Sadly, my library only has 4 so I haven't yet read Let it Bleed. Someday, hopefully.

Rebus likes him some beer and whiskey.

We did receive a copy of A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt.

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I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I liked To Kill a Mockingbird better than Mrs. Enthusiast did. Now I'm reading the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. This one will take me a while but I like it so far.

Mrs. Enthusiast finished Driftless by David Rhodes. She would recommend Driftless. She liked the characters and the writing style. I will get around to reading Driftless at some point. She is now reading Entry Island by Peter May which she also likes. Thank you for the recommendation, scarletwoman.

post colonial Africa and what could've been. Also is their a symbolic meaning in the green mambas? I think Ms. Kingslover put them in the story for more than a messenger of death.

I wrote a reply to your post earlier yesterday but it seems to have been lost somehow.

I have a way to go on The Poisonwood Bible. I have yet to encounter the green mambas.

The only other African book I have read is The Covenant by James Michener. I believe that was 30 years ago or more. I'm glad I read The Covenant otherwise I would know absolutely nothing about South Africa. I found the Boer War especially interesting.

in The Covenant? I ran across that fact when reading the Llwelyn Irish Century books. 26,000 Boer women and children died in those camps.

Seems I would remember a detail like 26,000 Boer women and children deaths.

The Covenant is one of the Michener books that I have considered reading a second time.

One of my favorites is Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston. It is the book where the character Wymann Ford is introduced. It's exciting and fast paced. You might describe it as a shoot 'em up. I loved it.

Haven't read this in about 25 years. The perfect creepy book for Halloween time.

"It's late October, and Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Carnival comes to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. Two boys discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes. . .and the stuff of nightmare." (from jacket)

Science Fiction Weekly review: "A dark fantasy set in a small town, its people are brought to life so expertly readers feel very much like citizens ... even when their adopted hometown is menaced by outside forces against which it is helpless. Bradbury's prose is musical and hypnotic, fully engaging the senses and emotions. This is a book, once opened, that truly makes the real world disappear."

It haunted my thoughts for years. A great read.

It completely blew me away - and yes, "it haunted my thoughts" for a long time afterward, too. I think I was either 13 or 14 when I read it - the perfect age, I think.

After SWTWC I set out to read everything he wrote, up through the early 80s. He was an amazing writer.