Kate’s 2¢: “The devil and the dark water: by Stuart Turton

“The devil and the dark water: by Stuart Turton

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   It was interesting to find out how this rein of terror came about. I had some trouble keeping all the characters straight, but most of them were a bloody mess before the end anyway, so it didn’t matter.

   I like the story with its surprise ending.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turton was born 1980, and raised[2] in Widnes, England and educated at The University of Liverpool, where he received a BA (Hons) in English and Philosophy. After graduating, he spent a year working as a teacher in Shanghai,[3] before becoming a technology journalist in London. He moved to Dubai to become a travel journalist, living there for three years until he returned to London to write his first novel.

Career[edit]

Turton’s debut novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (released in the US as The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle[4]) won the First Novel Award at the 2018 Costa Book Awards[5] and has sold in 28 languages.[6] Since publication, it has sold over 200,000 copies[7] in the UK. In an interview given to The Guardian, he described writing the book as “just awful”.[8]

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle received a number of other accolades. It won Best Novel in the 2018 Books Are My Bag Readers’ Awards.[9] That same year, it was shortlisted for a New Writers’ Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards,[10] Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards,[11] and longlisted for a New Blood Dagger and Gold Dagger at the Crime Writers’ Association Awards.[12]

Val McDermid selected Turton to appear on her New Blood panel at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.[13] In 2019, it was shortlisted for Best Debut Novel at the Strand Magazine Critics Awards[14] and longlisted for the Glass Bell Award.[15]

In October 2020 Turton’s second novel was published, The Devil and the Dark Water.[16] It won the 2020 Books Are My Bag Fiction Award,[17] and was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Dagger[18] at the Crime Writers’ Association Awards. It was Waterstones Thriller of the Month,[19] and selected for Between the Covers, a seven-part book TV programme on BBC Two hosted by Sara Cox.[20] It has sold in 20 countries.[21]

In December 2020 it was announced that Netflix had bought the rights to a seven-part series adaptation of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, produced by House Productions, and to be created and written by Sophie Petzal. In April 2021, The Devil and the Dark Water was optioned for television by Urban Myth. It will be written by Howard Overman, with Turton serving as an executive producer on the project.[22]

In November 2020, Turton signed a contract to write[23] two more “high-concept” mystery novels for Bloomsbury. He’s described them as “nuts”.

The devil and the dark water DB101100

Turton, Stuart Reading time: 17 hours, 3 minutes.

James Cameron Stewart

Historical Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

In 1634, detective Samuel Pipps is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Accompanying him is his loyal bodyguard. But devilry blights the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Livestock is slaughtered. And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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Kate’s 2¢: “1776” by David McCullough

“1776” by David McCullough

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I suspect this book would be an academician’s research resource dream and a student’s nightmare, if assigned to read for class. As a casual, arm chair historian, I enjoyed reading this book.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   David Gaub McCullough, born July 7, 1933, is an American author, narrator, popular historian, and lecturer.[2] He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian award.[2][3]

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968); and he has since written nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Wright brothers. McCullough has also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; and he hosted American Experience for twelve years.

McCullough’s two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, Truman and John Adams., have been adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.

From NLS/BARDLOC:

1776 DB60330

McCullough, David G. Reading time: 13 hours, 11 minutes.

Read by Alec Volz. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

War and the Military

Bestsellers

U.S. History

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian chronicles the struggles of the Continental Army during the disastrous year of 1776. Highlights George Washington’s failed New York campaign and the retreat across New Jersey. Assesses the political, economic, and social problems the young nation encountered during the turbulent months from August to December. Bestseller. 2005.

Kate’s 2¢: “Facing the mountain: a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II” by Daniel James Brown

“Facing the mountain: a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II” by Daniel James Brown

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Will we never learn from history?  Perhaps, all those who run for a government office should read this book and others like it. At the end of this graphic narrative of courage, loyalty, and commitment of a population which was abused, misused, and never understood, is a bibliography to verify and authenticate the culture and individuals in the book.

www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/2460/daniel-jame

Daniel James Brown Biography Daniel James Brown grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. He taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford before becoming a technical writer and editor. Brown now writes narrative nonfiction books full time.

