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hermetic

(8,968 posts) Sun Jul 30, 2017, 01:32 PM Jul 2017

What are you reading this week of July 30, 2017?

I am now venturing into Blue Labyrinth by Preston/Child. I am really enjoying this one for many reasons. Pendergast is back and on top of his game. Vincent, Margot, and the New York Museum of Natural History are back. If you've read Relic and/or Reliquary, you will be pleased. If you haven't read those, it makes no difference to this story so it's not like a prerequisite. It's just a little more fun for those who have. Plus, this story moves along at a good pace.

Having just finished Utopia by Preston, I'd say that one would have benefited from being shorter. It just went on way too long. Still a good story, though. And now there was that horrific accident at the Ohio State Fair which you can't help but wonder at if you've read the book.
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What are you venturing into this week?

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What are you reading this week of July 30, 2017? (Original Post) hermetic Jul 2017 OP

Still building Kingsbridge cathedral in "Pillars of the Earth" TexasProgresive Jul 2017 #1

Cool! hermetic Jul 2017 #2

I tried to read it but... have you seen the miniseries? CurtEastPoint Jul 2017 #3

No, I'm afraid I would be disappointed TexasProgresive Jul 2017 #5

I read "Pillars of the Earth" some years ago and loved it! To this day, it is one of my favorites. sueh Aug 2017 #11

The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney and also The Handmaid's Tale CurtEastPoint Jul 2017 #4

That first one hermetic Jul 2017 #6

I'm near the end of HT and then will watch the series on Hulu. CurtEastPoint Jul 2017 #7

Yeah hermetic Jul 2017 #8

Another great thing about reading TexasProgresive Jul 2017 #9

I prefer exorbitant hermetic Jul 2017 #10

TexasProgresive

(12,586 posts)

1. Still building Kingsbridge cathedral in "Pillars of the Earth"

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:03 PM

Jul 2017

This book has it all; action, plots, highly developed characters who come in all shades from good to evil. Most books tend to have 2 dimensional evil characters but not this one. They are fully developed so that you can hate them while loving the other characters. I'm at pg 498 with the ending at 973. Every sentence is a delight, even those that horrify.

hermetic

(8,968 posts)

2. Cool!

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:13 PM

Jul 2017

CurtEastPoint

(19,619 posts)

3. I tried to read it but... have you seen the miniseries?

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:16 PM

Jul 2017

TexasProgresive

(12,586 posts)

5. No, I'm afraid I would be disappointed

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:28 PM

Jul 2017

I love the way books interact with my imagination. Movies and miniseries are the imagination of the director, screen writers, cinematographers and the actors. They entertain me but if I read the book I always feel they missed a lot.

sueh

(1,911 posts)

11. I read "Pillars of the Earth" some years ago and loved it! To this day, it is one of my favorites.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 12:30 AM

Aug 2017

I never got bored. Ken Follett knows how to bring a story to life.

CurtEastPoint

(19,619 posts)

4. The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney and also The Handmaid's Tale

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:18 PM

Jul 2017

Both enthralling!

hermetic

(8,968 posts)

6. That first one

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:34 PM

Jul 2017

does sound enthralling. I will look for it.

The Handmaid's Tale truly is enthralling. Along with disturbing, scary, worrisome. I love Atwood.

CurtEastPoint

(19,619 posts)

7. I'm near the end of HT and then will watch the series on Hulu.

Reply to hermetic (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:35 PM

Jul 2017

hermetic

(8,968 posts)

8. Yeah

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:40 PM

Jul 2017

I would like to see that, too. I have to wait for it on DVD. Please do come back and say what you thought of the show as opposed to the book. I am always really curious about that sort of thing. TIA!

TexasProgresive

(12,586 posts)

9. Another great thing about reading

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jul 30, 2017, 05:01 PM

Jul 2017

At 67 I just learned a great new word, extortionate.

hermetic

(8,968 posts)

10. I prefer exorbitant

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #9)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 03:45 PM

Jul 2017

Rolls off the tongue easier.

I'm with ya on that learning thing, though.

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