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1Carol420
In this section will be the details for each Month's Blind Dates with a Book.
This is the monthly process:
1) Choose 2 books – They must be Mystery/Suspense or Thriller genre. They may be any of the sub-genres in those genres. Books can be in any format.
2) Post your choices with a short description. The FIRST book posted will be the one to go into the recommendations and the SECOND book will go on a reserve list to be used if someone has already read the book they are assigned and doesn't wish to read it again. You do not have to give a book description for the second book...I can get it from Amazon if needed.
3) If the book you suggest is a part of a series, please suggest the FIRST book in the series. If the person receiving that book has read it they may have the option of reading the next book in the series that they haven't already read.
4) When you suggest your books here for someone else to read, you have indicated your willingness to participate and will be in the book assignments. You will have 6 days after nominations options are opened to nominate your books. A “Blind Date” book will be selected for you by random selection on the 7th day and posted. You will then have until The end of the next month to complete the book. You may begin reading anytime after selections are posted…you do not have to wait until the first of the month.
5) You do not have to have read the book yourself...just so it is something you would want to read.
6) Please make the book you suggest at least 230 pages, but please, no War and Peace size tombs.
7) When you have taken your new “friend” on your blind date, (finished reading it), please let us know how it went by posting your usual review here…a sentence or two for those that don’t like to post reviews will be fine.
8) If you can't find the book or have already read the book selected for you just let me know and another will be assigned from the reserve list. NOTE: If you have a Kindle another member may have the book and share it with you. I understand this service may not be available in the UK or others parts of Europe. Check with your Amazon source.
A new nomination thread will appear early the next month with the same 6 days to nominate with the assignments taking place 7 days later. Blind Dates". Remember you can begin reading as soon as you get the book and you have until the last day of each month to finish.
Please feel you can always ask me questions. This is not a challenge…it’s just for fun.
This is the monthly process:
1) Choose 2 books – They must be Mystery/Suspense or Thriller genre. They may be any of the sub-genres in those genres. Books can be in any format.
2) Post your choices with a short description. The FIRST book posted will be the one to go into the recommendations and the SECOND book will go on a reserve list to be used if someone has already read the book they are assigned and doesn't wish to read it again. You do not have to give a book description for the second book...I can get it from Amazon if needed.
3) If the book you suggest is a part of a series, please suggest the FIRST book in the series. If the person receiving that book has read it they may have the option of reading the next book in the series that they haven't already read.
4) When you suggest your books here for someone else to read, you have indicated your willingness to participate and will be in the book assignments. You will have 6 days after nominations options are opened to nominate your books. A “Blind Date” book will be selected for you by random selection on the 7th day and posted. You will then have until The end of the next month to complete the book. You may begin reading anytime after selections are posted…you do not have to wait until the first of the month.
5) You do not have to have read the book yourself...just so it is something you would want to read.
6) Please make the book you suggest at least 230 pages, but please, no War and Peace size tombs.
7) When you have taken your new “friend” on your blind date, (finished reading it), please let us know how it went by posting your usual review here…a sentence or two for those that don’t like to post reviews will be fine.
8) If you can't find the book or have already read the book selected for you just let me know and another will be assigned from the reserve list. NOTE: If you have a Kindle another member may have the book and share it with you. I understand this service may not be available in the UK or others parts of Europe. Check with your Amazon source.
A new nomination thread will appear early the next month with the same 6 days to nominate with the assignments taking place 7 days later. Blind Dates". Remember you can begin reading as soon as you get the book and you have until the last day of each month to finish.
Please feel you can always ask me questions. This is not a challenge…it’s just for fun.
2Carol420
My date suggestion is...
The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
Description:
Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies, alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.
Obsessed with a case that becomes more tangled and intense as they unravel the layers of evil, lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a celebrated profiler, and Goran Gavila, an eerily prescient criminologist, find that their lives are increasingly in each other's hands. As sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels, THE WHISPERER is that rare creation: a thought-provoking, intelligent thriller that is also unputdownable.
Reserve List:
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
Description:
Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies, alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.
Obsessed with a case that becomes more tangled and intense as they unravel the layers of evil, lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a celebrated profiler, and Goran Gavila, an eerily prescient criminologist, find that their lives are increasingly in each other's hands. As sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels, THE WHISPERER is that rare creation: a thought-provoking, intelligent thriller that is also unputdownable.
Reserve List:
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
3Olivermagnus
I'll suggest:
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks.
In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force). Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, this book is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles and a cop caught in the cross fire.
Reserve:
Angels Burning by Tawni O'Dell
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks.
In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force). Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, this book is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles and a cop caught in the cross fire.
Reserve:
Angels Burning by Tawni O'Dell
4jguidry
I'll suggest:
The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block
The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.
Reserve:
Rules of Prey by John Sandford
The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block
The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.
Reserve:
Rules of Prey by John Sandford
5Carol420
Dates are here and waiting. And Jaret... your date met your last date and said that he understands he has to date you father first. He'll be happy to meet your Dad.
