tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post116032221231577512..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: Fall Reading List. . . with coffee. . .Kathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1160359998182424362006-10-08T21:13:00.000-05:002006-10-08T21:13:00.000-05:00Wow, you guys are great. Some good ideas here. M...Wow, you guys are great. Some good ideas here. <BR/><BR/>Michele, I've ordered Kim Harrison's books-- thanks! Can't wait to get them.<BR/><BR/>Helen, I love Alice Hoffman. I think I read The Foretelling. Good stuff!<BR/><BR/>Kathy, Owl Island sounds interesting. I'll have to keep an eye out for it. . . as if I have time for more reading!<BR/><BR/>Definitely coming to Minnesota on Friday morning-- just got flights!<BR/>Lunch! We'll talk--<BR/><BR/>:) BetinaBetina Krahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379124690406269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1160345693806196352006-10-08T17:14:00.000-05:002006-10-08T17:14:00.000-05:00I'm having my latest favorite, green tea latte whi...I'm having my latest favorite, green tea latte while I view the splendid foliage from my window and contemplate my blog for tomorrow. On the heels of Industry Shakeup, I'm tackling my fear of change.<BR/><BR/>Heavy doses of Women's Fiction for me lately. What's it all about, Alfie? I ponder, being in the contempletive mood. Barbara Samuel's LADY LUCK... is a good place to start--rich mother-daugherter relationship story. On a road trip with one daughter in search of daughter's mentally ill twin, a singularly unconventional mom reveals her secrets. It's a heavy read, but interesting. You can't help asking yourself what kind of personal details you'd want from your own mother. The relationship between mother and daughter never ceases to fascinate. <BR/><BR/>Some similar threads in OWL ISLAND by Randy Sue Coburn. The focus is on the heroine's first love with an older man who became a famous Hollywood director, largely at her expense. Now it's 20+ years later, and he's moved into her small Pacific NW Coast town. Lots of flashback, interesting relationship as the heroine finally comes to terms with the past and with mother-daughter relationships on either side.<BR/><BR/>I seem to be picking up the heavier stuff lately. Must be the season.Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1160340306345894622006-10-08T15:45:00.000-05:002006-10-08T15:45:00.000-05:00I would love to do lunch on Friday!! Please, plea...I would love to do lunch on Friday!! Please, please, please, Betina, if you have time! I've just decided that I have to get out once a week with friends for lunch or I'll go crazy.<BR/><BR/>As for reads... unfortunately, becoming a writer has really screwed with my reading. I'm waaayyy behind on my TBR pile and tend to read more non-romance stuff because I don't critique it as much.<BR/><BR/>Betina, I loved The Book of True Desires. Right up my alley ... er jungle!<BR/><BR/>I'm really enjoyed several Alice Hoffman's books this past year. The Foretelling and The Ice Queen. And Lisa Gardner's Alone was great. Anita Shreve. I've been trying to branch out and read author's I've never read before. <BR/><BR/>Anne's Pale Immortal was great too - looking forward to getting into her backlist.<BR/><BR/>So many books, so little time!Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1160340189019029492006-10-08T15:43:00.000-05:002006-10-08T15:43:00.000-05:00I'm drinking chai. Love that stuff! But my son a...I'm drinking chai. Love that stuff! But my son always laughs, cause caffeine goes straight to my brain and I'm a chatty Cathy after drinking it.<BR/><BR/>Harrison's titles are, in order (and love the Clint Eastwood movie title references): DEAD WITCH WALKING, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UNDEAD, EVERY WITCH WAY BUT DEAD, A FISTFUL OF CHARMS<BR/><BR/>An excellent series. If you like charlaine Harris and J.R. Ward, you'll probably really enjoy this one.<BR/><BR/>Oooo, I could probably do Friday! I bet a few other Riders could maybe do that too.<BR/><BR/>MMichele Haufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255612473985897103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1160330191181618872006-10-08T12:56:00.000-05:002006-10-08T12:56:00.000-05:00Hey, Michele! So good to see you here on Sunday....Hey, Michele! So good to see you here on Sunday. Whatcha drinkin? Mocha, latte, or straight?<BR/><BR/>It seems to me I've seen A Fistful of Charms on the shelves and thought the cover was intriguing. Can you list the first and intervening titles for me? I'd love to pick them up!<BR/><BR/>Ooooh, and you may see me sooner than you think. I may be winging it to the Twin Cities this coming Friday! You up for lunch? We could maybe get a crew together for Friday noon?Betina Krahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379124690406269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1160329242021115322006-10-08T12:40:00.000-05:002006-10-08T12:40:00.000-05:00I just finished Kim Harrison's A FISTFUL OF CHARMS...I just finished Kim Harrison's A FISTFUL OF CHARMS, book #4 in her fab Hollows series that features Rachel Morgan, a bounty-hunter witch, a female vampire, her best friend (who wants to be more than BEST friends), a pixy named Jenks whose whole family lives in the orchard out back of the old churchyard where Rachel lives, and a whole lot of nasty demons, werewolves, vampires. It's dark. It's funny. It's moody. Her worldbuilding is amazing. I can't wait for the next book!<BR/><BR/>I've just cracked open Neil Gaiman's FRAGILE THINGS, which is a book of his short stories. Liking this so far, but I'm a major Gaiman fan-girl, so how can I not like his enchanting, dark faery tales? (And to imagine them spoken in Gaiman's gorgeous Brit accent!)<BR/><BR/>As for anticipating? I picked up an excerpt for Christopher Moore's next whacked, dark and certifiably crazy masterpiece, YOU SUCK, which is a sequel to BLOODSUCKING FIENDS. Moore's humor is unique, to say the least. His last book featured Death as a toddler who could kill people by uttering the word 'kitty'. Love it!<BR/><BR/>Also have Cruisie and Mayer's DON'T LOOK DOWN that I've been waiting to read, but didn't get a copy until last weekend when they were in town, so I could have a signed copy.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could see Betina to have her sign my copy of THE BOOK OF TRUE DESIRES, which is coming up soon on my TBR pile. Maybe I'll be so lucky to catch her at the next RT or RWA conference.<BR/><BR/>And the last is not a book to be read, but to be enjoyed. Picked up a copy of the Dover coloring book, DECORATIVE TILE DESIGNS. Oh, do I love to color!<BR/>MMichele Haufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255612473985897103noreply@blogger.com