Subject: Paging New Pages!
Posted by: ChopinLiszt
Date: Oct 11 23
For leisure reading, I usually turn to sociology or poetry, both subjects that reflect my earlier professional life. I'm afraid of missing out, though, and think I should try some history, science fiction, and/or mystery. For starters, I do know a few works by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert Heinlein, and Patricia Cornwell, but that's about it for those areas. Do you have any recommendations for me, maybe one per genre? I'd be grateful.
Posted by: ChopinLiszt
Date: Oct 11 23
For leisure reading, I usually turn to sociology or poetry, both subjects that reflect my earlier professional life. I'm afraid of missing out, though, and think I should try some history, science fiction, and/or mystery. For starters, I do know a few works by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert Heinlein, and Patricia Cornwell, but that's about it for those areas. Do you have any recommendations for me, maybe one per genre? I'd be grateful.
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lordprescott
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Mystery: may I suggest "Clouds of Witness" or "The Nine Tailors" by Dorothy L. Sayers? Reply #1. Oct 12 23, 10:52 AM |
ChopinLiszt
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Thank you. I know very little about her, except that she was invested in her art and craft and wasn't just writing potboilers. I'll look for the two titles you suggest, and I appreciate the guidance! Reply #2. Oct 12 23, 1:33 PM |
| ChopinLiszt
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lordprescott, I'm intrigued by the idea of a bell-ringer mystery, and I've already downloaded it! Thanks! Reply #3. Oct 12 23, 2:15 PM |
| lordprescott
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Let me know what you thought of it if you had a chance to read it! Reply #4. Jan 18 24, 12:08 PM |
Dagny1 
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If any of the Patricia Cornwell books you read were in her Kay Scarpetta series and you enjoyed it, you might try Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan series. The first one is Deja Dead (1997). These characters were the basis for the Bones tv series. Reply #5. Jan 18 24, 2:04 PM |
Cymruambyth
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My recommendations are books that are well-written, with engaging characters and plots. History - I recommend Sharon Kay Penman's 'The Sonne in Splendour' (Richard III), or her trilogy about Lleweyn Fawr - 'Here Be Dragons', 'Falls the Shadow' and 'The Reckoning'. Ms Penman has the gift of recreating times and places from the past without over-romanticizing them. Science Fiction - try John Wyndham, utterly believable 'could happen' stories like'The Midwich Cuckoos' (my favourite) and 'The Day of the Triffids'. Mystery - Caroline Graham's Midsomer series, Josephine Tey's books featuring Inspector Alan Grant (my favourite is 'The Daughter of Time', which combines history and mystery), Ruth Rendell's Wexford series, P.D.James Dalgleish series, and the 'Cadfael' canon by Ellis Peters - which focuses on the sleuthing skills of a 12th century monk/herbalist in Shrewsbury. All these writers are masters of the English language, too. Reply #6. May 10 24, 11:40 AM |
| Dagny1
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Although I'm not a fan of historical mysteries, I heartily second the suggestion of Ellis Peters' (Edith Pargeter) Brother Cadfael series. There are twenty books and I put off reading the last one for so long as I didn't want the series to end and have no more of them to read. Reply #7. May 10 24, 3:49 PM |
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