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hermetic

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4. Happy Easter, fellow readers.

Sun Apr 5, 2015, 04:35 PM

Apr 2015

Most of the way through Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris. I'm not nearly as impressed as I was with Grave Site. This one is just too much about her dysfunctional family. I do appreciate getting to know a character's background but I have enough personal experience with jerks. I get it. I don't need it explained over and over. There are two mysterious happenings but not much attention gets paid to them. It feels like she didn't know how to flesh them out so she had to drag out all this dirty laundry instead. To fill pages. Well, hopefully it will redeem itself in the final 70 pages.

You know, this is the woman who wrote Midnight Texas. She seems to have this thing about strange names. At first I didn't mind Harper, Cameron and Tolliver. But so many extraneous characters get odd names. Maybe she thinks it makes them more memorable.

I think I'll be going back to Rankin and Bowen my next library visit.

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What are you reading the week of Sunday, April 5, 2015? [View all] scarletwoman Apr 2015 OP

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Happy Easter! Chocolate bunnies! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #1

I've probably read The Source hippywife Apr 2015 #6

I agree with your take on Michener. I read The Covenant and Space years ago. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #11

Poland hippywife Apr 2015 #13

Thank you. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #15

Cute. :0) eom hippywife Apr 2015 #16

Hi, Enthusiast! I'm sure you'll live long enough to read all of Rankin - I did it in a few months. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #8

We are nearly finished with the James D. Doss books. I will be sad when they end. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #12

Truthfully, I'm good with taking a pass on Michener. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #18

I will certainly keep the Rostnikov books in mind. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #19

"Detective Inspector Huss," Helene Tursten shenmue Apr 2015 #2

That sounds fun. Motorcycle gang....... Enthusiast Apr 2015 #3

Despite my prediliction for Nordic Noir, I have continued to hesitate over Helene Tursten. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #9

Happy Easter, fellow readers. hermetic Apr 2015 #4

Hi, hermetic! Thank you for posting. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #10

Thank YOU, scarletwoman hermetic Apr 2015 #25

Dear hermetic, it's delightful to have you here in the Fiction group! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #26

Annamanda by Jo Houser Haring hippywife Apr 2015 #5

I did a little google, too. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #7

Thanks, Scarletwoman... hippywife Apr 2015 #14

It actually sounds like a very interesting book. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #17

I'm almost throught he first 100 pages hippywife Apr 2015 #20

This was a pretty good read. hippywife Apr 2015 #29

Excllent review! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #30

You're very welcome, sw. hippywife Apr 2015 #31

Well, I have to say, yours was a professional quality review. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #32

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Number9Dream Apr 2015 #21

How lovely! Bradbury was a wonderful writer, well worth re-reading! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #23

Brief review of "Dandelion Wine" Number9Dream Apr 2015 #27

Bravo! Thank you for sharing your lovely review on this thread! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #28

Thank you, Number9Dream. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #33

Emily St. John Mandel's book, Station Eleven. It is very, very good. japple Apr 2015 #22

That's cool. I checked back and it was SheilaT who first mentioned that book on the March 8 thread. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #24