What are you reading this week of August 21, 2016?

[hermetic]

Finished Rankin's Hide and Seek which was so good. The way it all comes together at the end is haunting. Can't stop turning it over in my mind.

Now I'm moving myself to the cold climes of Newfoundland with Michael Crummey's River Thieves. This is such a good book and I also bought 2 of the later ones which many here liked. So, this will be my reading for the next month or so.

Sad to discover I have now listened to all the books on CD from my library that I am interested in. They're supposed to have The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, recc'ed by someone here, but I couldn't find it. I put it on reserve a month ago but they haven't been able to find it either. Since then I've heard this book mentioned a couple of times in other places and now I really want to read it. I have to wonder why it disappeared. Either someone really loved it and wanted it, or someone didn't want us poor rubes here getting wise to the Big Water scam. My money's on the latter. I'll just have to buy the book, I guess.

Anyway, since I've become so fond of listening to books every afternoon while I do my chores, I went to Good Reads and looked for thrillers that my library has on CD. Today I got Flashback by Dan Simmons. Off to a good start. Story takes place in the future, ATSHTF (AfterTheSh...). We're in a dystopian Denver where people are hooked on flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. Like any drug, it has its drawbacks and side effects. Our hero is a former detective who has been hired to try to solve an old murder. This story is a long one, 18 hours, so I hope it holds up. Reviews on this one are mixed.

I also got the movie, Walking Across Egypt, a Clyde Edgerton story. It was no Killer Diller but still good. The same themes: small-town deep South, kids are basically good, Christianity can inspire but there are always bad people. Happy ending. I enjoyed it.

Any happy endings in your reading this week?