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Post by moiaf on Apr 5, 2018 13:04:43 GMT -5
I finally read book 2 of The Collector Trilogy. Book 1 was The Butterfly Garden and book 2 was The Roses of May. The same FBI agents that we met in The Butterfly Garden show up here, where another serial killer is on the lose. It was good, not as engrossing as the first book, but still very entertaining.
The final book comes out this May.
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Post by moiaf on Apr 5, 2018 13:08:52 GMT -5
Also, I read the second book in the An Ember in the Ashes Quartet, A Torch Against the Night. I really liked it, as much as the first book if not more. The characters seems more complete and the story was better focused. I can't wait for book three, which comes out in July.
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Post by atargbyanothername on Apr 5, 2018 17:36:31 GMT -5
I finally read book 2 of The Collector Trilogy. Book 1 was The Butterfly Garden and book 2 was The Roses of May. The same FBI agents that we met in The Butterfly Garden show up here, where another serial killer is on the lose. It was good, not as engrossing as the first book, but still very entertaining. The final book comes out this May. Is that by Dot Hutchinson? I got The Butterfly Garden free on Kindle First programme. It was an interesting read though i think it could have used some work. I also felt the idea may not have been wholly ‘original’ either. I think I would only be tempted by the sequel if it was also free   |
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Post by moiaf on Apr 8, 2018 15:44:39 GMT -5
I finally read book 2 of The Collector Trilogy. Book 1 was The Butterfly Garden and book 2 was The Roses of May. The same FBI agents that we met in The Butterfly Garden show up here, where another serial killer is on the lose. It was good, not as engrossing as the first book, but still very entertaining. The final book comes out this May. Is that by Dot Hutchinson? I got The Butterfly Garden free on Kindle First programme. It was an interesting read though i think it could have used some work. I also felt the idea may not have been wholly ‘original’ either. I think I would only be tempted by the sequel if it was also free Yes, this is the sequel to The Butterfly Garden. I enjoyed TBG, I don’t read a lot of suspense/trillers and I found the book engrossing. I’m sure the subject is an amalgamation of the many serial killer stories out there. But if you felt that way about it, you should probably wait until the second book is free.  |
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Post by moiaf on Apr 8, 2018 15:50:55 GMT -5
I just finished The Nightingale and absolutely loved it.
It’s the story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, during World War II France. As with most stories that take place during WWII there’s going to be grief and devastation and therefore tears. I cried more than a few times but I didn’t feel it was exploitative. My only qualm is that I felt at times the book was overly descriptive when it didn’t need to be and that made the pace a bit slow. But overall, I would highly recommend it.
I wanted to read All The Light We Cannot See next but I think I need a happy book before delving into another WWII historical fiction.
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Post by atargbyanothername on Apr 8, 2018 18:33:56 GMT -5
I am reading The Bear and The Nightingale. I love it, very folklore-y. Reminds me slightly of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted (a brilliant ‘fairy tale’ fantasy).
I am super excited for Novik’s “Spinning Silver’ later this year. Fairy tales/reinvented/subverted fairy tales are a real love of mine
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Post by moiaf on Apr 9, 2018 7:48:13 GMT -5
I am reading The Bear and The Nightingale. I love it, very folklore-y. Reminds me slightly of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted (a brilliant ‘fairy tale’ fantasy). I am super excited for Novik’s “Spinning Silver’ later this year. Fairy tales/reinvented/subverted fairy tales are a real love of mine I saw The Bear and the Nightingale being promoted in Goodreads and was thinking of getting it. Let me know how you liked it once you've finished it. I haven't read Uprooted either but I did see it being recommend it. I also enjoy fairy tale-esque stories and reinvented fairy tales as well. Last night I started reading The Bird and The Sword by Amy Hamon and I'm really enjoying it. It has a fairy tale like style to it. The writing is very enchanting and sort of whimsical. |
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Post by izzue on Apr 14, 2018 20:56:26 GMT -5
I just finished The Nightingale and absolutely loved it. It’s the story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, during World War II France. As with most stories that take place during WWII there’s going to be grief and devastation and therefore tears. I cried more than a few times but I didn’t feel it was exploitative. My only qualm is that I felt at times the book was overly descriptive when it didn’t need to be and that made the pace a bit slow. But overall, I would highly recommend it. I wanted to read All The Light We Cannot See next but I think I need a happy book before delving into another WWII historical fiction. I read The Nightingale last year and really loved it, too. About that same time I watched War and Peace on PBS. I gotta tell you, between those two movies, the next time I bought a roast chicken, I stood there after it was done and picked every single bit of meat off to freeze for soup. Too much exposure to wartime and starvation too close together, though both book and show were excellent. Like you, I went to a happy book after that. |
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Post by izzue on Apr 14, 2018 21:02:17 GMT -5
I have also gotten hooked on two excellent mystery writers. Both have won tons of awards and are many, many cuts above what one would associate with that genre. (I used to be very snotty about mysteries.) The first is Louise Penny, who lives in and writes about Quebec, south of Montreal. (Her first book, Still Life, was made into a movie) The second is Tana French (who's lived all over the world) who lives in and writes about Dublin - great psychological profiles.
