i had never heard of patricia cornwell (she writes forensic crime thrillers) before but now im working with the group promoting her new book and it looks good. it came out yesterday, heres the link to the website:

www.bookofthedeadnovel.com

What is everyone else reading or planning on reading?

She happens to be one of my favorite authors. I love her Kay Scarpetta novels...I can't wait to read this new one. :)

I know, it really does look great! the excerpt i read from it on her website kinda reminds me of Silence of the Lambs. Did you happen to catch her on Good Morning America the other day? she seems so intelligent in person!

Just started reading "Beethoven's Hair", it is a true account of DNA testing on a snip of hair taken from Beethoven on his deathbed.

The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood (her take on Penelope, wife of Odysseus

Fiend - Harold Schechter (the true story of Jesse Harding Pomeroy, a child(14) serial murderer who spent over 40 years in solitary confinement, 2nd longest of anyone in the USA, in Charlestown Prison, not too far from me.

I know, it really does look great! the excerpt i read from it on her website kinda reminds me of Silence of the Lambs. Did you happen to catch her on Good Morning America the other day? she seems so intelligent in person!



no, I didn't catch that episode....but yes, she does seem like a very intelligent woman. I have read her book about Jack the Ripper...very insightful.

no, I didn't catch that episode....but yes, she does seem like a very intelligent woman. I have read her book about Jack the Ripper...very insightful.
I started PC's book on Jack the Ripper, gave up, but I will have to start it again.

I started PC's book on Jack the Ripper, gave up, but I will have to start it again.


Her new book is part of her Kay Scarpetta series, which is completely fictional (she is very accurate with her facts on forensic science though) so dont feel like  you have to read Jack the Ripper to start on her new one

Her new book is part of her Kay Scarpetta series, which is completely fictional (she is very accurate with her facts on forensic science though) so dont feel like  you have to read Jack the Ripper to start on her new one
At the moment I am reading Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin, when finished it will be back to PC

I started PC's book on Jack the Ripper, gave up, but I will have to start it again.



yes, give it another chance...it was pretty good.

yes, give it another chance...it was pretty good.
The thing is I do want to read it, for over the years I have read many a JTR book.

Just started reading "Beethoven's Hair", it is a true account of DNA testing on a snip of hair taken from Beethoven on his deathbed.


  What are they looking for, with the DNA test..?

   What are they looking for, with the DNA test..?
It is down to what was found.

It is down to what was found.


  So they just confirmed, somehow, that the hair was actually that of Beethoven..?

   So they just confirmed, somehow, that the hair was actually that of Beethoven..?
Yes, it was taken (as a tradition) from the head of Ludwig just after his death.

The thing is I do want to read it, for over the years I have read many a JTR book.



Yes, I've always found that case to be quite interesting, as well.

Yes, I've always found that case to be quite interesting, as well.
I hope to be discussing JTR when I get to start reading it.

Plus, JTR deserves a thread of it's own.

I hope to be discussing JTR when I get to start reading it.

Plus, JTR deserves a thread of it's own.


Yes...very true. I think you should go ahead and start one, Philip. :)

Yes...very true. I think you should go ahead and start one, Philip. :)
I think I will.

Yes...very true. I think you should go ahead and start one, Philip. :)
A new thread for discussing Jack The Ripper is available here.

A new thread for discussing Jack The Ripper is available here.



cool..I will post in it soon! :)

found another cornwell interview:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=books&id=5725936

can someone recommend a scarpetta book for me to start on before reading the new one?

found another cornwell interview:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=books&id=5725936

can someone recommend a scarpetta book for me to start on before reading the new one?



Gosh...they are all really good (I've read all of them)...you can't go wrong with any of them. :)

Great Granny Webster - Caroline Blackwood

The Story of My Life by Maria Queen of Roumania

At the moment I am reading Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin, when finished it will be back to PC
20 pages to go now, should have it read by tomorrow.

Ok guys and gals...  here's a really interesting and pretty strange book for you all

The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects  by Lyall Watson

Wild stuff if it's true............

Ok guys and gals...  here's a really interesting and pretty strange book for you all

The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects  by Lyall Watson

Wild stuff if it's true............



oh now THAT sounds like a really cool book! :)

Ok guys and gals...  here's a really interesting and pretty strange book for you all

The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects  by Lyall Watson

Wild stuff if it's true............
I remember reading something of Lyall Watson back in the early 80s.

I have finished Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin, it ends with some new light on the death of Beethoven.

^ I was able to get it at the library, looks very interesting.  As soon as I finish the latest Agatha Raisin I am on it.  :)

Now I can start reading PC's Portrait of a Killer.

Believe it or not, I'm actually reading The Nightmare Hour by RL Stine. It's a collection of 17 of his horror stories. A friend of mine bought it for me. (After he couldn't locate the Stephen King novel I wanted!)

But it's okay, because I like Stine too. I've been reading his books since I was 9.  ;)

Believe it or not, I'm actually reading The Nightmare Hour by RL Stine. It's a collection of 17 of his horror stories. A friend of mine bought it for me. (After he couldn't locate the Stephen King novel I wanted!)

But it's okay, because I like Stine too. I've been reading his books since I was 9.  ;)



wow..that sounds pretty cool! 8)

Now I can start reading PC's Portrait of a Killer.
After the second attempt at reading this, I find that I have other important books to read.

The Shipping News = Annie Proulx

STANLEY KUBRICK (A Narative and Stylistic Analysis0 by Mario Falsetto

That has to be a nom de plume?

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell  and I cannot stress how highly I recommend this book. 

I have a couple on the go right now -

UFO's, JFK & Elvis by Richard Belzer and Exposing the real Che Guevara: and the useful idiots who idolize him by Humberto Fontova - Both fascinating reads if you get the chance.

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell  and I cannot stress how highly I recommend this book. 


I'll try and get my hands on a copy.

I cannot just read 1 book. Too boreing for me. I have to have multiple things going at once. So here is my current list: The Illiad, A Tale of Two Cities, Once and Future King and The Aniad. That rounds it out.I like a little lite reading.

Well it is kind of difficult to answe this one becuse i guess you cn say it is more than one. First off I just finished reading The Alchemist: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel:Book 1 And that was a great book. Now I am reading The his dark Materials Trilogy , just started the golden Compass and for my english class I am reading the Second Book to the Bartimaeous Trilogy- The Golem's eye.

Boston Riots - Three Centuries of Social Violence by Jack Tager

Ghost of Gettysburg #4.  I've got all seven of the books. :)