Hi again, Gene

Yes, I like the caterer books, too (Davidson?  Plus there is another one I just found, Joanne Fluke, and I have her Cream Puff Murder and Key Lime Pie Murder!!!)

Have you gotten into the lady bounty hunter Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich?  She's up to her 15th book in that series, and there's a lot of humor along with her adventures and her "men".  The characters continue from book to book so make you feel right at home!!!  Start with her One For the Money.

Jackie

Hi, Gene

I really hadn't gotten at all familiar with David Baldacci in the past, but a review of his new First Family caught my attention and  had me thinking, "That sounds like my kind of book"!!!  So I have it now as well as a couple of his others from our small community library here that I saw -- thought I'd get them in case I really liked his writing and want to read more!!!

Glad you've found this group -- do continue to post!!!

I post a weekly BOOKS UPDATE taken from parts of two reviews every Sunday from the NYTimes Book Reviews here in another BOOK TALK topic if you'd like to check that out for other possible interesting books.  I go through a lot of reviews to find ones I think this group will find of value.

Jackie

Hi, Jan

I, too, have been a faithful member of Zooba/BOMC2 for a long time and think it is great to be able to get the brand new books in hardcover for $9.95 including shipping.    I include in there cookbooks for myself or as gifts for my daughter-in-law and other non-fiction books. 

I try to stay away from the regular book clubs (too expensive), but I couldn't resist being about to get SEVEN books that I wanted from Doubleday Book Club (including the TWILIGHT series of four) for 99 cents plus shipping!!!  My grand-daughter Elise is so enamored of them, and even my daughter-in-law and her friends all went "wild" over them and said they are not just for the 12 year olds and up that they were supposedly written for (but I think there seems to be too much in some of them for young girls -- in fact, my DIL told Elise she can't read the fourth one yet because it is not "age appropriate"!!!).

Anyhow, I just have to find out what is so engrossing about them!!!  I did see the first movie, TWILIGHT, and Elise and DIL Connie are going with a bunch of mothers and daughters to see the midnight show of the next, NEW MOON, when it first comes out in the theaters I think on Nov. 20!!!!

I also got the first two VAMPIRE books by P.C. Cast and her teenage daughter which I am told are even better than the TWILIGHT series (although not as well known)!!!

Of course I included the newest 15th Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum book -- I've been reading that series since Book One and sure enjoy the humor and continuing antics of the regular characters including her men and her as a bounty hunter!!!

I also would rather have my own piles of books by favorite authors since I usually could not read them in a week if I were to get them from my closest library (which is not handy now -- it was a lot easier when I worked near there).

I made a note of the Nevada Barr series because it sounds interesting.

Jackie

Hi

I enjoy the Alex Cross books. Anything that is not far out is ok with me. Have you ever read the Archy McNally books by the late Lawrence Sanders? They are about a funny private eye in Palm beach. You can check them out at the library and start from the beginning. I thought they were alot of fun to read. After he died another author started writing them and then he stopped for some reason. They are shorter books. Lawrence Sanders had alot of good books. I do think that most authors have a book that they should have not written, but I guess they are under alot of pressure from their publishers. All you can do is give them a try and keep a trash can handy. LOl.

Kay

Kaylencats,

I have the same goal, there is a new stuart woods book I am planning to read. Do you have a suggestion of several James Patterson books I could try?

Thanks for your comment.

Gene

Hi

I know what you maean by the far out books that James patterson has written. Most of his books are very good detective stories so don`t give up on him. I have been reading alot of Stuart Woods books. They are a fast read and the library has an excellent selection of them. My goal is to read all of them. LOl

Kay

Forgive me, but I just started to receive posts from this group (why now? but  I am happy to receive them.) I am replying to this post because it mentions exactly the books I enjoy so much such as BaLDACCI and Stuart Woods. I  don't read James Patterson because of one that was to far out.

Any way, keep those comments coming.

Gene

I enjoy reading mysteries and spy thrillers, mostly fiction. If I get this right, a group to discuss and recommend these books is a great idea.  For example, II am reading a book from a series by Cristopher Reich, the Numbered Account. (thrilling, but long). I already read two others by him. they are set in the financial and banking world such as the Swiss banks (this one is). The author used to work in a Swiss bank  so gets a rare look into this world.  Some books I get free. Now I have started ordering some through Amazon-good prices. Anyway, this group would be a good place to share.

By the way, I also like to read simpler mysters for a change such as the cats that solves crime, and the ones with the caterer detective with real good recipes. I have also enjoyed the mysteries by the Chicago Catholic Priest, though I haven't seen any for a while.

Best Wishes,

Gene