My favourite too, 19thmay. I haven't watched the film entirely, but whatever I saw was bad that I didn't make it a point to watch. You should also try his 'A thousand splendid suns', have heard very good things about it.
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My favourite too, 19thmay. I haven't watched the film entirely, but whatever I saw was bad that I didn't make it a point to watch. You should also try his 'A thousand splendid suns', have heard very good things about it.
Ok thanks Aravind. Its in my queue.
The movie is pretty good too. But the emotions come out only while reading the book.Que agree with you, "The Thousand Splendid Suns" was a disappointment. It was pretty touchy too but nowhere close to "The Kite Runner"
Querida / Wibha - Haven't read ATSS, just heard from people about that. I am planning to read it next month.
I'm currently reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", it has been that good so far that I hope to finish it in a couple of days. Has anyone else here read it? How are the authors other 2 books?
I'm always on the look out for South Asian Fiction,
Two books that really impressed were Manju Kapur's "The Immigrant" an intellectual and insightful look into the process of immigration, culture shock, westernization, feminism and relationships...
Indu Sunderesan's "Shadow Princess" about Shah Jahan's daughters, mostly his eldest daughter Jahanara. A captivating, detail-rich, personal view of the history of this Mogul family and what happens after Mumtaz Mahal's death, not totally centered on the Taj Mahal as you would think.
Am looking forward to reading her "Feast of Roses" and "The Twenthieth Wife" both of which focus on Jahangir's wife (Shah Jahan's stepmother), these three books are framed as the Taj Mahal Trilogy.
I enjoyed her other book "Splendour of Silence" but her forte is certainly historical fiction.
BLACK ORCHIDS.....REX STOUT, a Nero Wolfe mystery.
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Two novels.
1.BLACK ORCHIDS.
There is a murder in a flower show.
Wolfe is obsessed with black orchids and Archie was made to go to the show everyday and at the final day, they went together.
On that final day of the show, there was a murder.
Now Nero wolfe & Co going to solve the case. At the end, Nero wolfe got the possession of the black orchids as a fee,he was longing.
2.CORDIALLY INVITED TO MEET DEATH.
Bess Huddleston is a snobbish party planner for wealthy folks.
Someone is sending nasty anonymous letters and she needs Nero Wolfe's help to stop the nonsense before it turns ugly and ruined her professionally.
Funny Archie and Nero wolfe is cranky and entertaining ... you will like it.
Good and Easy read.
vinatha.
I wanna post the very recent thriller, I read.
CHECK IT OUT... LOVE IT.
JOHN VERDON - THINK OF A NUMB3r........Imaginative and Creepy read.
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Dave Gurney is a retired NYPD investigator lives a calm life with his wife Madeleine.
He received a letter from a friend for help.
Over the years Madeleine was pushed aside while he concentrated his work. You will relate to the husband and wife, smart and intelligent people, the man is imperfect and hardworking.
The time they move away from the job & crimes, focus to improve their relationship, this letter arrives asking for help.
Old college friend is getting a series of cryptic letters, asking him to pick a number when he opens the second one, he will find the exact number.
How is it possible?
How could anyone know what he would have picked?
the tone of the letters are frightening.
investigation starts .
the investigation team now have a mysterious killer with a uncanny way of disappearing fast.
Very detailed description of crime scenes with interesting psychological aspect of solving the crime.
taunting thrills, flash backs, clever killer, the investigator and his marital issues ,detailed relationships, good supporting characters,beautiful descriptions of surroundings, their living and upstate New York. LOVELY
Awesome read, will cherish my future revisiting trip(read) to the magnificent thriller.
Vinatha.
Astonishing DAY FOR NIGHT by FREDERICK REIKEN
Fascinating novel about how different kinds of people are connected.
Narrated as first person narration.
These narrations takes different forms like letters, diaries, briefing by FBI etc...
In this separate stories, different person narrates their stories.
Some of the characters come and join in few other stories in this novel.
All those characters in these multiple plots play a larger role for the novel to come together at the end.
Bustling with characters like the lady doctor Beverly who escaped from Soviet occupied Poland with her parents, Tim guitarist in 20s and his singer lover Dee, her parents aunt Julia, Vet Vicky , Dillon, Dee's brother, Miriam-Beverly's friend , Jennifer- Beverly's daughter to FBI Sachs.
Stories occur in different places like Tampa, Utah ,New Jersey, Israel , topics touched upon from childhood friendship, multiple personalities, mysterious 500 Jewish intellectuals killed by Nazis to FBI wanted fugitive lady ( healer also).
In the first story...YESTERDAY'S DAY
Our narrator Beverly, a doctor, grew up in Poland moved to USA goes to Tampa with his boyfriend and his son.
