tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post5090357870201172015..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Books of the HiatusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-41916784296927708622016-09-23T11:37:40.846-04:002016-09-23T11:37:40.846-04:00Summer of nonfiction reading for me. On a soggy sl...Summer of nonfiction reading for me. On a soggy slog through the NYC Metropolitan Museum ( side note, if it's utterly torrential in NYC, it's because I'm there. I'm 2 for 2). Picked up "Maker and Muse, which is a history and gloriously photographed book on the rise of women in goldsmithing in the art nouveau/jugendstil age of jewelery. <br /><br />Also picked up "Stoned" about 6 different gems of note and how they influenced the course of history. ( in turn that inspired plot twists in the collab novel).<br /><br />And started, and faded off, Paolo Bacigalupi's Water Knife, because its a hard read but good. Reading a fellow Indie author's book in a book review exchange. I'm way behind. poor guy. Its a good one too. Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207020554442844929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-68372431834246681552016-09-22T12:02:41.175-04:002016-09-22T12:02:41.175-04:00Garden Spells sticks with you, doesn't it? My ...Garden Spells sticks with you, doesn't it? My fave summer reads were The House of Ivy and Sorrow (witches!) and The Fireman, which is a very uncomfortable read but has a lot to say about group-think, prejudice, and the dangers thereof.Charlene Tegliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483186891214783397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-32239152424569283562016-09-22T04:54:39.472-04:002016-09-22T04:54:39.472-04:00I read Garden Spells on your recommendation back i...I read Garden Spells on your recommendation back in 2011 and read it or Nora Robert's The Search every time I need a "comfort" read. I must have re-read both of them more than 6 times.<br /><br />Over the summer I discovered a "new to me" author and loved her books so much I practically inhaled them. I had downloaded "A Hidden Fire" by Elizabeth Hunter some time last year as it was a kindle freebie and I thought I'd give it a go. It sat in my TBR pile until I finally read it this summer. I loved it so much I went straight on to Amazon and grabbed the next 3 books in the Elemental Mysteries, the all the Elemental World books and finally all the Elemental Legacy as well. The only one I haven't read so far is a short novella and I'm not going to bother with that, as it comes with a novella by another author & its more expensive than the novels! I really enjoyed these for the different spin on vampires, the glorious history and magnificent twists that threw me. Even thought I'd read the blurb on the back, what I enjoyed most was that I had no idea where the books were taking me, and guessed completely wrongly. The 4 Elemental Mysteries are about one couple, and I like that it wasn't dragged out to book 14. There was a definite start, middle, end, but the characters feature in the Elemental World so aren't out of the picture all together and you learn more as you go. Sorry, I'm going on & on but ....<br /><br />I also really enjoyed B E Sanderson's Up Wish Creek, the 3rd book in her Djin series. I'm going to treat myself to a re-read all 3 before the next book comes out as I loved the world she created.Fran Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11079042659459259795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-33611697292966610692016-09-22T04:02:56.626-04:002016-09-22T04:02:56.626-04:00Agree about "Garden Spells". Lovely. T...Agree about "Garden Spells". Lovely. Think Allen must've mixed some of her herbs into the ink...<br />Re-read "The Smoke Thief" for the joy of lush prose. Now about to binge on mysteries; sex scenes are starting to seem old--a bad sign.rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258822737734173873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-45405285159936457632016-09-21T19:46:05.168-04:002016-09-21T19:46:05.168-04:00I really enjoy Sarah Addison Allen's books. F...I really enjoy Sarah Addison Allen's books. First Frost is another favorite of hers.Judy H https://www.blogger.com/profile/13685822567236742303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-71859307951900850312016-09-21T11:35:49.436-04:002016-09-21T11:35:49.436-04:00I didn't read much other than Christie this su...I didn't read much other than Christie this summer. I was busy with all those neglected flower beds that came with the house. I'm still working on them! So I've just started The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Not for the feint of heart, but different than I've been reading so we'll see how it goes.nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.com