Week 3 Prompt

          When I’m looking for a new book to read, I like to start my hunt at my Goodreads account and my Kindle suggestions.  I will often search for books that are similar to books that I have enjoyed in the past or authors whose writing styles I like.  I also read the reviews on Amazon and look at how many star ratings the book averages.  If I’m really desperate for a book and I’m not able to find one that strikes my interest I will ask my friends for suggestions. 
            Here are my suggestions for this week’s prompt:

1.      I am looking for a book by Laurell K. Hamilton. I just read the third book in the Anita Blake series and I can’t figure out which one comes next

 Lunatic Café (ISBN 0425201376 ).  I chose this book because I searched Lauerell K. Hamilton and the results included the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series listed in order.

2.     What have I read recently? Well, I just finished this great book by Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer. I really liked the way it was written, you know, the way she used language. I wouldn't mind something a bit faster paced though.

The Train, by Georges Simenon, Robert Baldick (ISBN 1935554468).  You will enjoy this book because it also has to do with people losing their attachments and being forced to survive just like Prodigal Summer.  The main character is isolated and separated from the people he loves.  It should be more suspenseful than Prodigal Summer and move at a quicker pace.

3.     I like reading books set in different countries. I just read one set in China, could you help me find one set in Japan? No, not modern – historical. I like it when the author describes it so much it feels like I was there!

         Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki, Edwin McClellan (Translator) would be a great book to try.  During the end of the Meiji Era, Emperor Meiji passes away and with him the rigid way of life in Japan.  The story is centered on a college student who meets middle aged man who confides in him about some of his wrongdoings.  The novel contains beautiful language and description that would be sure to please. 

4.     I read this great mystery by Elizabeth George called Well-Schooled in Murder and I loved it. Then my dentist said that if I liked mysteries I would probably like John Sandford, but boy was he creepy I couldn't finish it! Do you have any suggestions?

Try reading The Old Fox Deceiv’d, by Marth Grimes.  This is a series, so if you enjoy it, there are 23 other books about Richard Jury and Melrose Plant solving mysteries in Scotland.  The book does contain some humor even though it is about a detective trying to solve a murder in a northern fishing village. 

5.     My husband has really gotten into zombies lately. He’s already read The Walking Dead and World War Z, is there anything else you can recommend?

Try Deadline, by Mira Grant.  A year after his sister is infected with the zombie virus, a woman who works for the CDC fakes her death and end up at Shaun’s doorstep with zombies.  This causes him to begin investigating a conspiracy about the virus.  It is action packed and suspenseful.

6.      I love books that get turned into movies, especially literary ones. Can you recommend some? Nothing too old, maybe just those from the last 5 years or so.

This list of popular books have all been made into movies in the last 5 years.  I am not sure which genre you prefer so I have provided you with a variety of different genres. 

·         Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn

·         Me Before You, Jojo Moyes

·         The Finest Hours, Michael J Tougas and Casey Sherman

·         Pride and Prejudice Zombies, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

·         The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling

7.      I love thrillers but I hate foul language and sex scenes. I want something clean and fast paced.

Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark write suspenseful mysteries that are clean.  If you like Christian thrillers try reading Frank E. Peretti.