The went to have fun swimming with sea cows(manatees) which is popular in that destination.
Tim a young man who plays guitar in a music group along with his singer girl friend is their guide at the water front.
End of the story, Beverly and Tim connected well in different circumstance (the portion that talks about Tim and Beverly's trip to see manatees swim at night, moonlight glowing at the water front
to relax the troubled mind of Beverly)... magical, I loved the images.
Now the novel moves to the second story...CLOSE YOU ARE narrated by Tim who goes to Salt Lake city with his singer friend Dee also called Gwendine whose brother Dillon is in Como after a motorcycle accident.
The third story MONSTER narrated by the FBI Sachs who questioned Tim and Dee while they
stayed at their motel when they visited Salt lake city.
Case is regarding a woman traveled , sitting next to their seats in the plane to Salt Lake city.
FBI has been searching for this woman for a long long time.
Only few folks are allowed to visit Dillon. This woman is one of the persons in the list.
The fourth story ALL ALONG THE RUINS is a diary of 4 Beverly's letters narrated by Jennifer, daughter of our doctor Beverly
{Beverly escaped from eastern Poland with her mom and years later, she has been sending out letter enquiring some European agencies for info about her father} and some of her high school stuff and her emotional talk about Story of five hundred Jewish men killed by Nazis.
Novel continues with narrations of a Neuroscientist, childhood friend of Beverly - Miriam, aunt Doris- fled from Poland.
Though I was fascinated by the chapters of FBI fugitive & healer Katherine Clay Goldman and Como reawakening chapter (LITTLE WOLF) (mmm... need to get back to this chapter and concentrate better).
later portions of Jewish/ Israel parts of the novel glued me.
SHADOW told by Miriam is very touching. Miriam-Beverly's childhood days, their closeness, letter exchanges, Beverly's dreams and her letters to Miriam about them, years later their get together, renewed correspondence, talks about stalking shadows dreams and their understanding, Beverly's thoughts on her father(one of the hundred Jewish men), her attempts to find out about his fate are very emotional.
Beautiful trust worthy friendship between them.
WHETHER
the astonishing miraculous tale of Vet Vicky( MANY COLORS)Vicky's move to Dead sea basin, her motorcycle trip to Hai-Bar nature reserve with Dillon(Como boy), Israel, Makhtesh Ramon crater - beautiful writing , their trips around the valley, marine animals, nice conversations, their stay together the awful tragedy that put Dillon in Como and pregnant Vicky's days of desolation.. to return of Dillon from Como awakening - All's Well Ends Well!
OR
profoundly moving...ANCIENT FOREST by Doris, Miriam's aunt, Holocaust survivor recalling the horrible incidents at Auschwitz(Nazi camp), Nazi solders didn't want to kill her at once when she sang a Jewish song, wanted to wait for a satisfying way to kill her.
or
Armon, Israeli soldier's reunion with Beverly and his narration to his unborn child
wow!
I sucked into the Jewish/ Israel parts deeply. HYPNOTIC portions indeed.
(Now I wanna revisit EXODUS to sob my heart out about Jewish persecution and their painful sacrifices for the cause of their people
or O Jerusalem historical struggle for Jerusalem when British left)
DAY FOR NIGHT by FREDERICK REIKEN is an impressive work about how various people are connected.
Loved the writing style with philosophical quotes.
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Glad that sparkling blue waterfront front cover art of this novel caught my attention, when I visited the library.
Vinatha.
Absorbing police investigations after a murder at 212
yup... police procedural mystery.
Tina Brooks, 911 dispatcher received a call about a shooting inside the apartment at Lafayette.
Now our detective Ellie Hatcher and her partner J.J.Rogan on the job at the crime scene with her NYPD police troop.
The owner of the penthouse Sam Sparks is a real estate Mogul.
Robo, his bodyguard is the man murdered in owner's bedroom.
Although Sam Sparks is not a suspect, he is very rude and uncooperative with Ellie during the investigation.
Judge Bandon seems to show favoritism to Sam Sparks.
Why?
Why does the Judge shows extra interest and try to protect?
The arrogant real estate businessman and the judge are in agreement.
The second case..
Megan Gunther is a NYU student shares her apartment with Heather.
Megan Gunther finds an anonymous online threat post directing at her in NYU message board.
Someone is watching her schedules.
They also know where she lives.
They are following her.
MEGAN GUNTHER, SOMEONE IS WATCHING.
They have posted this message at NYU message board.
She informs her parents and they are very worried.
Megan complains the threat to the police.
Due to anonymity, the police couldn't do anything.
Alarming threats eventually takes away the life of Megan Gunther.
