27 PM	#13355
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	Finished Wired by Douglas E Richards. Review is on my site. With lots of action this techno-thriller was a fun read. I'm now reading Symphony of Blood by Adam Pepper also for my review site. This one seems to be a hard-boiled mystery with supernatural themes. About 30% in and it's just regular P.I. stuff at the moment but I'm looking forward to the introduction of the otherworldly.

05-29-2012, 10:28 PM	#13356
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	Finished The Chinese Maze Murders yesterday (very good) and began Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (promising right from the start). Still reading Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog - it's more difficult than I expected, but an exceptional book as well.

05-30-2012, 01:26 AM	#13357
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Taking a break from 1635: The Dreeson Incident to read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. It's been years since I read it, and the recent events on Everest have brought this all back, with a vengence.

05-31-2012, 07:21 AM	#13360
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,951 Karma: 70880793 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	Currently reading: The Enchantress by Michael Scott On deck: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott I wonder if they are related?

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CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Hmm. I've got the two in this series as part of other Webscription months I've bought, but never tried anything by him. (I tend to get a bit burned out on MilSF after a while, and start to look for other things.) I'll have to move Overkill into my TBR and give it a try.

05-31-2012, 12:13 PM	#13365
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	I'm reading Everywhere. But No Place by Mike Foster. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Interesting concept of a VR rehab/prison.