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What Have You Read Lately?
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At the moment, I’m busy writing Sewing Circle Mystery # 4 (due April 1st) and proofing the final copy edits for # 3 (due today), so to say I’ve not been reading lately is a bit of an understatement. 
Which means I’m turning today’s blog over to you. Tell us about a book you’ve read recently (its title, the author, and what you thought of it). I’m going to flag this on my Facebook Fan Page so hopefully we’ll all come away with some great reading suggestions!
~Elizabeth
March 16th, 2010 at 7:51 am
I just finished Plaster & Poison by Jennie Bentley, the third book in the series and I enjoyed it. Now I’m reading Down River by Karen Harper and so far I like it.
March 16th, 2010 at 9:18 am
I received a nook for Christmas, and freely admit to reading more books (and spending more money on them!) than I probably should have in the past 2 1/2 months. But I LOVED The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott. I read The Alchemyst, The Magician, & The Sorceress all within a week and can’t wait for the next one to come out. One of the great things about these books is that they feature real historical figures and beings from mythology, inspiring children (their target audience) to learn more about them. What more could you ask from a book?
March 16th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Carley – I loved the Alchemyst! I just finished The Lightening Thief and am currently reading The Kingdom Keepers. I’ve also got Allison Brennen’s Original Sin started and Angie Fox’s The Tale of Two Demon Slayers. I’ve loved this series!
Dru, I’ve been meaning to catch up on the Bentley series. Nice to know you are enjoying it. I read the first one and thought it was well done.
Of course I’ve also got a couple love stories floating around.
March 16th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Just finished Bone Magic by Yasmine Galenorn (part of her Sisters of the Moon series.) I enjoy them, even though they’re a lot more paranormal than cozy! Right now I’m in the middle of Feint of Art by Hailey Lind. I’m enjoying the locale on this one – it’s set in San Francisco and area. I’ve visited there and loved it. I keep meaning to read the Nicholas Flamel series (it’s on my huge TBR mountain) but keep putting it off to read the new stuff I keep accumulating. I’m also putting off Plaster and Poison because I know once I read it, there’s no more for about another year, and I love that series. Same with Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly. Does anyone else do that? Put off reading new releases so the wait between books isn’t so long?
March 16th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Working on Liz Curtis Higgs’, Bad Girls of the Bible. The fictional stories that accompany the biblical ones are interesting, but I’m not sure they deepen my understanding of the scriptures. I really want to get this one finished, so I can read Lee Strobel’s, The Case for Easter before Holy Week and move on to Laura Bradford’s, Kayla’s Daddy.
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March 16th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Carly — Good to hear! I bought those books but haven’t read them yet.
I recently read Black Rain by Graham Brown (we chose it as our book club read), and it was quite interesting. It is definitely a thriller, however it also has an ‘Indiana Jones’ type component, a nice infusion a science, and a touch of science fiction or fantasy depending on how you look at it. It focuses on a governmental group adventuring through the Amazon rain forest in search of a Mayan city and what it might hold.
March 16th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Shel, I did that once but decided with all the books I read, and the fact that I waited for the latest book in a series, I might as well read it. What I do do is re-read the last one or two books in the series to catch me up.
March 16th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Oops –sorry Carley, lost the ‘e’
March 16th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Dru, that sounds like a plan, and it’s actually what I did with Bone Magic. I know I’ll need to do it with the new Dresden book coming out next month too. I don’t remember much of the last one because I’d been waiting for it for SO long and when I got it, I “gulped” it. Now I need to go back for a leisurely re-read and pick up all I missed to get ready for the new one!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
I’ve read BEFORE I FALL, a YA by Lauren Oliver where a girl has to relive her last day of life until she gets it right — so well done! HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER by Kate Carmichael — I love this new Bibliophile Mystery series, the newest IF BOOKS COULD KILL is available and I’ve started but not finished. Reading THE LONELY POLYGAMIST by Udall and it is fascinating fiction about a man with 4 wives and 28 children. And there’s so much waiting!
March 16th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
These were great, everyone! Thanks! I finished the copy edits so that’s why I’m up for air long enough to stick in my two cents!
All of these sound great! Vicki, I must admit, I’m very curious about BEFORE I FALL. Sounds like it’s worth picking up.
Shel, check with Jennie Bentley but I’d be surprised if you have to wait a whole year until the next one. Maybe 6 or 9 months??
March 17th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Elizabeth: Checked both Fantastic Fiction and Jennie’s site (and learned she’s got a dual personality thing going, LOL), There will be two more in the DIY series, but no release dates. She says hoping for late 2010 on #4, which would make it about nine months.
March 17th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
I’m nearing the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series, very light reading. Not sure what I’ll move on to after I finish this (3 more to go).
March 18th, 2010 at 8:16 am
kellie, I’ve not read those. But I think I should check them out once this deadline has been met! Thanks!
March 19th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I’ve read so much lately, I don’t know where to start. I just finished reading all of Elaine Viets’ “Dead-end Job” series. Waiting for the next one to hit the stands. Now I am on “Sew Deadly”. Someone recommended it…