My kiddo wanted to go shopping with a friend, but neither of them drive, so I get to sit in the car and read my book while they shop. I'm loving this one so far.
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The Red Lotus: A Novel | 
My kiddo wanted to go shopping with a friend, but neither of them drive, so I get to sit in the car and read my book while they shop. I'm loving this one so far.
pickI finished this book over the course of 24 hours🎧It was the right blend of real science, world history, a strong female character & some good ole fashion detective work that kept me riveted. An ER doctor meets a cute guy one evening when he‘s brought into the ER with a gun shot wound. He too works at the same hospital - life is good 😁When he suggests a bike trip in Vietnam, she readily agrees but soon everything goes horribly wrong. #AAM
I‘m really enjoying this one. My third by @ChrisBohjalian this year and each has been gripping! I like Chris‘s writing and molding of history with thriller elements. All 3 books work so well on audio 🎧❣️
pick✔️ Beautiful new ombré Starbucks tumbler filled with a Strawberry açaí refresher
✔️ Finishing up a GREAT read while little man naps. I could not put this one down and definitely need to check out more novels by Chris Bohjalian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pick#ReadingAsia2021 #Vietnam @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
Great thriller/mystery that I didn't want to stop reading once I started. 💚
The descriptions of Vietnam were beautifully done and made me want to visit some day.
A woman on vacation with her boyfriend ends up getting tangled up in a sinister plot when she starts asking too many questions about why her boyfriend disappeared.
so-soThis was a good book and I enjoyed the suspense and storyline but I wanted to know more about the characters and what really made them.
Ultimately I was left feeling exhausted because if the fast pace and just a lot of questions.
pickI‘m a Bohjalian fan and this was a great story. The suspense is tight, twists felt legit, and the characters are compelling. Parts of it are set in Vietnam, which made me visualize all the Anthony Bourdain episodes filmed there. But it‘s also gritty NYC and very science / medical. That all blended into something pretty unputdownable even though I was busy! I gave it 3.5 stars.
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Really enjoying this one even though there is a LOT of conversations about rats 🤮
pickProbably 3.5/5 stars....page turning, twists and turns, but reading about a possible pandemic wasn‘t the escapism reading I was looking for in this one. I like this author and read a few of his books, but this lacked the shock and awe of Midwives.
pickIs life crazier than fiction? I‘m not sure anymore. It‘s scary that our worst fears might actually become reality. I think that‘s why I could just read this book with my usual ease. The author is wonderfully talented and eloquent with his use of words. I know whenever I open one of his books I will be impressed by the extent of his research and imagination.
pickI liked it and thrillers are NOT my fave genre. And the subject matter would/might be off-putting considering current times: rats, plague, etc. but this had the personable likeable-enough characters and the plot-pacing was on point.
Esther assisting.
Gobsmacked and grateful. Just in, the New York Times review of THE RED LOTUS: “Terrific. . . [An] elegant noose of a plot. . . As suspenseful as it is, The Red Lotus is also unexpectedly moving – about friendship, about the connections between people and, most of all, about the love of parents for children and of children for parents. Bohjalian is a writer with a big heart and deep compassion for his characters.” My deepest thanks to Sarah Lyall.
Finished copies of my March 17 novel, THE RED LOTUS, arrived today! They are the second most exciting thing to “come home” this week. Can you guess the first?
pickI want to say so much about this upcoming novel by Chris Bohjalian. But, in an effort to avoid spoilers, I‘ll just say that I don‘t think anyone out there has better game for breaking out of the formula in Mystery/Suspense. Out March 17 #Edelweiss
A #throwbackThursday to a year ago, when I was researching THE RED LOTUS, my March 2020 thriller about an ER doc whose boyfriend disappears on a bike tour in Vietnam -- and how so much that he told her was a lie.
pickI really liked this story and wanted more at the end. I really liked Alexis and her persistence in finding out what happened to her boyfriend Austin. As I was reading, I could imagine the author riding the roads of Vietnam and that expertise comes through the narrative. I hope the rest about rats and diseases is more fictional (even though I know it‘s true).
Grateful to Library Journal for this pre-pub alert on THE RED LOTUS. Available for preorder. On sale March 17: “Bohjalian reinvents himself with each new novel, and he's at it again. Here, ER doctor Alexis falls for Austin after cleaning up a bullet wound in his arm, and six months later they're taking a bicycle trip through Vietnam. Then he vanishes, leaving Alexis wondering how much danger she's in.”
You know you have done your job as a novelist, when you scare the scientist fact-checking your next thriller. This was one of her comments when she read a draft of THE RED LOTUS — at bookstores and libraries (well, everywhere) on March 17.
pickThe story is partially a love story, thriller & mystery. Chris Bohjalian is one of the most gifted, most diverse writers along with being well researched. This story was thrilling, fast paced and the description of Vietnam was breath taking! Chris Bohjalian's stories are individual jewels waiting to be discovered and read. Add this to your reading list in Spring 2020! Thank you #Netgalley for the ARC!
This is fun: Goodreads and Doubleday Books right now are giving away 25 advance copies of my March 17 novel, THE RED LOTUS. The thriller about a New York City ER doctor is set in Manhattan and Vietnam. Visit Goodreads to enter to win one of them. Thanks!
I will be busy tonight reading this book! Hurry up quitting time!
Well, look what‘s available now on Net Galley!
Cover reveal, as promised. Coming March 2020 from @DoubledayBooks and @PRHLibrary — an ER doc, a missing bicyclist, Manhattan, Vietnam, and people peddling (versus pedaling) death to the highest bidder. Learn more here: https://chrisbohjalian.com/the-red-lotus/
