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Monday, February 27, 2017

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?


This weekly meme is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date.

I'm reading: 

Something from the library.

TITLE: 113 Minutes
AUTHORS: James Patterson with Max DiLallo 
PUBLISHER: BookShots
PUBLICATION DATE: September 6, 2016
FORMAT: Paperback
LENGTH: 139 pages
GENRE: Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9780316317184
I know who killed my son.

Molly Rourke's son has been murdered...And she knows who's responsible. Now she's taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother's love.


Something from my bookshelf. This is my vintage 1970 edition, which I've kept from my childhood! I'm reading it aloud to my daughter, and our plan is to make our way through the whole series. This is a re-read for me, but I honestly don't remember a thing about it! It read it when I was young.

SERIES: Oz, Book #2
AUTHOR: L. Frank Baum 
PUBLISHER: Scholastic
PUBLICATION DATE: 1970 (first published 1904)
FORMAT: Paperback
LENGTH: 192 pages
GENRE: Children's Fiction, Classics, Fantasy
ISBN: 0590085654

"You'll never bother me again," says Mombi the witch, "once you drink this magic brew."

"What'll it do?" cries poor Tip.

"It will turn you into a marble statue!"

Tip's heart beats wildly.

Can a mere boy escape from a witch's evil power?

But this is Oz -- the marvelous, magical land where anything can happen!


I'm listening to:

Something from the library. I wanted to read this book before the movie hits the theatre in May, so I am doing a read-a-long with TuesBookTalk.

TITLE: The Dinner
AUTHOR: Herman Koch
TRANSLATOR: Sam Garrett
NARRATOR: Clive Mantle
PUBLISHER: Blackstone Audio
PUBLICATION DATE: February 13, 2013
FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook
LENGTH: 8 hrs and 55 mins 
GENRE: Literary Fiction
It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse - the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a 15-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families.

As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple shows just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.

Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinner promises to be the topic of countless dinner party debates. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.



I just finished:

AUTHOR: Mariko Koike 
TRANSLATOR: Deborah Boliver Boehm
PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books
PUBLICATION DATE: October 11, 2016 (first published 1988)
FORMAT: Hardcover
LENGTH: 325 pages
GENRE: Horror
ISBN: 9781250060549

A terrifying tale of a young family who move into an apartment building next to a graveyard and the horrors that are unleashed upon them.

One of the most popular writers working in Japan today, Mariko Koike is a recognized master of detective fiction and horror writing. Known in particular for her hybrid works that blend these styles with elements of romance, The Graveyard Apartment is arguably Koike’s masterpiece. Originally published in Japan in 1986, Koike’s novel is the suspenseful tale of a young family that believes it has found the perfect home to grow in to, only to realize that the apartment’s idyllic setting harbors the specter of evil and that longer they stay, the more trapped they become.

This tale of a young married couple who are harboring a dark secret is packed with dread and terror, as they and their daughter move into a brand new apartment building built next to a graveyard. As strange and terrifying occurrences begin to pile up, people in the building begin to move out one by one, until the young family is left alone with someone... or something... lurking in the basement. The psychological horror builds moment after moment, scene after scene, culminating with a conclusion that will make you think twice before ever going into a basement again.


TITLE: Reckoning
SERIES: Night Huntress Universe, Book #0.5
AUTHOR: Jeanine Frost
NARRATOR: Tavia Gilbert
PUBLISHER: Harper Audio
PUBLICATION DATE: June 24, 2014 (first published August 18, 2009)
FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook
LENGTH: 1 hrs and 50 mins 
GENRE: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9780062361899
In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers is about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show - unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first. From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.



What are you reading? Have you read any of these books and, if so, what did you think? Please let me know in the comments and, if you are also participating in this meme, leave me a link to your blog post so that I can stop by!

10 comments:

  1. The James Patterson book looks cool and a very short book which I like sometimes when I don't have lots of time to read.

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    1. Me too, Viki. That's the very reason why I was drawn to the BookShots series.

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  2. The Dinner is one I've been meaning to read or listen to.

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    1. I hope you get a chance to read it before the movie comes out!

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  3. Great to share a book with your daughter, and yes that's awhile since you read the book so no wonder you remember little of it! Me, a year and it seems almost fresh if I reread!

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    1. LOL, yes I'm like that too sometimes.

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  4. I love what you just finished and wouldn't mind reading them myself!

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    1. Reckoning was really good! I'd recommend that one if you haven't read the Night Huntress series yet.

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