Yeah...she is murdered brutally and her roommate Heather was wounded in their apartment.
Third case..
A real estate woman lives a dangerous double life also killed.
When Ellie and her partner investigate, they found a phone number, a single link between this woman and Megan's apartment.
What about Heather?
Is that phone call to Megan or Heather?
When the police tries to check on Heather at the hospital, She is missing...
Is there a connection between these two cases , the phone number to the Celebrity mogul's bodyguard murder?
Novel is very thrilling with the police business and the investigations.
The parts that show the personal side of Ellie and her relationships are entertaining too.
Our detective Ellie's casual romances, (no big commitment yet) with assistant district attorney Mr.Max Donovan.
Her nice friendly relationship with her partner Rogan. Rogan is bubbly and lively.
My favorite part ...... carefree brother Jess Hatcher and sensible , controlled, earnest sister Ellie, their conversations.... are enjoyable.
212, A NOVEL BY ALAFAIR BURKE IS GOOD AND A GRATIFYING READ FOR ME.
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Vinatha.
FASCINATING CRIME NOVEL SET IN COOL FINLAND FOR MY COUPLE OF HOT SUMMER DAYS.
Very leisurely paced, first person narration by our series hero Kari Vaara.
LUCIFER'S TEARS by James Thompson - Second in Inspector Kari Vaara's series, after the SNOW ANGELS.
Inspector Kari vaara got a transfer after a successful job of solving Sufia Elmi murder case.
He has moved to Helsinki with his American wife Kate.
Kate is pregnant with their baby girl.
Already she had a miscarriage with the first pregnancy. Twin boys.
In fact this relocation to Helsinki is her idea, her wishes.
Kari agreed to move for her wishes in spite of his bad memories of his failed first marriage and some incidents in professional front at the city of Helsinki from his earlier stay. Kari Vaara adores his wife Kate.
As a new person in the Homicide department, Helsinki, Kari Vaara works in graveyard shifts along with his young, inexperienced, enthusiastic partner Milo Nieminen.
Kari Vaara is working on couple of cases this time.
Rein Saar called the murder himself.
He claims an unknown attacker struck him behind.
When he wakes up from unconsciousness, he is in his bed beside his lover-Iisa Filippov and finds her beaten to death, covered in her blood.
Iisa is a married woman, having an affair with Rein Saar for couple of years behind her hubby's back.
As Kari and Milo investigate about her hubby Ivan Filippo, they found out he is a good friend of Jyri Ivalo
the national chief of police.
The chief of police and Ivan Filippo suggest that Kari charges the lover Rein Saar and be done with the case.
Kari is annoyed and more determined to find out more about this case.
When they visited Mr.Ivan Flippov at his office, his secretary Linda looks like the dead woman Iisa Flippov.
Couple of places like restaurants, Kari ran into them cozy and too friendly.
Kari is curious and disturbed.
Earlier to these incidents, the chief of police brought another case for Kari to work.
Arvind Lahtinen, age 90 is a Finnish War hero.
Germany is demanding extradition of him, saying that he did war crimes, associated with Nazis in executing the inmates.
There is a personal connection to Kari in this case.
His Ukki(grandpa)served with Arvid Lahtinen.
Now his wife Kate is pregnant, her brother John and sister Mary are visiting from USA .
Kate raised them after their mother's illness, her drunkard father is useless.
Kate is meeting them after some years. Mary dropped out of her college, married a doctor.
John is in academia.
During that time, Kate moved to Finland on job, met Kari Vaara, married him .
anyway...
Now, John & Mary are here to be with their sister during her family's important time.
They plan to stay with them to help with child birth and couple of more months after that.
(in-laws criticism on his city, country, cultural habits...they get under inspector's skin(you are not alone...Inspectorji,
we have all been there and tolerate now and then...
in- laws judging you! anxiety heightened situations due to those ignorant Janta))
Though Kari is not comfortable with the idea of them staying longer , he tries to put a happy face and manages to understand them.
Novel thoroughly talks about Kari's life in professional front, his personal life, Kari-his elder brother Jari relationship, relatives staying with him, their interactions, his migraine headaches, sleep problems, mood swings, therapy sessions , his flaws, his wife Kate's childhood hardships and experiences.
I admire this writer.
Outlandish Finland in his stories is gorgeous.
In Lucifer's tears , the authors' beautiful descriptions on culture of Finland,Food and Drinking habit, life styles of Helsinki, traditional wood fire sauna - a FINNISH tradition, its icy, rainy winter days, Finland's part in World War II and history are captivating.
Exactly I expected after the SNOW ANGELS, his first novel.
LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT.
