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Recently completed:
1) Silence of the Grave, by Arnaldur Indridason. This is the second of the "Reykjavik thrillers" featuring Inspector Erlendur and his aides Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli. When a human skeleton is unearthed during a child's birthday party, Erlendur and his colleagues find themselves investigating a murder over a half century old. Meanwhile the inspector deals with a personal crisis involving his recovering addict daughter, Eva Lind. This series continues to intrigue me.
2) Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls, by Stewart Mandel. Mandel is a columnist for Sports Illustrated, focusing mostly on college football. This is his interesting and informative take on some of the issues confronting that sport.
Currently reading:
1) Big City, Bad Blood, by Sean Chercover. This was Chercover's debut novel, and it won several "first novel" awards a couple of years back. It looks like Chercover is going to give Sara Paretsky some competition for the "best series about a Chicago PI" title. His protagonist is Ray Dudgeon, a newspaper reporter turned, that's right, private investigator. He takes an assignment to protect a film location manager, but finds himself somehow in the middle of a mob dispute (we learn that in Chicago, they like to be called "The Outfit"). Moreover, the Chicago PD and the Feds are both looking over Ray's shoulder. A promising beginning for Chercover.
2) Higher Education?, by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. Veteran sociologist Hacker and reporter Dreifus have produced a pretty scathing critique of the state of higher education in the US. I don't agree with all of it, but they have some good points.
1) Silence of the Grave, by Arnaldur Indridason. This is the second of the "Reykjavik thrillers" featuring Inspector Erlendur and his aides Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli. When a human skeleton is unearthed during a child's birthday party, Erlendur and his colleagues find themselves investigating a murder over a half century old. Meanwhile the inspector deals with a personal crisis involving his recovering addict daughter, Eva Lind. This series continues to intrigue me.
2) Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls, by Stewart Mandel. Mandel is a columnist for Sports Illustrated, focusing mostly on college football. This is his interesting and informative take on some of the issues confronting that sport.
Currently reading:
1) Big City, Bad Blood, by Sean Chercover. This was Chercover's debut novel, and it won several "first novel" awards a couple of years back. It looks like Chercover is going to give Sara Paretsky some competition for the "best series about a Chicago PI" title. His protagonist is Ray Dudgeon, a newspaper reporter turned, that's right, private investigator. He takes an assignment to protect a film location manager, but finds himself somehow in the middle of a mob dispute (we learn that in Chicago, they like to be called "The Outfit"). Moreover, the Chicago PD and the Feds are both looking over Ray's shoulder. A promising beginning for Chercover.
2) Higher Education?, by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. Veteran sociologist Hacker and reporter Dreifus have produced a pretty scathing critique of the state of higher education in the US. I don't agree with all of it, but they have some good points.
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The Twilight Saga Official Illustrated Guide.
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The Gone Series by Michael Grant
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Will start to re-read Mortal Instrument's City of Bones up to City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare. I forgot what the entire series is all about .
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I just started Hush, Hush this morning.
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Harry Potter and the Philoopher's stone. I have a plan to re-read the HP books but it'll take me a while in between other books and fanfics.
Also reading book 3 of the Sookie Stackhouse novels.
Also reading book 3 of the Sookie Stackhouse novels.
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Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
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Finished Hush, hush already, loved it!
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I am going to say Hush since I will be picking it up from my local library today.
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