Where is Your Bookmark? (07/30/2013)

Time has not been on my side when it comes to reading of late.  I am still reading Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train as well as Monica McCarty's Highlander Unchained.  I am really enjoying Orphan Train, particularly the historical portions of the book.  I had hoped to get it finished over the weekend, but planning to read on the weekend is never a good idea.  I inevitably am not able to.  Highlander Unchained is a historical romance, the last book in a trilogy.  It is the type of book that most readers would probably speed through, but I am only able to read it in small doses before finding myself distracted by other things.  I enjoy it when I am reading it, but it isn't quite holding my attention as well as I would like.  Romance is not my genre of choice, to be fair. And I think perhaps trying to read three romance novels back to back has been too much for a reader who generally shies away from books with romance as the main plot line.

After a long unintended break from audiobooks, I recently started listening to one again.  I haven't finished the last two I tried, but the most recent one seems to be going better.  I think I had best avoid the longer and slow audiobooks for the time being and stick with fast paced thrillers.  They seem to hold my attention better, not to mention fit in better with my current reading/listening lifestyle.  

What are you reading?  Would you recommend it?

Every Tuesday Diane from Bibliophile By the Sea hosts 

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where  

participants share the first paragraph (or a few) of a 

book they are reading or thinking about reading soon.

I decided to listen to Joseph Finder's suspense novel, Paranoia, after seeing mention of the upcoming movie.  I remembered at one time I had wanted to read the book, but, like so many books I want to read, had not managed to get around to it.  I dove into the audio version without really knowing what it was about, only that it was a thriller.  I am not too far in, but I am enjoying it so far.  The novel is narrated by Scott Brick, who really captures the character well.  Here is a taste from the first chapter of the book:

Until the whole thing happened, I never believed the old line about about how you should be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.

I believe it now. 

I believe in all those cautionary proverbs now.  I believe that pride goeth before a fall.  I believe the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, that misfortune seldom comes alone, that all that glitters isn't gold, that lies walk on short legs.  Man, you name it.  I believe it.

I could try to tell you that what started it all was an act of generosity, but that wouldn't be quite accurate.  It was more like an act of stupidity.  Call if a cry for help.  Maybe more like a raised middle finger.  Whatever, it was my bad.  I'd half thought I'd get away with it, half expected to be fired.  I've got to say, when I look back on how it all began, I marvel at what an arrogant prick I was.  I'm not going to deny that I got what I deserved.  It just wasn't what I expected--but who'd ever expect something like this?

Would you continue reading?

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