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I don't think the first book in The Park Service series was free, Lisa. I don't really remember. It is a good book. I was hooked immediately.
Checking with amazon.com it looks like it is only available as a kindle download or a paperback.
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I thought I read it on Kindle Unlimited, which involves borrowing books. I think I read the entire series that way. But it was worth paying for. It was a very good trilogy.
Thank you both. I have it on my wish list
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On my hour long commute this a.m. I kept getting distracted trying to start my audio book. So I switched back to radio & will give another go on the way home. As luck would have it, a local interviewer was talking books with a woman who (it sounds as tho) runs a library. Since I came into the conversation after it started, I'm not sure who she is. But I did hear her say this is the season for book fairs and sales! Many local libraries use this season as their fundraising opportunity to refresh their book collection by selling used books. She suggests making a few phone calls to libraries near you & inquiring about upcoming sales; and that they usually know about other sales as well. This could be habit forming; I already stumbled on The Elephant's Trunk Flea Market in CT - throw in a book fair & I will be like Billy from Family Circus taking major detours all over the northeast!
Oh yeah…I worked my local library sale last week and my other library is having their library sale on May 22. Tis the season
Welcome back. It is so good to see you And thank you for all the recommendations….I added a few to my list
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Yes, the butterfly effect. I think that is one of the things that has me so mesmerized by 11/22/63. So many times when I reflect upon my own life I realize that even a slight change in a day can bring unexpected consequences.
So true…that's why if you are happy "today" you should have no regrets because one change to your past would alter everything and you might be miserable today
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Not sure this is my "type" of book but I thought I'd mention The Martian by Andy Weir. It is HIGHLY recommended by my SIL...she couldn't stop gushing about it. So it's out there now, for anyone looking for a different story!
I just finished The Girl on the Train. What was all the fuss about? Those were the most unlikeable, under-developed characters. I had heard so many comparisons to Gone Girl, but it didn't even come close. Bleh.
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The only comparison I can think of is that I did not like any of the characters in either book.
Ugh…that;s what I'm afraid of….wasted time reading a bad book. I will still give it a try…once I get it from my library
I just finished Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Talk about a psychological thriller. It was very good and kind of creepy.
Next up is a buddy read. My buddy and I are reading Intensity by Dean Koontz together.
I finished 11/22/63 last evening and wow, what a great read. I loved the characters in the book and the ending was wonderful. So onto a new read.
I just don't know what it will be. ALL is on my TR list but I don't want to start that until the sale of my business is complete, that way if I cry or stay awake until the wee hours I won't have to get up for work.
I considered the last book in the Miss Buncle series but I'm not in the mood for that. Maybe The Martian?
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I saw something posted on Facebook that said:
"Gone Girl + The Secret History = Bradstreet Gate!"
Of course my eyes rolled far back in my head because it seems that, these days, if a book is NOT compared to Gone Girl, then it's not worth talking about.
At least Amazon didn't stoop to that (this time):
"A tour de force debut about a campus murder for readers of Donna Tartt, Meg Wolitzer, and Jeffrey Eugenides"
I've never read or been interested in Meg Wolitzer books, but Donna Tartt and Jeffrey Eugenides are lures for me. I've already requested that my library get the book. Even though "murder mysteries" ain't my cup of tea, this one -- at least from the description -- runs deeper than that.
And, since I am like the quintessential rabbit going down the hole when it comes to click-click-clicking, going deep, deep, deeper down the Interwebz well, I saw THIS book linked beneath the Bradstreet Gate synopsis and, even though it's fantasy-afterlife-blahblahblah, I requested it from my library too. BAH! It never ends. Here's that second book:
I've been working like a demon on the yard and in the garden. Anyway, I have started a number of books at the end of the day but my eyes would be crossing before I finished the sample, not due to boredom but bone weariness. For a while I thought I would be reading Hild by Nicola Griffith but actually I am too tired to know what I'm reading. We got rain overnight and I've been sleeping. Hild is the story of St Hilda, circa 680CE. It isn't a religious book, just that it is an imagined story of the abbess based on legends and some facts. It seems to be very highly researched and I vaguely recall someone here asking for recommendations of books like that.
I may still be reading Hild - I'll decide when I'm no longer quite so tired.
I saw something posted on Facebook that said:
"Gone Girl + The Secret History = Bradstreet Gate!"
Of course my eyes rolled far back in my head because it seems that, these days, if a book is NOT compared to Gone Girl, then it's not worth talking about.
At least Amazon didn't stoop to that (this time):
"A tour de force debut about a campus murder for readers of Donna Tartt, Meg Wolitzer, and Jeffrey Eugenides"
I've never read or been interested in Meg Wolitzer books, but Donna Tartt and Jeffrey Eugenides are lures for me. I've already requested that my library get the book. Even though "murder mysteries" ain't my cup of tea, this one -- at least from the description -- runs deeper than that.
And, since I am like the quintessential rabbit going down the hole when it comes to click-click-clicking, going deep, deep, deeper down the Interwebz well, I saw THIS book linked beneath the Bradstreet Gate synopsis and, even though it's fantasy-afterlife-blahblahblah, I requested it from my library too. BAH! It never ends. Here's that second book:
I don't know what the fascination is with Gone Girl. I read it some time ago and I didn't like it at all. I must be in the minority though as I often hear people saying it was a great book. SMH.
I saw something posted on Facebook that said:
"Gone Girl + The Secret History = Bradstreet Gate!"
Of course my eyes rolled far back in my head because it seems that, these days, if a book is NOT compared to Gone Girl, then it's not worth talking about.
At least Amazon didn't stoop to that (this time):
"A tour de force debut about a campus murder for readers of Donna Tartt, Meg Wolitzer, and Jeffrey Eugenides"
I've never read or been interested in Meg Wolitzer books, but Donna Tartt and Jeffrey Eugenides are lures for me. I've already requested that my library get the book. Even though "murder mysteries" ain't my cup of tea, this one -- at least from the description -- runs deeper than that.
And, since I am like the quintessential rabbit going down the hole when it comes to click-click-clicking, going deep, deep, deeper down the Interwebz well, I saw THIS book linked beneath the Bradstreet Gate synopsis and, even though it's fantasy-afterlife-blahblahblah, I requested it from my library too. BAH! It never ends. Here's that second book:
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Excuse me? You have ordered a book called Boo?
Not exactly. I have requested that my library procure a book called Boo (along with Bradstreet Gate).
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And thank you for all the recommendations….I added a few to my list