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Post by moiaf on Apr 16, 2018 10:14:08 GMT -5
I just finished The Nightingale and absolutely loved it. It’s the story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, during World War II France. As with most stories that take place during WWII there’s going to be grief and devastation and therefore tears. I cried more than a few times but I didn’t feel it was exploitative. My only qualm is that I felt at times the book was overly descriptive when it didn’t need to be and that made the pace a bit slow. But overall, I would highly recommend it. I wanted to read All The Light We Cannot See next but I think I need a happy book before delving into another WWII historical fiction. I read The Nightingale last year and really loved it, too. About that same time I watched War and Peace on PBS. I gotta tell you, between those two movies, the next time I bought a roast chicken, I stood there after it was done and picked every single bit of meat off to freeze for soup. Too much exposure to wartime and starvation too close together, though both book and show were excellent. Like you, I went to a happy book after that. It does give you some serious perspective about how much we waste now a days. We could all do with being a bit more frugal once in a while, at least. I'm glad I took a little break in between WW2 books, I needed the distraction. |
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Post by moiaf on Apr 16, 2018 10:15:09 GMT -5
I have also gotten hooked on two excellent mystery writers. Both have won tons of awards and are many, many cuts above what one would associate with that genre. (I used to be very snotty about mysteries.) The first is Louise Penny, who lives in and writes about Quebec, south of Montreal. (Her first book, Still Life, was made into a movie) The second is Tana French (who's lived all over the world) who lives in and writes about Dublin - great psychological profiles. Thank you for the recommendation. I'll have to check them out once my to be read list has gone down a bit. It just expanded out of nowhere so I have to do some serious reading. |
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Post by izzue on Jun 3, 2018 21:23:15 GMT -5
Not sure where to post this, but I just today discovered the PBS "Great American Read". They've listed 100 books compiled by surveys of all types of readers, books are in all genres. You can vote for one book per day between now and the fall, when the winner will be determined. ASOIAF is one of the choices. Interesting list - some of my favorites were left out, but I also learned about some I hadn't heard of that I want to read. Here's more about it. THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey).www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/home/ |
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Post by atargbyanothername on Jun 4, 2018 2:55:51 GMT -5
I am reading The Bear and The Nightingale. I love it, very folklore-y. Reminds me slightly of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted (a brilliant ‘fairy tale’ fantasy). I am super excited for Novik’s “Spinning Silver’ later this year. Fairy tales/reinvented/subverted fairy tales are a real love of mine I saw The Bear and the Nightingale being promoted in Goodreads and was thinking of getting it. Let me know how you liked it once you've finished it. I haven't read Uprooted either but I did see it being recommend it. I also enjoy fairy tale-esque stories and reinvented fairy tales as well. Last night I started reading The Bird and The Sword by Amy Hamon and I'm really enjoying it. It has a fairy tale like style to it. The writing is very enchanting and sort of whimsical. Sorry, I forgot to reply to this. The Bear and the Nightinglae was excellent, very heavy on the folklore elements. The next book looks to be a bit grander in scale, but I will be reading that soon. I just finished The Nightingale and absolutely loved it. It’s the story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, during World War II France. As with most stories that take place during WWII there’s going to be grief and devastation and therefore tears. I cried more than a few times but I didn’t feel it was exploitative. My only qualm is that I felt at times the book was overly descriptive when it didn’t need to be and that made the pace a bit slow. But overall, I would highly recommend it. I wanted to read All The Light We Cannot See next but I think I need a happy book before delving into another WWII historical fiction. I read The Nightingale last year and really loved it, too. About that same time I watched War and Peace on PBS. I gotta tell you, between those two movies, the next time I bought a roast chicken, I stood there after it was done and picked every single bit of meat off to freeze for soup. Too much exposure to wartime and starvation too close together, though both book and show were excellent. Like you, I went to a happy book after that. Did you watch the BBC adaptation of War and Peace, think it was a 6 part miniseries? I thought that was very good too. And yup, exposure to war and starvation situations in books like that always puts things into perspective for me and makes me think more closely about my life |
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Post by moiaf on Jun 4, 2018 6:49:55 GMT -5
I'm currently reading The Knife of Never Letting Go. I'm very displeased with our hero at this moment.
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Post by izzue on Jun 6, 2018 11:44:45 GMT -5
Did you watch the BBC adaptation of War and Peace, think it was a 6 part miniseries? I thought that was very good too. And yup, exposure to war and starvation situations in books like that always puts things into perspective for me and makes me think more closely about my life Yes! I confess, I've never attempted to tackle the book War and Peace, but like you, I thought that PBS/BBC series was wonderful. That's the one I watched at about the same time I read The Nightingale, and all of a sudden I was paying attention to every morsel of food, being grateful for it and realizing I couldn't even conceive of the starvation described in either the book or that series. |
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