Picked the latest "Midnight Louie" mystery yesterday: Cat in a Red-Hot Rage.
20th century Russian literature is great too.I am reading Oblomov, considered a masterpiece of Russian Lit. I would be extremely surprised if anybody here knows what I am talking about. But I have recently read Crime and Punishment which should at least get a nod. In the last six months I have read about 30 masterpieces of Russian literature, but I am saving War and Peace for some time in the future! I am not Russian, I have just discovered how great 19th century Russian literature is! Is there one single other person here that reads this?
Bet if you hadn't seen the movie first, you wouldn't put the book down. That was a one session read for me. The movie was pretty good at following the book, but that can be a problem especially with "who dunnits" cause you know who the bad guy is from the start. I had the same problem after reading Mystic River and then seeing the movie. I was actually bored since I knew who did it.Originally Posted by Dragoriana
Im still on Da Vinci Code. Saw the movie before the bought the book, but i keep getting distracted by magazines and hobbies and other things that its taking me months to read it lol.
I guessed the twist early on as well, as soon as the shooting happened.Originally Posted by Snuzy
I finally got 19 minutes by Jodi Picoult from the library. Picked it up Sunday afternoon, finished it MOnday night. It was disturbing, but a very good read. Don't know if its because I've read all her other books, but I did guess the twist in the book pretty early on. Did not stop the book from being really thought provoking though. Actually the topic of the book would probably make a good IMO thread.
I saw that in the shops and I wondered if it was worth reading. Thanks for the tip, I will look for it in the library! If it is like vintage Stephen King, then it must be good!Originally Posted by katl8e
I just finished "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill. Hill is Stephen King's son (writes under his mother's maiden name) and this is his first novel. Joe writes as well as his father USED to and better than his mother EVER did.
Originally Posted by katl8e
Joe writes ... better than his mother EVER did.
I could not agree more. I have now read everything by Dostoyevsyky that I know is available but I found the Brothers to be his best. DW has also read most of his writings and we have a small dispute that your input would be appreciated on. I will not tell you who is who, but one of us thinks he was an atheist and the other thinks just the opposite.Originally Posted by nausicaa
20th century Russian literature is great too.If you're still on your Russian literature binge, you might want to check out Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita and Zamyatin's We.
As for Crime and Punishment...let's just say that if every book on earth had to be burned tomorrow save for the works of one author, I'd have a hard time choosing between salvaging Shakespeare's or Dostoyevsky's. To me, his fiction represents the pinnacle of great humanist literature.
I am reading a series of books by Janet Evanovich. They're about a girl who's a bounty hunter. All the books have a number in them:Originally Posted by Catfriend
I am in the middle of Mansfield Park right now!
Catfriend
Originally Posted by batgirl2good
I am reading a series of books by Janet Evanovich. They're about a girl who's a bounty hunter. All the books have a number in them:
One For The Money
Two For The Dough
etc....
I am on FOUR TO SCORE
Originally Posted by Catfriend
Are they scary? Or grusome, rather? I love a good mystery, but not with too much violence.