From NLS/BARD.LOC:

Facing the mountain: a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II DB103646

Brown, Daniel James Reading time: 17 hours, 42 minutes.

Louis Ozawa

Bestsellers

World History and Affairs

The author of The Boys in the Boat (DB 77138) highlights the contributions and sacrifices of Japanese Americans, particularly four families whose sons volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He discusses the dangers these soldiers faced as well as the difficulties and discrimination their families suffered back in America. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2021.

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Cornucopia: Autumnal, acrostic

Autumnal, Acrostic

by Kate Chamberlin

Ashes from burning piles of leaves

Undulate like  precursors of snow on the breeze.

Tree branches stand naked and jig

Until snow stops swirling to coat each twig.

Migrating geese honk and jostle the skyways,

Neighborhood children Trick-or-Treat as they traverse the driveways.

After frost is on the pumpkin

Lovers canoodle beneath an Eider down quilt and sleep in.

Kate’s 2¢:  “Winter World : The Long Winter”, The Solar War”, The lost colony” by A. G. Riddle

“Winter World : The Long Winter”, The Solar War”, The lost colony” by A. G. Riddle

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

Winter world

   Well, the latest theory is that there is global warming, however, this sci-fi story has the globe in another ice age. This time it is caused by aliens sucking up the suns energy, keeping the world in a cool-down.

“The solar war”

   3-D printers come in very handy when they’re needed to make the items that will save the human race from extinction.

   Don’t you just hate it when the epilogue ends with a huge cliff hanger?

The lost colony: Book 3 / Long winter.

–If 3-D were any other number, the universe would be a radically different place.

–The grid we created, isn’t the first one ever created.

–Space time is the ultimate substance of the universe.

–The Big bang that created our universe will occur again, creating stars and begin all over again. A process with no beginning and no end; a loop.

–There is a dark side to the hunger of ambition.

–I want to go to bed every night knowing I helped someone overcome their darkest hour.

   These three books were read by Edoardo Ballerini as James and Amanda Lee Camm as Emma. By alternating the view points through the readers voices, I enjoyed listening to the three books,  one right after the other  in a marathon session.

From his website:

–A.G. Riddle spent ten years starting internet companies before retiring to pursue his true passion: writing fiction.

   His debut novel, The Atlantis Gene, is the first book in a trilogy (The Origin Mystery) that has sold over three million copies worldwide, has been translated into twenty-four languages, and is in development to be a major motion picture.

   His fourth novel, Departure, follows the survivors of a flight that takes off in 2015 and crash-lands in a changed world. HarperCollins published the novel in hardcover in the fall of 2015, and 20th Century Fox is developing it for a feature film.

   Released in 2017, his fifth novel, Pandemic, focuses on a team of researchers investigating an outbreak that could alter the human race. The sequel, Genome, concludes the two-book series.

   Released in 2019, his seventh novel, Winter World, depicts a group of scientists racing to stop a global ice age. It is the first book in The Long Winter Trilogy, which is now complete.

   Riddle grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. During his sophomore year in college, he started his first company with a childhood friend. He currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, daughter, and an eccentric dog.

   No matter where he is, or what’s going on, he tries his best to set aside time every day to answer emails and messages from readers. You can reach him at: ag@agriddle.com

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“Meet Edoardo Ballerini, Rock Star of the Audiobook World”: Edoardo talks to host Brent Brambury USA Today and Audible asked Edoardo to read “The Night Before Christmas” Ballerini was born to an Italian father, the poet Luigi Ballerini, and an American mother, the photo historian and writer Julia Ballerini. He grew up between New York City and Milan, Italy. He is a dual citizen, and bilingual. His early schooling took place in New York, at P.S. 41 and later Friends Seminary, before he left home at age 14 after his parents’ divorce for boarding school at Deerfield Academy. From there, he attended Wesleyan University, graduating a Bachelor of Arts degree English after studying under Paul Horgan. The summer following his graduation, Ballerini was given a scholarship to study Latin in Rome with Father Reginald Foster, a Vatican priest. While in Italy, Ballerini discovered a group of international actors who were forming a theater company. He quit his studies and joined the troupe.[2] The following fall, he attended regular acting classes in New York at HB Studio and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He was then invited to became an observer at the Actors Studio.[3

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Winter world DB103426

Riddle, A. G; Ballerini, Edoardo Reading time: 11 hours, 6 minutes.