Vinatha
Lucy Jarrett grew up in upstate New york.
She is a hydrologist , has worked in various countries like SriLanka, Indonesia and now searching for a job after moved to Japan with her boyfriend Yoshi.
Her widowed mother and her brother continue to live in the FINGER LAKE REGION of the upstate New york.
One day , during her late teens, Lucy spoke to her father when she arrived home late from her date, her boy friend Keegan Fall.
Dad asked her to come to a fishing trip with him, since they never get to do anymore, now she has grown up a lot.
But Lucy refused.
The next day, her father was pulled from the Lake, dead.
THE LAKE OF DREAMS flows wonderfully between the past and present.
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Now Lucy is with her present boy friend near the sea of Japan.
She got an e-mail from her mom.
Her mother is injured.
Lucy decides to visit home after a very long time.
When she arrives home, it is hit by bad economy.
There is a plan to develop marshlands.
Old family business is involved in the development.
Her mom decides to sell their house too.
Her father loved the marshes and the lake.
After her grandpa passed away, grandma gave her dad the lake house and the acreage in which they made a good life.
Lush descriptions of family history, heritage,local areas, her nostalgia, family's lock business-DREAM MASTER HARDWARE & LOCKS, about Dad & uncle Art- bickering brothers, their greed and disgrace are beautiful.
The past history parts are mesmerizing.
Elegant writing style.
Descriptions Descriptions Descriptions...very poetic.
Author Kim Edwards captured the pensive mood.
One morning, Lucy finds a stack of old papers and pamphlets hidden in her home. She found them in cupola, stuffed away in a window seat.
Soon she finds some truths about her family's past history.
Lucy's feeling towards her old boyfriend, her mom's new relationship, her brother and his pregnant wife, his new job with their uncle ART, mysterious death of her dad, her discovery of a family member that they never knew, her obsession with her long lost aunt & her daughter Iris, her old boy friend Keegan's GLASSWORKS STUDIO- glass art works...novel's layers are interesting.
THE LAKE OF DREAMS is a terrific read.
Unhurried, slow pace of the novel is very relaxing.
vinatha.
From Ace Atkins, author of Nick Travers series, featuring Quinn Colson a good guy fights the bad at rugged Mississippi in THE RANGER is an exciting series for me to look forward.
Quinn Colson returning home after serving US army in Afghanistan to his home town
Jericho, Mississippi.
He has come to attend his uncle's funeral.
His uncle is town's highly respected Sheriff, has allegedly taken his own life.
For Quinn, it is very hard to accept his uncle's suicide.
A woman deputy officer Lilli Virgil, happened to be Quinn's old school mate also thinks her boss is murdered
It's been half decade + he visited his home town.
Things are awful in his town now.
The town is corrupted with bad politicians and meths dealers.
Mean violence, burglary , corruption, feuds and grief is the sorry state.
His uncle owes the local developer Johnny stagg some loans.
Johnny stagg claims he owns his uncle's land .
Now Quinn fights back to acquire his family property. He doesn't want to agree to the money offer.(even his representative retired Judge Balton thinks it is a good deal..??? mmm)
Quinn reached out to county's respected newspaper columnist to find more about the crooked developer Johnny Stagg.
And for the personal side of Quinn, there are past relationships - his old girl friend is married to his best friend who is a doctor now, a friend lost his one hand in Iraq war helps him in this clean-up, his screwed sister Caddy is a lap dancer at Dixie Belles' where Quinn followed the guys carried meths and money, they might have killed his dear Uncle Hamp, covetous preacher , Jesus loving, Elvis worshiping mom raising his little nephew(Caddy's son) , the topic of teen pregnancy with the character Lena and her dangerous search for his boy friend, the book is hard to put down.
crisp conversations between the characters.
Rough Mississippi scenery make THE RANGER a furious thriller.
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Vinatha.
Mentioned this in Footie thread, but I'd reiterate that 'Inverting the pyramid' is the best book written on Football ever. Jonathan Wilson is a brilliant writer. Great thinker. Profound reader of the game.
whimsically comical read.....FIRE ME BY LIBBY MALIN
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Anne works for THE BURNHAM GROUP.
She finds a new job in California.
She is eager to make changes in her life.
She decides to quit her current job.
The day she went to work to resign, her boss Mitch announces, the company decides to let go one person.
He also let them know that person will be rewarded with good severance package.
Immediately our heroine Anne changes her mind.
Instead of quitting, she works hard to get fired.
she sabotages her work.
It is a funny chick lit, happens in a single work day.
Ken is a graphic design personal at her office.
He has a crush on our Anne.
He even sketched her photo.
He wanted to ask Anne out but over heard her conversation with her boyfriend Rob.
