What Fiction are you reading this week, October 6, 2024?

[hermetic]

Welcome to October


I'm reading the beginning of the Cape Charade series by Christina Dodd. Dead Girl Running is book one and I finished it Friday night. Book two is What Doesn't Kill Her. These are romantic thrillers about a woman with an unusual secret, or two. The first book started off okay but kind of got bogged down by too much going on which wasn't handled well. I'm reading the next one because I already had it here, reviews for it were better than the first, and I was curious about where it was going.

Finally listening to Circe by Madeline Miller. I've been on a waiting list for this one for quite some time. "With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world."

What books are you starting October with?

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1. Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jules Verne - 1864

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4. Good story

[Number9Dream]

31. The book is rather different than the James Mason movie version

Don't want to give away spoilers... unless you want? Or haven't seen the 1959 movie either?

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40. I have seen the James Mason movie

I have read the Lindenbrook version
I have read the Alex (nephew) version
I have read the Axel version
I have read the Henry version
And, of course, the Hardwigg version

Not sure what spoilers you are referring to

[Number9Dream]

41. You're ahead of me (smile) - Was mainly refering to no Carla Goteborg in original book

Didn't know there were all those versions - thanks..

[if..fish..had..wings]

42. Ahhh...

And don't forget Gertrude!

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2. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

Alan Bradley, the sixth Flavia De Luce mystery.

A film series will be out soon with Martin Freeman, Toby Jones and other familiar faces.

Protagonist is a precocious 11 year old chemist who uses scientific analysis and keen observational skills to solve the darkest of crimes. She is mentored and abetted by her late father's loyal manservant and comrade in arms. Set in post WW II England. Great fun.

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3. Sounds like a great series

Eleven books, lots of awards and all highly rated.

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5. Lots of chemical and biochemical background

Information and a cozy village setting.

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13. Loved this whole series

Particularly the early books. Read these books in order.

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6. A couple books:

Attica Locke/Black Water Rising

Powerful, disturbing. Politics, murder, family, civil rights. Boomtown Houston. White power vs black church vs unions. Humidity soaked stew of a story. A hard challenging read.

The other side to Burke’s Robicheaux.

Also the first Thursday MurderClub/Richard Osman

I’m still undecided. Quaint people, charming setting, plot twists. But I didn’t engage with any of it. Maybe the British sense of humor?

I kept thinking of The Detectorists which is all those things and is stellar amazing.

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11. I LOVE The Detectorists

That whole series totally captivated my heart.

I thought The Bullet That Missed, the 3rd Thurs. Murder Club book, was better than the first. I felt quite enamored with the cast by the end so I am going to get the next book.

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7. Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

A fictional story about Ted Bundy, although he’s never named and is just referred to as The Defendant. I routinely travel through Tallahassee and I’m familiar with the FSU campus. Additionally, when I lived in Pensacola I had a coworker whose daughter lived in a sorority house next to the Chi Omega house when all of that happened. He brought her back to Pensacola, which coincidentally was where Bundy was caught for the final time.

Thanks for sharing, see y’all next week!

[hermetic]

14. Stay safe over there

Looks like it's gonna be wet for a while.

[mentalsolstice]

24. Right now we're out of Milton's path....

And to the north west of it, which is good. I have cousins who had to evacuate for Helene and will likely have to evacuate for this one. We also have good friends in Asheville who in all likelihood lost their home of 40 years.

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. Reading fantasy because I can't stand the world right now

I just finished a duology called The Five Daughters of the Moon by Leeti Likalainen. It's (very) loosely based on the last days of the Romanov sisters. It tends to be slightly hard to follow at times because each chapter is told from the POV of a different sister, but it's beautiful, and of course sad. Ending is, however, quixotic, and I didn't know quite what to think. I loved it, though. AFAIK it may only be available on Kindle, but I'm not sure about that.

Now reading Queen Mab, by Kate Danley. This one is a very different take on Romeo and Juliet. I just started it last night and it promises to be different indeed!

[hermetic]

15. It is in print

Paperback anyway. I love the cover, lady holding little peacocks.

[rockbluff botanist]

9. Rita Mae Brown - I'm re-reading her Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series

I love Rita Mae Brown. Her animal characters in her animal and horse themed books are among my very favorite.

