What are you reading the week of September 14, 2014?

[Enthusiast]

I'm reading The Likeness by Tana French.

What are you reading this week?

[shenmue]

1. 'The Day She Died," Catriona McPherson

Tana French is cool. That's a good series.

[Enthusiast]

4. I am just learning that.

That Tana French is cool. Thank you shenmue.

[Old Crow]

2. *The Imperfectionists* by Tom Rachman

Actually, I just finished it earlier today and I'm working on a review.

[sharp_stick]

3. I just finished

Toll The Hounds: Book 8 of the 10 book "Malazan Book Of The Fallen" series by Steven Erikson.
http://smile.amazon.com/Toll-Hounds-Eight-Malazan-Fallen/dp/0765310082/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-7&qid=1410796976

This 830 page brick was kind of a slog up until the last 150 pages or so. There were times while working through this one that the only thing keeping me going was the fact that I'd already invested 5000+ pages into this series. Fortunately the ending did a really nice job tying up the many threads running through the book. I've heard the next two are better, I hope so.

That being said I've been on kind of a fantasy/Sci-Fi kick for the last few months so I'm changing it up and going literary for awhile. It's nice to pick up a book and not feel like it's a workout for a change.

I just picked up "The Sense of an Ending". The Man-Booker 2011 winner by Julian Barnes.
http://smile.amazon.com/The-Sense-Ending-Julian-Barnes/dp/0307947726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410797027&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sense+of+an+ending

and "Salvage The Bones". The National Book Award 2011 winner by Jesmyn Ward.
http://smile.amazon.com/Salvage-Bones-Novel-Jesmyn-Ward/dp/1608195228/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1410797077

[scarletwoman]

6. Hooray! One the books I've had on order at the library has finally come in!

The G File by Håkan Nesser (Sweden). Oh, happy day!

It's book #10 of Nesser's Inspector Van Veeteren series - a really wonderful series of police procedurals. Van Veeteren is one of my favorite fictional detectives, intelligent and compassionate, one of those fictional characters that you would love to know in real life.

I've read the entire series up to this one, and have been waiting months and months for it to make it into the library system. The copy I received is totally brand new - I'm obviously the first person to get my hands on it since it clearly has never been cracked. Kinda cool.

What makes this book particularly exciting to me is that this story will finally reveal what has been a sort of background uber-mystery that has been woven through the series up to now. "The G File" has been a persistent reference throughout an Veeteren's career - the one crime he was never able to solve. Until now...

I highly recommend this series to any fans of crime fiction, police procedurals, and Scandinavian Noir. I'll probably say more about this latest entry once I've gotten going on it.

For now - happy, happy, joy, joy!

[Enthusiast]

7. I'm happy to hear it!

My better half is enjoying The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg.

[scarletwoman]

8. Thank you!

May I recommend that your "better half" go for the entire Patrik Hedstrom series by Läckberg - that is, if she thinks it might be worth it after she finishes The Ice Princess?

I always pick an author and then read everything they've written in order before moving on to another author. Maybe other folks aren't into that, but if your dear wife wants to take the chance, she may find it quite rewarding.

Camilla Läckberg's latest book in the Patrik Hedstrom series, Buried Angels (#8), is one of the books I have on order at the library that I'm impatiently waiting for to come in.

Anyway, please tell your Lady hello from me.

[SheilaT]

9. I finished "Faithful Place"

by Tana French and it was excellent, as always. I really like the way she takes time with her characters, let's us get into their heads, shows us just what kind of a life they are living.

Currently reading Caffeinated by Murray Carpenter. Had no idea that caffeine is added to so many soft drinks. Makes me very glad I gave up drinking them some years ago.

I'm also reading What's So Funny? by Donald E. Westlake, another one of his Dortmunder novels.

I'll finish both of these books in a day or two.

[Enthusiast]

10. I ordered a copy of Faithful Place.

SheilaT, don't you drink caffeinated coffee? I know a lot of people have sworn off caffeine. I'm a coffee nut. I couldn't live without my freshly roasted, freshly ground brewed in the French press each morning.

[SheilaT]

11. I typically drink one cup of Maxwell House Instant

every morning.

The book does talk about how most of us who drink anything with caffeine in it, are somewhat addicted to the stuff. At least the caffeine in the coffee is already there, unlike the caffeine that's added to soft drinks and the many energy drinks out there.

[Enthusiast]

12. I guess we are getting caffeine from a number of sources and never give it much thought.

I have high BP but it's controlled through meds.

[SheilaT]

13. There's naturally occurring caffeine in various things like

coffee, tea, and chocolate. But the largest amount of caffeine most people get is what's added to various things, including fruit juices, which is totally insane.

[Enthusiast]

14. Yeah. Just imagine, adding high fructose corn syrup and caffeine to juice.

If juice needs all that help it must be pretty poor quality juice to start with.