Ken Montgomery has a policy..DON'T POACH.....nice guy.
As Anne works hard to sabotage her job, Ken tries to cover up her mistakes.
He thinks that Anne is making mistakes under pressure! CUTE.
Couple of her colleagues also want to get themselves fired.
very imaginative plot and witty dialogues.
There is very little romance in the novel. It is all about who gets fired and the crazy, underhand acts of Anne and couple of her colleagues.
It is signed for film already.
Author's website states...
WONDERFUL IDEA for a light, pleasant movie.
Vinatha.
Now I have read Godan written by Mr. M.P Chand.
Short, Evocative and Eloquent read...FIRE IN THE BLOOD.....IRENE NEMIROVSKY
FIRE IN THE BLOOD.....IRENE NEMIROVSKY
Beautiful story in a village at France by Irene Nemirovsky, a French novelist died at the Nazi camp during World War II.
An elderly person Silvio narrates the story.
He was a reckless youth.
Silvio ran around the world bought horses in Canada, sold cocoa beans on Pacific Coast, made money.
Now, he has settled calmly in a small French farming community.
He enjoys the solitude and simple pleasures of life in his old age.
The story is about two women.
Colette - newly married to a miller Jean Dorin, niece of Silvio.
Gullible Jean fell into the water at night, caught in the reeds and died.
Brigitte, adopted and raised by his cousin's half-sister, married an elderly farmer. She is in love with a handsome lad Marc Ohnet. Characters are vivid.
Story carries nuances about society, life’s joy & tears, commune’s gossips, youth, passion, infidelity, delirious love, deceit, lust, regrets and family secrets.
Gorgeous French countryside settings. vivid descriptions on communes of France.
Silvio's contemplation and his story narration is intricate and simple.
Very short novel , around 129 pages... very evocative
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vinatha.
I love historical fiction.
Megan Chance is an amazing author.
CITY OF ASH in the social set up of Seattle, WA during 1880.
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It is about two independent and strong women.
Geneva(Ginny) is a heiress to Stratford Mining fascinated by arts, paintings, poetry and culture, married to a rogue Nathan Langley.
She brings scandal and shame to her family by posing nude to an artist.
Her rich father banishes her family to Seattle, WA.
Seattle is no match to Chicago, it is backward, Ginny finds her life boring and lonely.
The society aware of her Chicago scandal is unfriendly to her.
Ginny is in loveless marriage and a prisoner in her own home.
Beatrice is an actress with full of potential looking for spectacular opportunities and recognitions.
Then there is a charming, talented playwright Mr. Dewitt.
He charms both the women. Bea is in love with him.
Scheming and ambitious Nathan has earned Ginny's father's trust over the yrs.
Nathan is a scumbag, uses both of them.
Ginny and Beatrice narrate the story alternatively.
At the end the plot come together.
Then the famous Seattle fire.... the tragedy brings the girls closer, the rest of the story is about how both the girls over come their jealousy, work together to fight against Nathan and his roguish plans.
Well developed Characters , love triangles, underhanded schemes, erotic sexy scenes and mesmerizing plot.
Spellbinding. (except that F word usage, did they use the vulgar word in those days ?????? )
Megan chance has been my favorite author, I love her earlier works.
http://www.meganchance.com/
VINATHA.
SOBBING, EMOTIVE MURDER MYSTERY
SISTER by ROSAMUND LUPTON
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English woman Beatrice works in New York lives with her boy friend Todd.
Beatrice's younger sister Tess has disappeared, her mom calls Beatrice.
Beatrice hops into an airplane, arrives at London to find out more about what happened.
Novel is narrated by Beatrice as a letter to her missing pregnant younger sister eventually found dead.
Very gripping and emotional novel.
Two sisters are very close. Beatrice is always protective of her sister Tess.
The letter(format of the novel) is very emotive. I am choked with sadness while reading the intimate beautiful letter of Bee to Tess.:cry2:
Tess involved with a married man and was pregnant.
Cystic fibrosis is in her family. Their brother had cystic fibrosis and died.
Tess finds out her unborn baby has cystic fibrosis and is participating in an medical trial.
The novel talks about their relationship with their mom, some scientific facts on cystic fibrosis.
Emotions run high with the novel. Very powerful murder mystery. Felt very heavy for the past two nights. I was sobbing in some places of the novel:cry2:
http://www.rosamundlupton.com/books/us
I will follow his next novel.
Vinatha.
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Finally I picked up my favorite novel from the library. :-D
Linda Castillo featuring Police Cheif Kate Burkholder, book - (3) BREAKING SILENCE
is everything I expected, so far.
http://www.lindacastillo.com/
It will work as a stand alone novel too.