Her cat author, Mrs. Murphy is wonderful. Sounds odd, but it works!

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16. Yeah,

I am quite fond of them as well.

[Bayard]

21. Sounds good

I will have to look her up.

thanks!

[brer cat]

10. Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles, the final book in a trilogy.

I read the first two some years ago, needed a break, then forgot to go back and finish it. It's very good, but a long book with lots of bad news and overwrought characters.

[hermetic]

17. That IS long

Just under 800 pages. Sounds fascinating, though. Natchez, Mississippi. "Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited."

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12. Still reading Attica Locke's Hwy 59 mystery series

Heaven, My Home (A Highway 59 Novel Book 2). Such great writing.

A good friend of mine recently recommended a book: The Wolves of Andover by Kathleen Kent. It is not available in e-book, but I have downloaded another of her books, The Outcasts which sounds like a lively adventure.

Thank you for hosting the weekly thread, hermetic. I love the beautiful black kitty in your OP. Looks a bit like my Cubby Bear.

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19. I thought you might like that

This is black cat awareness month, you know.

The Outcasts, "Kathleen Kent delivers an unforgettable portrait of a woman who will stop at nothing to make a new life for herself."

Fiction Database tells me The Wolves is available in e-book, when combined with The Traitor's Wife.

Happy Reading!

[Silver Gaia]

18. I'm reading Dean Koontz's newest novel, called

The Forest of Lost Souls.

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20. Oooh,

I just saw that one advertised. "A fearless woman, raised in the forest, fights against a group of powerful men in a novel about good versus evil, the enduring nature of myth, and the power of love." Sounds good!

[Bayard]

22. Koontz fan

Will also look for that one.

[Bayard]

23. Horrific reality, but I finally finished, "The Spirit of Crazy Horse."

Peter Matthiessen. Its the story of Leonard Peltier and AIM (American Indian Movement.) I now have the tshirt and bumper stickers.

Now reading, "Eruption," by Michael Crichton and James Patterson. Its a page-turner.

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25. Loved Eruption!

Great story.

[rsdsharp]

26. Another week, and another book in Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales.

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This one is number 12 — Sword of Kings. The series has gone from 866 to 924, and the death of King Edward the Elder. One more book to go after this one.

I also bought the boxed set of 16 DVDs of the BBC series the Last Kingdom based on the books. Interesting to hear the pronunciation of names and places I’ve been reading about since July. I’ve watched three episodes so far, and find myself saying, “That didn’t happen.”
“That’s not what Bebbanburg looked like.”
“Uhtred is blond!”
Still, it’s interesting, and I’m enjoying it.

[hermetic]

28. Oh, neat

I'll be on the lookout for ways to watch that.

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30. Netflix has the US rights. We don't have it, so I bought it on Amazon.

[Number9Dream]

32. I told you you'd like those... The last book has a good ending too.

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33. Did you read Uhtred's Feast? I think I'll probably skip that.

[Number9Dream]

35. No - Was that written after "Sword of Kings"?

Do I need to look that one up?

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36. It's basically a cookbook, although I think there is a summary of the other 13 books,

and some (not sure how many) short stories.

[Number9Dream]

37. Thanks... I'll have to look into that a bit more.

[The King of Prussia]

27. "The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn"

By Kate High. First in a new series of cozies set in Lincolnshire. About 50 pages in and enjoying it so far.

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29. Oh nice

"A mystery set in the Lincolnshire Wolds, featuring an amateur detective who mixes sleuthing with her other great love: animal rescue."
A protagonist after me own heart. (I do animal rescue, too.)

[Number9Dream]

34. I'm re-reading "The Cabinet of Dr. Leng" by Preston & Child

Thanks for the thread, hermetic.

My library just got in "Angel of Vengeance" (the next book), so I want to remember the preceding book. I'm a couple down the hold list for "Angel of Vengeance".

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38. I'll be reading that one soon

My sister sent me a gift certificate for B&N so I ordered a bunch of new books by my favorite authors and that was one of them.

[LogDog75]

39. Angel of Vengeance

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child following FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast series. The story is a continuation of the novel The Cabinet of Dr. Leng where Pendergast is tracking a serial killer, Dr. Leng, who is also an ancestor of his. The story also involves Pendergast travels back in time to the 1880s to confront Dr. Leng.