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What are you reading the week of June 22, 2014? (Original Post) Enthusiast Jun 2014 OP
'A Double Death on the Black Isle' shenmue Jun 2014 #1
I checked that out on Fantastic Fiction. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #2
I hope you get a chance to read it shenmue Jun 2014 #3
I looked up A.D. Scott on Fantacstic Fiction, too. And ordered all 4 of her Joanne Ross series from scarletwoman Jun 2014 #13
You're welcome shenmue Jun 2014 #14
I too just ordered these four Worried senior Jul 2014 #17
A Lifetime with Boots by Sam Lucchese, Jr. dem in texas Jun 2014 #4
I did not know people collected vintage boots. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #5
Oh my Yes! Lots of Vintage Boot Collectors dem in texas Jun 2014 #6
Two from the wayback machine pscot Jun 2014 #7
Those are from the wayback machine! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #10
The Rosie Project SheilaT Jun 2014 #8
That sounds fun, Sheila. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #9
Just finished the book last night. SheilaT Jun 2014 #11
I believe I had my wife request this at the library. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #15
Hardboiled Cthullhu GOLGO 13 Jun 2014 #12
"The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" mainer Jun 2014 #16

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
13. I looked up A.D. Scott on Fantacstic Fiction, too. And ordered all 4 of her Joanne Ross series from
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:44 PM
Jun 2014

my local library.

Just picked up #s 1, 2, & 4 today - #3 is an interlibrary loan so it will take a little longer to come in.

Haven't started reading yet, but thanks for your recommendation!

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)
17. I too just ordered these four
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 04:55 PM
Jul 2014

from my library.

I like books set in Scotland and Ireland and these sound quite good.

dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
4. A Lifetime with Boots by Sam Lucchese, Jr.
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:45 PM
Jun 2014

I am a vintage boot collector and have looked for this out of print book for a long time. Lots of technical stuff about making boots, right down my alley, but here is a funny story from the book.

Sam Jr. had a falling out with LBJ over payment for some items he bought from Lucchese's. It took 2 years for LBJ to pay the bill, so Lucchese stop doing business with him. One day, Lucchese had one of LBJ friends come in his store to talk to him The old friend said Sam needed to start selling to LBJ again. This was after LBJ was President. The friend said, "Dammit, you just can't fight with the President of the United States. Why, if his feet got to hurting and he pushed the wrong button, we'd all be at war!" Sam agreed to go see LBJ out of respect for the office of the president. He went up to the ranch and measured LBJ and made him a new pair of boots.

dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
6. Oh my Yes! Lots of Vintage Boot Collectors
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 10:37 PM
Jun 2014

Lots of books about vintage boots too. Some of the finer and more colorful ones will bring thousands of dollars.

pscot

(21,023 posts)
7. Two from the wayback machine
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 01:00 PM
Jun 2014
The Man in the Queue, Josephine Tey and A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolff.
 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
8. The Rosie Project
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 08:42 PM
Jun 2014

by Graeme Simsion.

Socially impaired university instructor -- probably has Asperger's -- decides he needs to find a wife. Early on he meets up with a woman looking for her biological father. It's a hoot.

Got to see and hear the author at a Rainy Day Books event this past Thursday in Kansas City.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
11. Just finished the book last night.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:05 AM
Jun 2014

It's a delightful, light read. There's a sequel coming out possibly next year. I only know because the author told us.

I used to live in the Kansas City area and went to Rainy Day books lots of times. In the past you could just attend without buying the book, but about five or six years ago they started requiring a book purchase for the ticket to get in, although one book buy can get two tickets. I found that annoying because sometimes I wanted to attend the event to decide if I wanted to buy the book in the first place. These days I get almost all my books from the library, because I can't afford to buy that many. And there's limited room on my book shelves in my small place.

I can say I have never been disappointed attending a book event. The authors who do it are usually very interesting.

I will say that Rainy Day Books may well be the premier bookstore in the country for having authors in. It would be my dream, if I ever had a book published, to do an event with them.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
15. I believe I had my wife request this at the library.
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 01:49 AM
Jun 2014

I'm having a hard time remembering. I believe it is in. But I might have that wrong too.

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
12. Hardboiled Cthullhu
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 10:55 AM
Jun 2014

Cynical, two fisted, down & out private dicks going toe to toe with crafty Great Old Ones and their double crossing disciples.

It's like chocolate & peanut butter good. Read it now see!?! Or the Deep One gets it!

mainer

(12,013 posts)
16. "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair"
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 07:30 AM
Jun 2014

It has got to be a publishing hoax. It's so bad, I laughed all the way through it. Cartoon characters, childish dialogue with lots of exclamation marks (!!!) to let you know that this is IMPORTANT DIALOGUE. The portrayal of writers' lives is so far from reality that the publishers must have thought this was satire from beginning to end. And yet, I think the author didn't think he was writing satire at all. I think he wrote this in awful earnestness.

At 600+ pages, it's a masterful hoax on the public, designed to trick you into opening your wallet. Oh, and it was written by a hunky young man who looks on good TV.

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