Series set in PAINTER'S CREEK,OHIO.
It is Amish community.
Amish folks are private, separate, hardworking and love simple living.
The Slabaugh family is a typical Amish family.
Their children found their mom and dad along with their uncle found dead in the manure pit out at the farm.
Initially it was believed as methane gas accident but regular autopsy changed the case.
They discovered one of the victim hit at the head before death.
Is the murder related to the series of hate crimes(someone is killing livestock, burning buggy, frightening the horse, possibly using molotov cocktail etc..some scary awful incidents going on.) against the Amish community in recent times?
Kate knows the Amish community very well. She is born and raised Amish.
Now, she left the Amish life.
Though Kate has been working as a cop for a long time, She feels for the children.
She empathize with them. Especially the little one moves her too much. It's a heart break for her to ask them questions about the incident.
Author writes simple, crisp narration of the kids looks, their Amish life styles etc.. Nice to read.
Kate needs to settle the kids with loving family/caregivers. Amish community always generous and take care of their own.
Children have an uncle who is not Amish anymore. He is forbidden from the family.
She needs to get the co-operation of the Amish community for the case, they should not be looking at her as outsider, who left the community, don't belong with them anymore. Anyway... Kate is determined to see justice done.
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation arrives to help.
Agent John Tomasetti is sent to help.
Kate and John have worked well during previous cases.
He is excited to work with her in this new case. He is eager to see her. It's been some months he hasn't seen her from their previous work.
John is fond of Chief of police.
Earlier, Kate & John were drawn to each other due to their troubled pasts.
His relationship with Kate saved not only his career but his personal life.
Kate is also happy about their relationship. John is her friend. She has a fling with him.
This book is more about Kate's emotions. It states about Kate's recall about her Amish upbringing, her brothers & sisters..she misses them due to her own evasion now .She thinks about her innocent, happy Amish little girl life and then how it all changed by 15 , she was on her way to damnation.
Kate is strong but has her own troubles. Kate and John both have their own flaws. John is getting his life back together.
Like the characters very much.
I like Kate and John together. Kate is excited to see John at her work place. KATE-JOHN 'S ROMANCE ,their relationship is getting serious this time. :happydance:
Fantastic plot, nice characters, terrific crime novel with twists, turns and wonderful writing as always.
I have finished only 3/4 novel....need to wait for tonight to finish...
Love the novel, thrilling twists and Kate & John's romance, personal lives are combined into the crime novel wonderfully... Neat, intelligible writing.
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Finished tonight.
Wow,
shocking...
Appearances are deceptive
Secrets and lying of dysfunctional family......What an unexpected end!
pacey and intense end chapters....FANTASTIC.
Hope to see the series grow.
Vinatha.
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" - Milan Kundera
my first attempt at reading philosophical fiction
heavy with meaning, it felt like wading through layers of narrative and character and how they connect and illustrate the postulates stated by Kundera
morose, political, yet inspiring...
helps to read further analyses after reading it and makes you appreciate the author's talent that much more
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I Picked up BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP BY S.J.WATSON from the library.
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP......is about a lady- Christine, who wakes up next to a middle aged man in his(or their?) house doesn't know and remember how she got there.
The man- Ben tells her that he is her hubby and she is suffering from amnesia. She forgotten most of what happened in her life, she keeps a journal to manage day to day life. Ben loves her very much and cares for her at home.
When Ben goes to work after giving her schedule of the day, she got a call.
The man on the phone claims that he is her Doctor. Dr.Nash says that she is making progress with him.
He is helping her from Amnesia and keeping their meetings secret. Her journal says 'Don't tell Ben'. He tells her that it is her decision not to tell Ben yet, wanting to wait until they make progress.
This is how Christine tries to figure out her life. Awful.
Chirstine's journal forms most of the book, as we read more & more into her journal, it's a disturbing feeling.
Can she trust Ben?
Confused and terrified world of Christine Lucas is very engrossing . (I kind of guessed the end. So I was not frightened or anxious when reading those end chapters.)
Good read indeed.
http://www.facebook.com/beforeigotosleep
Wow, It's going to be a movie.
amnesia movie!
Inception fame Christopher Nolan's earlier movie MEMENTO is on a man suffering from short term memory loss. Thriller.
I remember my husband was watching it on NETFLIX :)
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Memento/60020435
I love amnesia movies, from Kamal's moondram pirai to recent Ghajini(inspired from Memento)
Vinatha.
Author of THINK OF A NUMBER - JOHN VERDON is back with his intelligent, flawed, retired detective Dave Gurney.
