I would vote for Dark Places,but you didn't like Gone Girl, right? Or am I thinking of someone else? In which case I would vote for Horns, even though I didn't read it. I recently read his NOS4A2 and loved it.
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
sj - Sep 02, 2013 5:40:50 pm PDT #21313 of 28378
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy - Sep 02, 2013 5:45:32 pm PDT #21314 of 28378
Because books.
No, I loved Gone Girl and started Dark Places and couldn't get into right away. I'm not sure I'm the mood for someone so hateful, though.
If you liked NOS4A2, try Heart-Shaped Box, his first. It was fantastic.
Strix - Sep 02, 2013 5:46:01 pm PDT #21315 of 28378
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I hate to say this, because I loved "The Secret History" so, so much, but I found "The Little Friend" really quite boring. And on another downer note, I couldn't get through "A Discovery of Witches" and I was bummed, because I love a good academically oriented paranormal.
I quite like Kate Morton. "The Forgotten Garden" isn't my favorite, but it's nicely engrossing.
ETA: Oh, and for those who liked "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt, I highly rec "Waking the Moon" by Elizabeth Hand.
sj - Sep 02, 2013 5:46:53 pm PDT #21316 of 28378
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If you liked NOS4A2, try Heart-Shaped Box, his first. It was fantastic.
I have it on my kindle, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
Atropa - Sep 02, 2013 5:57:39 pm PDT #21317 of 28378
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I highly rec "Waking the Moon" by Elizabeth Hand.
I love that book. So much.
because I love a good academically oriented paranormal.
Have you read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova?
Steph L. - Sep 02, 2013 5:58:49 pm PDT #21318 of 28378
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm just waiting for the next Skulduggery Pleasant book (Last Stand of Dead Men) to show up on my doorstep. I should have it Wednesday.
meara - Sep 02, 2013 6:00:19 pm PDT #21319 of 28378
I read Yohnalossee Riding School for Girls (or whatever it's called) and totally did not understand why it was getting such rave reviews. It didn't seem all that great to me. Has anyone else read it?
Strix - Sep 02, 2013 6:04:13 pm PDT #21320 of 28378
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Have you read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova?
Yes, and I liked it, although I feel she petered out on the ending. But the rest of it was loads of fun!
Beverly - Sep 02, 2013 11:31:23 pm PDT #21321 of 28378
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yohnalossee Riding School for Girls
I haven't read the book, but I know exactly where Yonahlassee is. We used to drive past it all the time on our backcountry trips. Their horses are very friendly. They will nibble on your car.
um, sorry, not book-related. Nothing to see here, move along.
sumi - Sep 03, 2013 5:05:27 am PDT #21322 of 28378
Art Crawl!!!
But very cool. I have the book and I started it - but then I got distracted . . .possibly because I have the book in book form rather than on my kindle.