What Was the Last Book You Read?

**PaulT00** · January 26th, 2019, 03:13 AM

Originally Posted by Lady Onogaro

I just read that, too (Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch). I love these! So much fun. Do you read the graphic novels, too?

I'm afraid that graphic novels don't really appeal to me - they are not a literary or art form I've ever wanted to "get into"... which is a bit sad in this context as the Rivers of London ones fill in more pieces of the puzzle. Maybe I need to give them a try?

**Lady Onogaro** · January 27th, 2019, 12:38 AM

I’ve enjoyed them, and yes those fill in some gaps.

**VertOlive** · February 14th, 2019, 08:14 PM

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Historic fiction focussing on Achilles' lifelong relationship with Patroclus; the author doesn't hesitate to toss in a minor deity here and there. Nicely done.

**Freddie** · February 16th, 2019, 02:34 PM

Joachim's Floorboard by Jacques-Olivier Boudon
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Happy mortal. When you read this, I shall be no more....My story is short and sincere and frank, because none but
you shall see my writing........................The carpenter..fiddler.........................

**Lady Onogaro** · February 16th, 2019, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by VertOlive

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Historic fiction focussing on Achilles' lifelong relationship with Patroclus; the author doesn't hesitate to toss in a minor deity here and there. Nicely done.

I just read The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. It's also about Achilles, but from the pov of one of the women who was a prize of war before the fall of Troy. I think you might like it.

**calamus** · February 17th, 2019, 01:32 PM

The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly. I reread it because even though I read it first not that long ago, I was looking for something on hand to read, and found that I couldn't remember it very well. (One of the advantages to being on the downhill side of 70. I also enjoy savoring the writing, and will reread a familiar book multiple times just to admire how it was done. I've read The Long Goodbye a dozen times.) I like to read mysteries for escapist relaxation -- English manor house mysteries, American hard-boiled detective mysteries, police procedurals, etc. etc. Michael Connelley and Robert Crais are my favorite contemporary detective fiction writers. I've read every novel each has written, most more than once.

**VertOlive** · February 17th, 2019, 05:10 PM

Something offbeat and intriguing; I'm not sure where it's headed: The Blood Stiller by Minerva Taylor. Seems to be mystery spanning some 100 years. We have ancient Russian expatriates, Rasputin, and a Manhattan PhD dropout so far...