SHUT YOUR EYES TIGHT.......JOHN VERDON....HEFTY NOVEL is a good read.
I was eagerly expecting the second installment to visit upstate Newyork with our ace detective Gurney along with his wife Madeleine.
Author did a fine job of integrating their personal life in his earlier Creepy novel.
Madeleine is intelligent, enjoys nature, wants to live a quite life after enduring some difficult times during Dave's cop yrs.
Madeleine is not happy when her hubby was contacted by his former colleague Jack Hartwick.
A wealthy, prominent lady wants to hire Dave Gurney as a consultant.
Her beautiful, young daughter who marries celebrity psychiatrist (more than twice her age)was murdered at her wedding reception in a horrific manner.
Missing mexican gardener is presumed murderer.
She wants Dave Gurney to take a look at the cold blooded murder case that has taken the state police several months with no progress.
In spite of his wife's disappointment, our Dave Gurney gets involved in the case.
It is a big book... around 509 pages but I enjoyed the good multilayered mystery and the complex police procedural with several criminal elements.
I took a week to finish the novel. I was not in a hurry.:) ( I do other things too :smile:)
I enjoyed the author's simple narration (told mostly through Gurney's eyes),
his detailed offering of Dave Gurney's thoughts and his restless nature (his preoccupation of whether to fertilize the asparagus plants..),
deep Madeleine who speaks volumes with her warm smiles while passing by Dave when he is busy without uttering words, their marital dysfunction.
JOHN VERDON writes beautiful descriptions.
Chapter - 15 BLACK & WHITE , is my favorite - Gurney's mulling over his love for solving crime even in retirement, Madeleine's disappointment with his workaholic temperament, their troubled relationship and tension in their marriage, coyotes incident etc.. I love it.
eerie book is a good read. I am glad.
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The Immortals of Meluha + Secret of the Nagas - A fantasy on Indian mythology, Amish Tripathi builds on common facts and myths to form a brilliant story(Da Vinci ode could well have been his inspiration). I loved the Secret of Nagas the best of the two books and I recommend it for people who like history based fiction
I was reserving SARA PEKKANEN's chick lit for the holidays while traveling in the plane.
Interesting read with some emotional moments.
Sara Pekkanen's previous book THE OPPOSITE OF ME is a good one.
love the story about intricate complexity of marriage, life, love and forgiveness.
SKIPPING A BEAT is funny, emotional and I connected with the characters well. very heart-felt.
Sara Pekkanen's writing is pleasing. Passages on Julia's thoughts about their life, her passion , how she found solace in opera are wholehearted. I liked it very much. enjoyed reading it.
author's web site.
http://www.sarahpekkanen.com/
from her web site
Skipping a Beat
http://www.sarahpekkanen.com/wp-cont...-beat175px.jpgWhat would you do if your husband wanted to rewrite the rules of your relationship?
Julia Dunhill, a thirty-something party planner, seems to have it all: Married to her high school sweetheart and living in a gorgeous home in Washington D.C., she imagines her future unfolding very much as it has for the past few years, since she and her husband Michael successfully launched their companies. There will be dinner parties to attend, operas to dress up for, and weddings and benefits to organize for her growing list of clients. There will be shopping sprees with her best friend, Isabelle, and inevitably those last five pounds to shed. In her darker moments, she worries that her marriage has dissolved from a true partnership into a façade, but she convinces herself it’s due to the intensity of their careers and fast-paced lifestyle.
So as she arranges the molten chocolate cupcakes for the annual Opera benefit, how can she know that her carefully-constructed world is about to fall apart? That her husband will stand up from the head of the table in his company’s boardroom, open his mouth to speak, and crash to the carpeted floor… all in the amount of time it will take her to walk across a ballroom floor just a few miles away. Four minutes and eight seconds after his cardiac arrest, a portable defibrillator jump-starts Michael’s heart. But in those lost minutes he becomes a different man, with an altered perspective on the rarified life they’ve been living and a determination to regain the true intimacy they once shared. Now it is up to Julia to decide — is it worth upending her comfortable world to try to find her way back to the husband she once adored, or should she walk away from this new Michael, who truthfully became a stranger to her long before his change of heart?
I revisited விக்ரமனின் வந்தியத்தேவன் வாள் too, while traveling .
எத்தனை தடவை படிச்சு இருப்பேன் இந்த life ல ...love it .
Glad I grew up reading கல்கி, விக்ரமன் , நா. பார்த்தசாரதி etc .
Charming holiday reads for me.
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HAPPY ONAM TO YOU ALL!
Vinatha.
i just happened to stumble on these books .....and after a long time i am back to reading......this time it is 'the immortals of Meluha" by Amish.
