I think Tana French is fantastic. Slightly different in scope and tone, and definitely tme setting, but similar in an ineffable Dublin way are the Benjamin Black books. Loved Christine Falls which my LBS had a as a group selection.
Darn your sinister attraction!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
Kat - May 05, 2013 3:54:16 pm PDT #20744 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sue - May 05, 2013 3:56:38 pm PDT #20745 of 28370
hip deep in pie
Thanks for the recs!
Amy - May 05, 2013 4:00:51 pm PDT #20746 of 28370
Because books.
I read one Sophie Hannah book -- Little Face -- and it was really odd, and sort of weirdly disturbing. I've heard so many good things about her, I feel like I should give one of her other books a try, but I'm not in a huge hurry.
I have Tana French's In the Woods, too, and I've been meaning to read it for ages.
If you like British procedurals with a lot of heart and character development, I LOVE Deborah Crombie's mysteries. They all feature Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid, and they've gotten better and better the longer she's written them. They're full of detail, and just creepy enough to give you a good chill, but they're always emotionally rich, too.
DebetEsse - May 05, 2013 7:30:08 pm PDT #20747 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
So, I read a big chunk of House of Leaves on my trip. And, while I thought I had the King James Bible on my tablet, I did not, so I couldn't check a reference where Zampano cited one verse, Johnny corrected it to another, and then the editors corrected it to a third. But I marked the place, and I just went back and looked them up (I now have the King James on my tablet), and I want to give props to the writer for finding 3 verses that fit so well with the characters and then burying them in the footnotes.
Tom Scola - May 06, 2013 8:50:13 am PDT #20748 of 28370
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
erin_obscure - May 06, 2013 3:55:30 pm PDT #20749 of 28370
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Finally got around to reading gone girl and...whoa. Very engaging by also somewhat horrifying. I couldn't put it down but also found myself more cranky than usual and having serious doubts about humanity as a whole.
Polter-Cow - May 06, 2013 4:30:10 pm PDT #20750 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha, Tom. I love the James Joyce one.
sj - May 08, 2013 4:32:42 pm PDT #20751 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm just starting book 2 of Gone Girl, and OMGWTF! I did not see that coming.
le nubian - May 08, 2013 4:38:19 pm PDT #20752 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Girl,
the shit gets super cray cray. You have no idea.
sj - May 08, 2013 9:00:04 pm PDT #20753 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I couldn't resist finishing Gone Girl tonight. I kept thinking I could put it down, but then I couldn't. I still want more.
I want to know if she kills him for that last insult or if they end up raising a monster together. I'll go back to see what other people posted about it tomorrow, but for now I really should go to bed.