Monday, January 3, 2011

What are you Reading - Happy New Year

It's Monday, What are You Reading.  Sheila over at One Persons Journey has an incentive for networking so go over and have fun while adding to your 2011 Wishlist.

If you come to visit please leave a link to your Top 10 of 2010 so I can comment.  Here is mine


I just completed






My Review








I am currently reading


Currently Reading

My first time reading Nicci French, I am enjoying it so far.

Book Summary on Amazon

Beneath the Skin is a spooky, highly effective psychological thriller. Initially, the women refuse, as do the police, to take the threats seriously--they are happy, they are inviolable; surely these letters are the work of a harmless crank. But the novel watches Zoe, Nadia, and Jenny move from blithely insouciant denial, to frustration, to creeping terror, and finally to the stark realization that neither they nor anyone else will prevent this killer from destroying them. French skillfully evokes the insidiousness with which the letters invade the women's lives, straining and shattering relationships, pushing each toward fearful insanity. Perhaps the novel's greatest appeal lies in its mordant irony: not only do the stalker's threats push and fester "beneath the skin," but they also draw out the flaws and terrors that are already there. French sketches the women's weaknesses and fears with merciless accuracy, stripping them naked long before the killer arrives to finish what his letters have begun.


This is what I think I will read next.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

or

The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum - My January choice for Bookclub - go here if interested in joining us.
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14 comments:

  1. gautami tripathyJanuary 3, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    You did good reading. I could manage to read one book.


    Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year. May 2011 be filled with reading!

    Here is my Monday: Mailbox/What Are You Reading? post!

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  2. JessJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Read Guernsey next -- it is fantastic!

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  3. Nise' January 3, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    I've read good reviews for Nicci French's books. I read The Stormchasers and enjoyed it, hope your book club does as well.

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  4. CMashJanuary 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    I added your review to The 3 Rs Challenge for I Am Not a Serial Killer...great review!!

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  5. CatJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    I Am Not A Serial Killer has been added to my list. Also have Guernsey waiting - thought it was time I read it for myself as everyone seems to love it. Hope we'll like it too.

    Happy reading!

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  6. Jenna BlumJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    I personally would go with Jenna Blum's The Stormchasers--but that's because I'm Jenna Blum! :) Thank you for considering it. I hope, if you read it, you enjoy it. ~ Jenna.

    www.jennablum.com

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  7. bermudaonionJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Happy New Year! I hope you have a great week in books!

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  8. WolfeJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    Beneath The Skin does sound really good. I am looking forward to your review.

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  9. Tales of WhimsyJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Oooo so that is what it looks like :) Good to know :)

    Happy New Year btw :)

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  10. jlshallJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    Beneath the Skin sounds terrific! It's going on my TBR list right away. Hope you enjoy "Guernsey" - I really loved it.

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  11. Jen at Introverted ReaderJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    I've enjoyed the Nicci French that I've read. I hope you do as well! I love Guernsey. It is such a feel-good book! Enjoy your week!

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  12. Julie January 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    The Guernsey Library and Potato Peel Society is on my wishlist! Love the cover of I Am Not a Serial Killer, so I'm off to read your review!

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  13. Christina TJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    I've heard that Nicci French's books are very suspenseful but I haven't tried them yet.

    I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I hope you like it too!

    About the Soul Screamers series, My Soul to Take is the first book in the series.

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  14. Sheila (Bookjourney)January 5, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    Your books look great! have a super week :)

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