Edoardo Ballerini

Science Fiction

As a new ice age begins on Earth, humanity faces possible extinction. When a space probe discovers a mysterious object that might be the cause, NASA launches a mission to make contact. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

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The solar war DB103316

Riddle, A. G; Ballerini, Edoardo Reading time: 12 hours, 23 minutes.

Edoardo Ballerini

Science Fiction

The grid has returned after already decimating Earth’s human population. Now they have a new ultimatum for humanity–evacuate Earth or face total destruction. Sequel to Winter World (DB 103426). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

The lost colony: Book 3 / Long winter. DB103345

Riddle, A. G; Ballerini, Edoardo. Reading time: 9 hours, 23 minutes.

Read by Edoardo Ballerini.

Science Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

The final survivors of humanity face challenges on a new home world. When the first colony of settlers disappears, James discovers a series of buried spheres he suspects might be connected. Meanwhile, Emma struggles to lead her people to safety. Sequel to The Solar War (DB 103316). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Head Over Wheels” by Lee Kingman

“Head Over Wheels”  by Lee Kingman

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

–Family is a circle of people, who love each other enough to hold hands lightly, until they need to hold on tightly.

–To be as understanding of Terry and what he was going through as he could be. He couldn’t really understand what it felt like  to be paralyzed, because, he wasn’t.

–Sensitivity training: After Carry simulated what it was like to be paralyzed from the armpits down, he had a better understanding of what is twin, Terry, was going through as a quadriplegic.

–When one person in the family is seriously injured, everyone is injured and all need to adjust.

   I thought this story was well fleshed out with each family member’s perspective receiving due attention.

From the WEB:

Mary Lee Kingman Natti, who published under the name Lee Kingman, was a writer of children’s and young adult books usually set in New England, many specifically in Cape Ann, where she lived most of her life.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Head over wheels DB13747

Kingman, Lee Reading time: 5 hours, 27 minutes.

John Richardson National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Family

Young Adult

Seventeen-year-old brothers, identical twins, and their close-knit family find their lives disastrously changed by a traffic accident that paralyzes one of the twins from the neck down. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language.

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Kate’s 2¢: “A private cathedral” by James Lee Burke

“A private cathedral” by James Lee Burke

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

–Who ever thought we’d die.

–What about those moments when you strip your gears, whether you’re chemically loaded or not, get lost inside the immensity of creation and see too deeply into our ephemerality and our penchant for greed and war and willingness to destroy the big blue marble; and for a brief moment, you scare yourself so badly you wonder why you didn’t park your porridge on the ceiling a long, long time ago.

   The many voices of the reader, Will Patton, added much drama to this story. Even when he whispered, the volume wasn’t too soft to hear and the loud yells, didn’t blister my eardrums. He really has the voice of ‘the God-father’ down pat.

   I enjoyed this para-normal dective mystery story, although, I didn’t read it a bed-time.

From: Wikipedia

James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for Black Cherry Blues.

Will Patton, audio version for 22 books written by best-selling mystery writer James Lee Burke.

From:  https://24.fandom.com/wiki/Will_Patton:

Will Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His father was Bill Patton, a playwright and acting/directing instructor, who was also a Lutheran minister and served as chaplain at Duke University. Patton attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and The Actors’ Studio in New York City, New York.

Patton began his career in 1979, appearing in the film Minus Zero. Other films in which he has appeared are No Way Out (with Eugene Robert Glazer), Romeo Is Bleeding (with Michael Wincott and James Cromwell), Copycat (with Kelvin Han Yee), The Postman (with Dylan Haggerty), Entrapment (with Kevin McNally and David Yip), Gone In Sixty Seconds (with Lombardo Boyar), and The Mothman Prophecies (with Lucinda Jenney).

On television, Patton has had recurring roles in shows like VR.5, The Agency (with Kathleen Gati), and Numb3rs (with Navi Rawat). Most recently, he has been known for his role of Colonel Weaver in TNT’s sci-fi series Falling Skies.

From NLS/BARD/LOC                      :

A private cathedral DB100489

Burke, James Lee Reading time: 11 hours, 32 minutes.

Will Patton

Mystery and Detective Stories

After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana’s oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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