People who like Carl Hiaasen tend to like Elmore Leonard and Randy Wayne White. It's the wrong era, but C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake books, set in the era of Henry VIII, are probably the best historical fiction I've read.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Mar 10, 2011 6:45:04 pm PST #14071 of 28287
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Scrappy - Mar 11, 2011 7:46:19 am PST #14072 of 28287
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We are all about the David Rosenfelt books these days. [link] Mysteries built around a lawyer, his girlfriend, a former police detective who is now a PI ,and his dog, Tara. Smart, funny as hell and really well-plotted. Everyone I know who has read them, loves them.
le nubian - Mar 11, 2011 8:24:40 am PST #14073 of 28287
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Scrappy,
what an interesting recommendation. I'm always looking for new mystery books to read. Do you have a particular novel you recommended we start with? Should I start from the beginning?
Scrappy - Mar 11, 2011 8:29:45 am PST #14074 of 28287
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Start with the first one ("Open and Shut")and read in order, as they each definitely build on the previous book.
le nubian - Mar 11, 2011 8:33:19 am PST #14075 of 28287
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Okay, I downloaded a sample.
I need to leave the book I just started reading anyway because I don't like it.
sumi - Mar 11, 2011 11:36:29 am PST #14076 of 28287
Art Crawl!!!
Harper Collins blurb for A Dance with Dragons.
Polter-Cow - Mar 11, 2011 9:33:10 pm PST #14077 of 28287
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Allow me some vicarious excitement.
Late Eclipses is #32, making my friend Seanan McGuire officially a New York Times bestselling author!
le nubian - Mar 13, 2011 6:52:27 am PDT #14078 of 28287
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
We went to see a movie last night and I saw the trailer for Lincoln Lawyer based on the Michael Connelly book.
The full trailer spoiled the ENTIRE book. I could not believe it. There are scenes from the movie in the trailer that happen very late in the book.
sumi - Mar 14, 2011 6:18:01 am PDT #14079 of 28287
Art Crawl!!!
Contributers to Teeth talk about whether they'd like to be a vampire for a month. (And there are two videos at that link.)
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2011 2:50:56 pm PDT #14080 of 28287
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are book genres being replaced by affinity clusters? An IO9 reprint.
Of a guy who's never heard of Barbara Cartland or Harold Robbins. And who misspells Gaiman and Rowling.
I, however, had not heard of George Simenon.