August 2010, what are you reading

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Tue August 17th, 2010, 10:20 pm

Fire Across the Sky by Sara Donati book #4 in the Into the Wilderness Series

javagirl · Post by **javagirl** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 3:11 am

I'm getting near the end of Michael Crichton's Timeline. It's o.k., though not as exciting or interesting as I'd hoped.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 4:23 am

[quote=""javagirl""]I'm getting near the end of Michael Crichton's Timeline. It's o.k., though not as exciting or interesting as I'd hoped.[/quote]

There was too much tech stuff in it for my taste.

SM

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 4:44 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]There was too much tech stuff in it for my taste.

SM[/quote]

I shall always like Sphere the best.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 4:44 am

[quote=""Nefret""]I shall always like Sphere the best.[/quote]

Yeah, Sphere and the 2 Jurassic books for me, though Congo wasn't that bad.

SM

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 4:51 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Yeah, Sphere and the 2 Jurassic books for me, though Congo wasn't that bad.

SM[/quote]

I really liked the Jurassic books. Too bad they couldn't put everything in the movies. I did like Airframe too.

annis · Post by **annis** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 7:45 am

My favourite Crichton's are an early one- The Great Train Robbery- and his last one, Pirate Latitiudes. Timeline didn't really do it for me.

Currently having a bit of fun with a novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion - it's called Pontoon. I keep hearing that wonderful distinctive dead-pan voice as I read

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 11:16 am

Read Timeline ages ago, I agree about the techy stuff but apart from that I enjoyed it as a bit of escapism.

Leo62 · Post by **Leo62** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 1:51 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]There was too much tech stuff in it for my taste.

SM[/quote]

Crichton's probably not a good author to read if you don't like tech stuff! Jurassic Park is one of my favourite ever thrillers - way, way better than the movie IMO. Don't think he can be matched in the techno-thriller genre - shame he died so prematurely.

:Sarita: · Post by **:Sarita:** » Wed August 18th, 2010, 3:02 pm

'Other People's Daughters: The Life and Times of the Governess' by Ruth Brandon. Thoroughly enjoying it :)