What book are you reading right now? (1 Viewer)

[bmasters9]

You Can't Park There!, by Dr. Tony Bleetman, about his adventures on an air ambulance in Britain

 

[Jake Lipson]

I’m SHOCKED at the waiting list for a five year old book!

I can't speak to this specific title. But I find that happens a lot with popular bestsellers. There are just some books that are always in heavy demand. My library has a 16 week wait for the audiobook version or 14 weeks for the ebook. Glancing at the list, none of the three novels by Michaelides are available immediately.

I donated What Have You Done? to my library after I hated it. (See post #13.) They have about 60 holds on it right now. Of course, it just came out a couple weeks ago, so the demand makes sense. But now they'll have an additional copy to go around.

 

[Jake Lipson]

T.J. Newman has quickly become one of my favorite authors. Her debut, Falling, came out in 2021 but I read it last year. That book focused on a pilot whose family is kidnapped. He is given a choice between crashing the plane to save their lives or letting them die to save the passengers. Drowning (2023) focused on a plane that sinks to the bottom of the ocean with twelve living passengers still inside and the operation on the surface to rescue them before their oxygen runs out. Both of those are just awesome and I highly recommend them.

Worst Case Scenario focuses on the aftermath of a plane crash into a nuclear power plant. I'm waiting way too impatiently for my preorder to arrive in the mail. It may take a few days, but I'm excited to dive in when I get it.

 

[Museum Pieces]

Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective.

Rigorous and excellent.

 

[EricSchulz]

Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective.

Rigorous and excellent.

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Have you read this?

 

[Museum Pieces]

Have you read this?
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Not yet but I'll look into it.

 

[jayembee]

One plot point involves Diana's best friend continuing to text her phone even after she has died just to feel like she is still there. I found that to be particularly resonant with me.

That's something you apparently share with Baron Zemo.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I posted earlier this week about how excited I was to get Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman. I've now finished it and am happy to report that Newman did not disappoint at all. This book tells the story of what happens when a plane crashes into a nuclear power plant and how the town rises to meet the resulting challenges.

I don't really know anything about how nuclear power works, but Newman was clear enough in the writing that I could understand what was happening. So that is not a barrier to entry. It also feels throughly researched and like she knows what she's talking about, even though I don't have the knowledge or desire to fact check the science.

As you might expect from a disaster thriller, there are massive blockbuster-scale action scenes, which are great. She also writes in an impressively visual manner, and it is easy to imagine this being made into a great movie in due course. But you care because the characters who are thrust into this intense situation are so throughly developed and explored. The emotional character-based moments are just as memorable and well-executed as the high-stakes action.

Highly recommended.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I mentioned in post #23 how much I loved Falling and Drowning by T.J. Newman. If anyone who uses Kindle would be interested in trying them out, Amazon currently has a "limited time deal" on both of them for $3.99 (each, not bundled.) Of course, it doesn't say how "limited" the deal is, but there you go. The same deal is in place at B&N (for Nook) and Apple Books.

I prefer physical copies to ebooks personally, but that is a substantial discount compared to the hardcover or paperback prices. So I thought I'd mention it just in case anyone is interested. I think they're both great.

 

[Jason Goodmanson]

I mentioned in post #23 how much I loved Falling and Drowning by T.J. Newman. If anyone who uses Kindle would be interested in trying them out, Amazon currently has a "limited time deal" on both of them for $3.99 (each, not bundled.) Of course, it doesn't say how "limited" the deal is, but there you go. The same deal is in place at B&N (for Nook) and Apple Books.

I prefer physical copies to ebooks personally, but that is a substantial discount compared to the hardcover or paperback prices. So I thought I'd mention it just in case anyone is interested. I think they're both great.

Based on your recommendation, I just got the first two in Kindle. I too prefer physical books, but for $4 each, I couldn't pass up a chance to check out a new author. I can always go back and get the hardcovers later if I want to add these to my physical shelves (which are overflowing as usual . . .)

 

[Jake Lipson]

Based on your recommendation, I just got the first two in Kindle.

Cool. Let me know what you think.

I should also make clear that the three books are individual books with different storylines and characters in each. They all involve planes, but literally the only through line between them is the name of the fictional airline. Otherwise, they are completely standalone stories and do not reference the events of each other in any way. I recommend them all, but they are not a connected series in the way that Harry Potter (for example) is with a continuing storyline. So anyone can read any of them individually and get a complete experience without having to read the other two. You may want to read them all, but reading one does not require a long-term series commitment.

 

[EricSchulz]

This thriller is compared a lot to Strangers on a Train and it’s not hard to see why. Ted and Lily meet at Heathrow Airport when there’s an issue with their flight. Ted is angry after finding out his wife is cheating with the contractor of their dream mansion. Lily offers the “perfect“ solution: since she’s a complete stranger to all involved no one would suspect or connect her to the murder. Except Ted doesn’t know that Lily has secrets (and motives) that change everything.
It’s written in a multiple first person voice, with each chapter offering the story from the perspective of one of the four main characters. It’s nothing earth shattering but there are some interesting twists and turns to keep you guessing. And the book veers into a completely different story than Strangers fairly quickly.
This has been in movie development hell pretty much since it was released in 2015.

 

[Jake Lipson]

A friend just gave me this book as a gift.

 

[nara]

A friend just gave me this book as a gift.

Great author. Great book.

 

[bmasters9]

The 1935 Perry Mason book The Case of the Counterfeit Eye, in a printing from 1965 (had read this one when I was staying w/my sister in Alabama from the library down there, and really enjoyed it, so I wanted a copy of my own)

 

[jayembee]

Gardner's Perry Mason novels are a good read, but I prefer the Donald Lam & Bertha Cool mysteries he wrote under the pseudonym A.A. Fair.

Cool and Lam - Wikipedia

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[bmasters9]

Gardner's Perry Mason novels are a good read, but I prefer the Donald Lam & Bertha Cool mysteries he wrote under the pseudonym A.A. Fair.

Cool and Lam - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I have one of those, Spill The Jackpot, but have not made a move into it.

BTW, this Mason novel I just received makes now 20 of them that I have (10 of them singly, and the other 10 in two compilation books/omnibuses).

 

[EricSchulz]

My dad got me hooked on the Perry Mason TV show as a kid, then got me ho on the books as an adult. I always enjoyed rewatching the show after reading the book it was based on.

 

[bmasters9]

Now on my 21st of the Mason novels, originally published in 1934: The Case of the Curious Bride (Jan. 1944 printing, but had to put it as a 1942 printing in Goodreads because this edition was not fully represented)

 

[EricSchulz]

If you haven't already, check out “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides. It's a psychological thriller that kept me guessing until the very end. The story revolves around Alicia Berenson, a famous painter who shoots her husband and then goes completely silent, refusing to speak a word. The twist when you finally figure out what’s going on is one of those jaw-dropping moments that make you want to re-read the book immediately.

I just picked up my copy at the library! Planning on getting started tomorrow after work!