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Jul. 16th, 2006 05:46 pmRead over the past few weeks:
The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine - suspenseful in a not very violent or gory sort of way, very well-written, probably easier to read if you know a thing or two about the British House of Lords
Zorro by Isabelle Allende - a beautiful novel with lots of sword fights
Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer - not quite as good as the ones she writes on her own
Tricky Business by Dave Barry - very funny, with a surprising twist at the end
Lake Wobegon 1956 by Garrison Keillor - it took me a while to get into this, but then I really liked it
Predator by Patricia Cornwell - I swear she must have someone ghostwriting her novels lately, because they're crap but she used to write good ones. This was the worst so far.
Towelhead by Alicia Erian - Difficult to read, but a good novel. Lebanese-American girl winds up living with her father in Texas. Disturbing plot about childhood sexual abuse narrated by a 13-year-old protagonist who isn't entirely clear on what's happening to her.
Field of Blood by Denise Mina - wonderful Scottish mystery writer, this one is far more about the development of the main character than about the crime she winds up solving. She has a new one out in the same series, I need to get it from the library.
In the queue: Minette Walters, Willa Cather, and some trashy novels that K picked up at Brookline Booksmith yesterday.
The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine - suspenseful in a not very violent or gory sort of way, very well-written, probably easier to read if you know a thing or two about the British House of Lords
Zorro by Isabelle Allende - a beautiful novel with lots of sword fights
Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer - not quite as good as the ones she writes on her own
Tricky Business by Dave Barry - very funny, with a surprising twist at the end
Lake Wobegon 1956 by Garrison Keillor - it took me a while to get into this, but then I really liked it
Predator by Patricia Cornwell - I swear she must have someone ghostwriting her novels lately, because they're crap but she used to write good ones. This was the worst so far.
Towelhead by Alicia Erian - Difficult to read, but a good novel. Lebanese-American girl winds up living with her father in Texas. Disturbing plot about childhood sexual abuse narrated by a 13-year-old protagonist who isn't entirely clear on what's happening to her.
Field of Blood by Denise Mina - wonderful Scottish mystery writer, this one is far more about the development of the main character than about the crime she winds up solving. She has a new one out in the same series, I need to get it from the library.
In the queue: Minette Walters, Willa Cather, and some trashy novels that K picked up at Brookline Booksmith yesterday.
