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Old 06-02-2012, 02:31 PM   #13381
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Old 06-02-2012, 06:38 PM   #13382
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I'm now starting to read Trouble in Paradise, the second Jesse Stone novel.
I read the first few some years ago. Then I caught part of a program staring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone on TV one evening.
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CBS has adapted the Jesse Stone novels into a series of movie specials starring Tom Selleck in the title role. The movies begin out of sequence but stay relatively true to storylines and character with exceptions made mostly for television network viewing palatability, until the fourth film.

I was interested in seeing more of them, but, when I looked it up, I saw this.
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The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold is on hold right now. I've listened to a couple of freebie books and have just started The Curse of Senmut by Vickie Britton, another freebie from our Deals forum and a just joined MR author. This one is holding my attention, although I'm not far enough in to really know how good it will be.
I'm having a bit of a slow down with reading lately. Too many things going on at once and too little time to spend on one thing.

The Curse of Senmut went on hold and I thought I would try a short, fluff book to fill in, The Frog Prince by Elle Lothlorien, that was free about a week ago on amazon. It also is being read in bits and pieces, but a little cute so far.
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It was his pheromones that did it. With one sniff, sex researcher Leigh Fromm recognizes that any offspring she might have with the mysterious stranger would have a better-than-average chance of surviving any number of impending pandemics.

But when Leigh finds out that the handsome “someone” at her great aunt’s wake is Prince Roman Habsburg von Lorraine of Austria, she suddenly doubts her instincts—not that she was intending to sleep with the guy. The royal house of Habsburg was once completely inbred, insanity and impotency among the highlights of their genetic pedigree. (The extreme “bulldog underbite” that plagued them wasn’t called the Habsburg Jaw for nothing.)

It doesn’t matter that his family hasn’t sat on a throne (other than the ones in their Toilette) since 1918, or that Austria is now a parliamentary democracy. Their lives couldn’t be more different: Roman is routinely mobbed by paparazzi in Europe. Leigh is regularly mocked for having the social skills of a potted plant. Even if she suddenly developed grace, charm and a pedigree that would withstand the scrutiny of the press and his family, what exactly is she supposed to do with this would-have-been king of Austria who is in self-imposed exile in Denver, Colorado?
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Old 06-02-2012, 07:09 PM   #13383
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I read the first few some years ago. Then I caught part of a program staring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone on TV one evening.
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CBS has adapted the Jesse Stone novels into a series of movie specials starring Tom Selleck in the title role. The movies begin out of sequence but stay relatively true to storylines and character with exceptions made mostly for television network viewing palatability, until the fourth film.

I was interested in seeing more of them, but, when I looked it up, I saw this.
I've seen 4 or 5 of the TV movies which was the main reason that I eventually started reading the books. Since there are 9 books and the 8th TV movie will be the last, we may not be missing too much. I plan to Netflix the ones I haven't seen yet as I read the series.

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Old 06-03-2012, 06:06 AM   #13384
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Picked up another book by E.M Sinclair (after having read her fantasy series Circle of Lights). Cold revenge (historical fiction). I enjoyed it and found it an easy read.

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Grace Harper is a twenty five year old governess in complete charge of four orphans who are very near her own age. The eldest Matthew, Earl of Rapley, leaves the country seat in Hampshire for London and society. The rest of the family follow and events plunge into dangers Grace Harper could never have imagined.
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Old 06-03-2012, 06:31 AM   #13385
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I read the first few some years ago. Then I caught part of a program staring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone on TV one evening.
Spoiler:
CBS has adapted the Jesse Stone novels into a series of movie specials starring Tom Selleck in the title role. The movies begin out of sequence but stay relatively true to storylines and character with exceptions made mostly for television network viewing palatability, until the fourth film.

I was interested in seeing more of them, but, when I looked it up, I saw this.
Thanks for the info, dreams. I'm a big fan of the books and films, so it's sad news for me. I do still have some catching up to do of the TV movies, and they don't often get shown over here, so I've at least got that to look forward to.

Currently reading the lastest Spenser outing, Lullaby by Ace Atkins. It's definitely not Parker, and I'm still undecided as to whether I like it. About quarter of the way in, so I'll keep an open mind.
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Old 06-03-2012, 08:29 AM   #13386
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In a mood for thriller, and The Hunt for Red October sounds right.
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Old 06-03-2012, 08:55 AM   #13387
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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.'...
That sounds similar to Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range series, about two brothers in the Old West of the United States. Around the campfire, Big Red reads some Sherlock Holmes stories from the Strand magazine to his illiterate brother, Old Red. Old Red's imagination is fired up, and he sets out to become a crime solver, using Holmesian "deducifying" maxims as his guide. It's a quite enjoyable series, and Hockensmith has become one of my favorite authors.
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Old 06-03-2012, 10:19 AM   #13388
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Just finished Kim by Rudyard Kipling. Excellent story and the Kindle edition illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling is well formatted with links to unfamiliar Indian words. It's worth the 99 cents.
I may read Laurie King's Russell/Holmes book The Game which is supposed to feature a grown up Kim.

Currently I'm reading the Russian SF novel Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Srugatsky which I've long known about but never got around to reading.
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Old 06-03-2012, 09:37 PM   #13390
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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.
I've just finished reading Trouble in Paradise, the second Jesse Stone novel by Robert B. Parker. It was just as good a read as the first one, so I enjoyed it a lot.

I've seen a few (all positive) comments and conversations about Wool by Hugh Howey ($.99 or you can get the Wool Omnibus Edition for $5.99 [all 5 of the books]) so I've begun reading the first one.
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Read any Jane Whitefield books? Here's the first in the series, and a thriller it is. Vanishing Act
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I second this recommendation. It's a fantastic read.
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