I don’t know if many of you know about this but Goodreads has been bought by Amazon.  I love Goodreads and have been just devastated by the news.  Here is my last post on Goodreads….

I’m sorry to say that this will probably be the last book that I post on Goodreads. As a bookseller in an independent bookstore, the purchase of Goodreads by Amazon has forced me to rethink my use of the website. I am already bothered by customers coming into my store and asking for advice on what books to read and then not buying anything because they are going home to order the titles online so in good conscience I will be closing my Goodreads account very soon.

If in the future, if you are interested in what I and/or my co-workers are reading please visit, Blog.LemuriaBooks.com.

Please know that I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience here on Goodreads and loved to see what the world was reading and y’all were instrumental in helping me choose books to read. I loved feeling like someone was selling me a book for a change.

Thanks,
Maggie

As many of you already know, we each post about 2 or 3 times a month but I am going to need your help!!  I loved seeing what people out there were reading and really did use Goodreads to feel like someone was selling me a book.  Every few blogs of mine I plan to do a list of what I’m reading and I would really appreciate it if y’all would  comment and let me know what you are reading.  We readers have got to stick together!!!

Here are a couple that I have read recently…

 

artforgerThe Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro

Of course, Claire Roth has heard of the Gardner Art Heist but she never thought she would end up involved.  Being a struggling artist in Boston has had more downs than ups for Claire but she can make ends meet by painting reproductions of famous paintings.  She is approached by gallery owner, Aiden Makel, with a deal she can almost not refuse.  He claims to have the stolen Degas from the Gardner in his possession and if she will paint a reproduction of it then he will let her have a show at his gallery.  This show would put Claire back on track in the Boston art scene but is she willing to do what is asked of her.  Makel’s plan is to turn around and give the ‘fake’ back to the Gardner like he has found the painting on the black market.  She decides to go through with it but then begins to have her doubts about the authenticity of the stolen Degas itself.

 

demonologist

The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper

David Ullman is an expert on John Milton’s Paradise Lost.  After the school year is over he receives a mysterious job offer for a ‘demonologist’  in Venice but the details will remain unknown until accepts the position.  Things are not going well at home so he decides to travel to Venice and take his daughter, Tess, with him for a mini vacation.  What he encounters there will completely alter his belief system and his life.  When Tess falls from the hotel roof, David becomes completely consumed with getting her back that takes him on a quest across the United States.  Will he find her in time?

 

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