Fiction Reading Ideas for Christmas

self | 12/2/08 | LS

[Jeff Head]

You’ve got FRemail!

[Jeff Head]

She did. Allow me to post the cover art as a link:

[retrokitten]

Finally, any of the books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, such as The Cabinet of the Curiosities or The Book of the Dead are terrific. Preston and Child have created an FBI agent named Pendergast who is simply one of the most captivating heroes in literature, a man whose strange tastes and lifestyle are exceeded only by his lack of brawn and reluctance to use brute force---a Sherlock Holmsian American character.

I recommend these books every time there is a quarterly book thread. I love them! Still Life with Crows is my favorite. I have it on audiobook from Audible.com and Rene Auberjonois is a fabulous narrator. His voice for Pendergast is so dead on. When I read their books, his voice is the one I hear in my head for Pendergast.

Douglas Preston also wrote a book called, The Monster of Venice. It's a true crime book about unsolved serial killings in Florance, Italy. It's fantastic, as well.

[AuntB]

Yes.

[lady lawyer]

Interesting. Tell us a little about yourself, if you don’t mind. Your brief description on your blog piques my curiosity.

[AuntB]

What would you like to know?

[lady lawyer]

Why the pseudonyms on your blog?

[AuntB]

Why not? The pseudonym fit the story. I didn’t care to put my own name on a book.

[lady lawyer]

No, I meant why those particular pseudonyms?

[7thson]

Right now I am reading The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. On deck is Your Heart Belongs To Me, the new novel by Dean Koontz.

[7thson]

One of my favorite authors. From Here To Eternity and Some Came Running are excellent novels.

[7thson]

I have read a few of DeMille's novels and he is great. The first one I read of his - The Charm School was suspensefull, intense, funny, and terribly sad. I purchased Gate House but I hve to hold off on it until I get and read Gold Coast.

[MoochPooch]

The Slow Moon, by Elizabeth Cox. A little dark, but absorbing.

[Smokin' Joe]

bfl

[Shery]

Thanks! I am an avid reader and love mystery, crime scene, classics, and spy novels. I was into Patricia cornwell for a time, but the language is a turn off. It continues to grow worse and more coarse. Yuck!

Thanks for the list of books by title and author!

[LS]

Got it. It’s on my shelf now.

[LS]

Got it. It’s now in the stack.

[LS]

Ok, read "Still Life . . ." on the plane to LA. Couldn't put it down. The more I read about Pendergast, the more I long to see a GOOD movie depiction of him.

I'd love to see him and Vic Mackey of the Shield team up :)

[LS]

Just finished the Dean Koontz book about the Golden Retrievers. Great read.

[retrokitten]

I would love that, too, but I can’t imagine any actor that I know of doing him justice.

I told my mom about the Newt Gingrich books you recommended above and she’s going to get them for my dad for Christmas. He’s a Civil War buff and I was shocked that he hasn’t read them yet.