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

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by CRussel

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.

That's how I have them too. Certainly the first one is a stand-alone story complete in itself, so I'm happy to go on to the second in the hopes that it is the same, even though this is a series-in-progress.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by CRussel

But I'm juggling around not really wanting to read any of Virginia DeMarce's books. Which is hard to do without a few jumps in story. But better that than being bored to death.

Originally Posted by Apache

You are not kidding. After reading two of Virginia DeMarce's, I refuse to read any others written by her. I had hoped the first one was a fluke.
Apache

Originally Posted by CRussel

No, I'm afraid not. I'm fairly tolerant, since I like the universe so much, and really respect Eric on several different levels. So I really tried. But I'd really rather watch paint dry.

Why, oh WHY, can't I take my own advice. I'm 1/2 way through 1635: The Dreeson Incident and it is just awful. I wanted to fill in the gaps, but this just isn't worth it. Sigh. I really, really, really wish Eric would fire DeMarce as an author for this series. He's not doing the brand a bit of good.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Why, oh WHY, can't I take my own advice. I'm 1/2 way through 1635: The Dreeson Incident and it is just awful. I wanted to fill in the gaps, but this just isn't worth it. Sigh. I really, really, really wish Eric would fire DeMarce as an author for this series. He's not doing the brand a bit of good.

self she is in the

Apache

[CRussel]

Too true, Apache. (And a superb use of the smilies on this board!)

[Fbone]

After a few duds ...

I'm going to try A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch. Victorian mystery by a young Oxford grad.

[covingtoncat73]

I read American Vampire 1, a graphic novel by Scott Snyder and Stephen King, with art by Rafael Albuquereque. Imagine if a young and especially badass Clint Eastwood got made into a vampire in the 1880s old west and a new kind of vampire that had evolved from the older, European type. Now imagine if Berenice Bejo's character from The Artist was made into such a new type of vampire by said Clint Eastwood vampire in 1920s Hollywood. Their stories intertwine and the fight the old, European vamps. Cool stuff.

[jgaiser]

Been a while since I posted on this thread, but for the most part it's been a lot of easy reads since the first of the year.

I've decided to get back to a list of epic fantasies I've been wanting to read. First in line is to finish Joe Abercrombie's Last Law Series with Last Argument of Kings. Reviews seem to be a mixed on this series and especially on this last book, but so far I'm enjoying it a lot.

[pilotbob]

We'll I finished Watch Me Die by Lee Goldberg. Another in the amazon thriller set.

This is the story of Harvey Mapes... a security guard who love to read private dick novels, and ends up being asked to do some detecting by a guy in the community that Harvey protects. Well, if you call sitting in a guard shack during the graveyard shift watching CCTV.

The story started interesting but really didn't go anywhere. Another "thriller" that didn't really thrill me.

What Next???

I really ready for a gripping read that I won't want to put down, and will feel sad when it's over... but happy to find there is a Sequel or next story in the series that is even better.

BOb

[Stitchawl]

Bob, have you tried MC Beaton's 'Hamish Macbeth' series? Highland country bumpkin bobby who solves murders in Scottish Agatha Christy type settings, usually with a cast of characters (I deliberately put that in Italics because they really really REALLY are a group of characters!) Almost a 'Colombo' in kilts meets the game of 'Clue.'

Not the thriller that John Sandford writes, nor the twists and turns that Jeffery Deaver puts out, but good fun, some chuckles, and a solid plot. You know who is going to get 'done in' quickly, but it takes some doing to figure out who done it!


Stitchawl

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

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.

I just finished reading Deep Fathom. It was exciting, surprisingly suspenseful and even had an element of science fiction!

I'm now starting to read Trouble in Paradise, the second Jesse Stone novel.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next: Undercurrents by Robert Buettner

Which was also interesting, although more MilSF than the first. And it did have its own story arc with beginning, middle and a sort of end. Not quite as self-contained as the first, but it doesn't have a cliff-hanger ending.

I suspect that I would like the earlier series as well, but I'm not buying them just now.

And now I'm going to re-read The Lord of the Rings. I've finally got around to watching my set of the extended edition DVDs, and I've got irritated again by all the changes to the characters, many of whom behave in ways that I thought they didn't in the book (particularly Théoden, Fangorn and Faramir). So I need to re-read to check that it's the film that's distorting them, and not my memory!

And I find I need to re-download my copy, as it seems I didn't update after the initial typos were fixed. Luckily it's still downloadable (but not to new purchasers) from Fictionwise.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Bob, have you tried MC Beaton's 'Hamish Macbeth' series? Highland country bumpkin bobby who solves murders in Scottish Agatha Christy type settings, usually with a cast of characters (I deliberately put that in Italics because they really really REALLY are a group of characters!) Almost a 'Colombo' in kilts meets the game of 'Clue.'

Not the thriller that John Sandford writes, nor the twists and turns that Jeffery Deaver puts out, but good fun, some chuckles, and a solid plot. You know who is going to get 'done in' quickly, but it takes some doing to figure out who done it!


Stitchawl

Thank you for this suggestion. I bought the first one, in the series, for $2.99.
Apache

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Bob, have you tried MC Beaton's 'Hamish Macbeth' series? Highland country bumpkin bobby who solves murders in Scottish Agatha Christy type settings, usually with a cast of characters (I deliberately put that in Italics because they really really REALLY are a group of characters!) Almost a 'Colombo' in kilts meets the game of 'Clue.'

Not the thriller that John Sandford writes, nor the twists and turns that Jeffery Deaver puts out, but good fun, some chuckles, and a solid plot. You know who is going to get 'done in' quickly, but it takes some doing to figure out who done it!


Stitchawl

I found the first few Hamish Macbeth books enjoyable, quirky, cozy mysteries. But they didn't seem to grow on me as much as I'd hoped, and I started to get bored with them. I found the Agatha Raisin books by the same author more long-term enjoyable.

Another quirky cozy series are the Feathering mysteries by Simon Brett. Not sure what the status of them on eBooks is, since I read most of them via dead tree book or Audible. But worth a try if you can find them at a reasonable price.

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Another quirky cozy series are the Feathering mysteries by Simon Brett. Not sure what the status of them on eBooks is, since I read most of them via dead tree book or Audible. But worth a try if you can find them at a reasonable price.

Some of them are available as ebooks, as I picked up a couple from Amazon within the past 6 months.

Edit: Now that I read your post again, I don't think I've got any of the Feathering stories.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

Some of them are available as ebooks, as I picked up a couple from Amazon within the past 6 months.

Edit: Now that I read your post again, I don't think I've got any of the Feathering stories.

The first of the Feathering mysteries: The Body on the Beach. Looks like they're all in the $6.50-$12 range, most at around $8. A bit pricy for what are, after, pretty light lifting. But nice if you enjoy a quirky cozy.