Carol - The Cold, Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
Lynda - Sins of the Father by Lawrence Block
Jaret - The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
Carol - The Cold, Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
Lynda - Sins of the Father by Lawrence Block
Jaret - The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
7Carol420
>6 jguidry: In that case the poor guy is probably wondering if his friend is dead or alive. He was a "mystery" after all.:)
9Carol420
>8 sushicat: That's good to know. I'm really looking forward to Cold, Cold Ground and maybe I'll just borrow, Jaret's date for later if her father will let go of him:)
10Olivermagnus
>5 Carol420: - I've never read the Matthew Scudder series so I'm looking forward to my date.
11Carol420
>10 Olivermagnus: I've read most of them and really like the character.
12Olivermagnus
>11 Carol420: - I read some of the Bernie Rhodenbarr series years ago and liked them
13jguidry
>9 Carol420: Good luck with that one, Carol. ;0)
14jguidry
>10 Olivermagnus: I enjoy that he's such an imperfect hero.
15Carol420
I'm back from my date and I think I'm going to try to talk this guy into hanging around a bit longer and I KNOW we are going to be seeing a lot more of each other. Thank you Lynda for a wonderful experience.
The Cold, Cold Ground by Adrian Mckinty
The Troubles Trilogy Book #1
5★'s
From The Book:
Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks.
In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force). Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, this book is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles and a cop caught in the cross fire.
My Thoughts:
The story was very close to my heart as my grandparents left Northern Ireland with my 3 year old mother and her 5 year old sister in 1926. They decided that the The Troubles were not a time that they wanted to raise a family in and my grandfather was Scottish and that was another story.
The time is 1981. It was a time when the technology that we rely so much on today was in it's infancy and the police for the most part, had to rely on what we now nostalgically refer to as "good old fashion detective work". DNA analysis was just coming on the forefront in criminal investigation, Enter Detective Sean Duffy...a really likable, imaginative character. If you were to take the best of John Thaw's Inspector Morse , Ian Rankin's John Rebus and add a bit of Peter James's Roy Grace stir well with some unexpected humor...you'll begin to see what this man is all about. I can not recommend this book highly enough. I only hope the next two in the trilogy are as intriguing as this one.
The Cold, Cold Ground by Adrian Mckinty
The Troubles Trilogy Book #1
5★'s
From The Book:
Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks.
In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force). Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, this book is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles and a cop caught in the cross fire.
My Thoughts:
The story was very close to my heart as my grandparents left Northern Ireland with my 3 year old mother and her 5 year old sister in 1926. They decided that the The Troubles were not a time that they wanted to raise a family in and my grandfather was Scottish and that was another story.
The time is 1981. It was a time when the technology that we rely so much on today was in it's infancy and the police for the most part, had to rely on what we now nostalgically refer to as "good old fashion detective work". DNA analysis was just coming on the forefront in criminal investigation, Enter Detective Sean Duffy...a really likable, imaginative character. If you were to take the best of John Thaw's Inspector Morse , Ian Rankin's John Rebus and add a bit of Peter James's Roy Grace stir well with some unexpected humor...you'll begin to see what this man is all about. I can not recommend this book highly enough. I only hope the next two in the trilogy are as intriguing as this one.
16Olivermagnus
I'm glad you enjoyed your date Carol. I haven't read it yet but will definitely fit it in now.
17jguidry
The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
5 stars
from goodreads: Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies, alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.
Lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a celebrated profiler, and Goran Gavila, an eerily prescient criminologist, dive into the case. They're confident they've got the right suspect in their sights until they discover no link between him and any of the kidnappings except the first. The evidence in the case of the second missing child points in a vastly different direction, creating more questions than it answers.
Vasquez and Gavila begin to wonder if they've been brought in to take the fall in a near-hopeless case. Is it all coincidence? Or is a copycat criminal at work? Obsessed with a case that becomes more tangled and intense as they unravel the layers of evil, Gavila and Vasquez find that their lives are increasingly in each other's hands.
THE WHISPERER, as sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels, is that rare creation: a thought-provoking, intelligent thriller that is also utterly unputdownable.
my thoughts: I really liked this thriller. Definitely a lot of psychological happenings here. The subject matter was gruesome, but interesting. I was intrigued by the concept of a "whisperer" throughout the story. There were lots of plot twists--some expected, some not. I'll be checking out book two in the series.
5 stars
from goodreads: Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies, alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.
Lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a celebrated profiler, and Goran Gavila, an eerily prescient criminologist, dive into the case. They're confident they've got the right suspect in their sights until they discover no link between him and any of the kidnappings except the first. The evidence in the case of the second missing child points in a vastly different direction, creating more questions than it answers.
Vasquez and Gavila begin to wonder if they've been brought in to take the fall in a near-hopeless case. Is it all coincidence? Or is a copycat criminal at work? Obsessed with a case that becomes more tangled and intense as they unravel the layers of evil, Gavila and Vasquez find that their lives are increasingly in each other's hands.
THE WHISPERER, as sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels, is that rare creation: a thought-provoking, intelligent thriller that is also utterly unputdownable.
my thoughts: I really liked this thriller. Definitely a lot of psychological happenings here. The subject matter was gruesome, but interesting. I was intrigued by the concept of a "whisperer" throughout the story. There were lots of plot twists--some expected, some not. I'll be checking out book two in the series.
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