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I just started the second book of the Edward St. Aubyn series: Bad News. The first one was alright. I'm pretty sure that I'll read all four that are smooshed together in this volume that I bought, but I'm not quite sure that I'll read his new release (At Last) that ends the series.
I used to live on E. 1st Street in NYC, two blocks from the Hell's Angels' headquarters on E. 3rd. Sometimes, if I was going home late at night I'd walk down their block for safety because I had the sense they wouldn't hurt me, and would defend me if someone tried to. I also had a sense they would probably be pretty rough on women (that may be an understatement) within their group or on those they "hired" or whatever, but for some reason I felt they would respect me. Based on what you're saying about this book, I may have been very naive.
As a "civilian" (biker term for non-biker) just walking down the street, they probably would have come to your defense had you needed help. Within their world it's generally hands-off any woman who is hooked up with another biker. But with the women who just hang around (usually for the drugs or the excitement or both), it can end up a gang bang.
Just finished Celebrity in Death, the 34th in the In Death series by JD Robb. A bit light and frothy on the investigation and climax, but still enjoyable.
Also just finished Fair Game, 3rd of the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs. Bit of a game-changer for the Mercyverse.
I just started The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women by Deborah Swiss. The book centers around three young women who lived wretched lives from childhood on in the early 1800's in Scotland and England and had to steal in order to feed themselves. I'm just getting to the part where, after several arrests, convictions and prison and/or indentured worker sentences, they are about to be sent off to Tasmania. They are all still mid-teenagers.
The author combed through libraries of records to set forth an accurate picture of the conditions that prevailed during those years and portray the lives of the people forced to scrabble to survive. The filth and disease of unhygienic living conditions makes one's skin crawl. It is almost unbelievable to think that such conditions existed a mere 200 years ago in Britain.
I am about half way through Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler. I'll probably not read another of her books. This is a first for me and I am finding it kind of boring.
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I just started the second book of the Edward St. Aubyn series: Bad News. The first one was alright. I'm pretty sure that I'll read all four that are smooshed together in this volume that I bought, but I'm not quite sure that I'll read his new release (At Last) that ends the series.
UGH! This second one is all about heroin use. All heroin, all the time. In detail! I'll stick it out (no pun intended) but just scan it for more pertinent parts, parts that don't have to do with sticking a needle in your vein, so that I can continue on with the third and fourth books. And, yes, more than likely, the fifth, once it's out in paperback (or available at the Kindle library).
Just started reading The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. True story, and it's really two books in one; the first about the planning and constructing of the 1893 Chicago Worlds's Fair (and it's amazing how they managed to pull this off in such a short amount of time - especially considering the technology that existed in those days), and the second about an attractive and charming serial killer who used the fair in order to find and murder his victims. I'm only about a hundred pages in, but it's seems as though it's going to be an interesting read.
I just finished The Fifth Witness, which is the 4th book in the Lincoln Lawyer series from Michael Connelly. I thought it was very good. I've read the whole series and cannot wait until he writes another one about life of defense attorney Mickey Haller. Oh, and if you haven't seen the movie, go see "The Lincoln Lawyer" lol.
Also, I'm not sure if I already mentioned this earlier in this thread, but I decided recently to read the book from Shaquille O'Neal titled "Shaq Uncut". It was a nice break from the law stories I've been reading lately. Was fun to see Shaq's humor in a book and have him tell his personal stories and feelings towards the likes of Kobe, LeBron, Jordan and so on. Was fun to read.
Just finished "The Mockingjay", final book in The Hunger Games Trilogy. Really good but not as good as the first two.
Now I'm 20 pages into Katheryn Stockett's The Help. I'm having quite a hard time with the speech the narrator is using since English isn't my mother tongue. But I'll get through
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I'll stick it out (no pun intended) but just scan it for more pertinent parts, parts that don't have to do with sticking a needle in your vein, so that I can continue on with the third and fourth books. And, yes, more than likely, the fifth, once it's out in paperback (or available at the Kindle library).