A good mix of mythology and referential history and a probable connection with the reality. Amish's next book "the secret of the Nagas" is waiting !
hey dude when is he releasing the third one ?
I enjoyed Secret of Nagas much more so I think you'll love it too.. As with The Immortals of Meluha he ends this book in a way that you wouldn't want to wait :) Read his twitter a few days back, he said he will start writing "The oath of the Vayuputhras" by October so am not sure when we can expect it.
Enjoy reading!!
thank you so much.
Wow, mythology. இந்திரா சௌந்தரராஜன்'ச சிவமயம் ..mythological thriller is a good read
http://www.facebook.com/authoramish
I am searching in my local library or buying them.
http://shivatrilogy.com/index3.html
I enjoy mythology touch,
mmm....
South Asian authors.....
I love historical fiction works.
INDU SUNDARESAN'S fictions on Moghal empire.
THE FEAST OF ROSES, THE TWENTIETH WIFE.
SHADOW PRINCESS is a fine work. It can stand alone as a novel too. But don't miss the earlier ones.
http://www.indusundaresan.com/
Fascinating reads :clap:
Her emotional short stories IN THE CONVENT OF LITTLER FLOWERS has complex characters with intricate relationships, beautiful settings, fantastic writing.
Haunting read.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's ONE AMAZING THING
is a collection of stories of several characters.
each a unique story.
AUTHOR'S WEBSITE.
http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/
http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/books/one_amazing_thing
Vinatha.
yeah... Indu sundaresan's work is gorgeous.
PALACE OF ILLUSION , Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's hindu mythology is beautifully written in a nice historical setting.
thanks, Q.
Sure satissh_r, noted your reply.
I wanna try shiva triology.
vinatha.
Alafair Burke is a good author, I love her works.
Long Gone by Alafair Burke, finally I was able to get it from my library.
suspenseful novel.
Alice Humphrey, daughter of a famous film maker, very privileged woman , wanna stand on her own, lands on a fine job as a manager in an art gallery after a struggle from layoff.
Unfortunately, her dream job place changed her life.
The day she arrived to work, Drew Campbell, who hired her was found dead on the floor(Gallery owner wants to be anonymous). Now she is in the middle of police investigation. She learned the man is not Drew, she was framed.
There are couple of sub plots, a missing girl and a man wants to find the killer of his sister, their stories are weaved alternatively, eventually come together with the story involves Alice.
Alice and her friend, their conversations are my favorite part. Alice's on and off relationship with her boy friend, her conversation with her famous dad about the case....,relationships are wonderfully written. Very interesting.
superb thriller from a fine author
http://alafairburke.com/books/long-gone/
Vinatha.
Anatomy of a Disappearance by HISHAM MATAR.
" {Hisham} Matar is beginning to do for the Arab experience what the likes of Salman Rushdie have done for the sub-continent."
- THE TIMES(London)
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anatom...90111377696775
oh.. I love the writing.
Very emotional. Simple writing . Experience the calmness in the prose.:musicsmile:
Short novel , around 224 pages depicts longing and desperation. Felt very heavy at times.
Anatomy of a Disappearance is his 2nd novel.(IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN--Don't miss his first novel.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the...12671862080083 )
Nuri is a young boy who lost his mom for elusive sadness and died.
Now Nuri finds himself in a grief state with his very detached father.
They share a quite, permissive relationship. But he loves him very much.
While Nuri and his father holidaying in Magna Marina hotel, he meets a young , beautiful lady Mona.
He is mesmerized by her. He develops pubescent attraction and lust for her.
Sametime his father too develops an attraction for her, he marries her.
Eventhough Mona is his step-mom now, Nuri's attraction for her didn't diminish.
He doesn't see anything motherly about Mona.
anyway... it is a moving tale of a young boy, tension relationship with his father & step mom( I felt his obsession with Mona little too much for his age :roll:, Mona is not helping the situation, giving mixed signals, confusing the kid with troubled adolescence) and his family drama.
Novel takes a mysterious turn now.
Nuri's father is a world traveler and political activist who is kidnapped while having an affair with a Swiss woman.
Nuri and Mona realize how little they know about his father.
Matar writes in a very calm manner. Very controlled and interesting.
Novel is based on author's own experience.
Matar's father was abducted while they lived at Cairo after fleeing their country. His father opposed Gaddafi regime.
Vinatha.
i have just finished reading khaleed hoseini's a thousand splendid suns. it is a good story, though sometimes i feel that the writer has compromised with a few characters. but all in all the story is an eye opener about women's condition in Afghanistan.
Glad to see the thread alive. :-D
My current read is Kafka on the Shore. I have new found respect for cats, nowadays!