I keep going back and forth between that, and maybe the more high-concept approach that Marjorie was going crazy because of access to information. Like maybe the whole point of the story is that too much information is bad for the human brain.

But then there's the coldness, and the idea that any demon worth its salt (SPN joke) would play the long game and always keep people guessing and generally do a better job of lying than in other books.

I woke up this morning wondering if Marjorie's possession vector was texting, in parallel to Regan getting possessed via Ouija board.

Aw, Jo Beverly. That's sad.

I just started reading A Head Full of Ghosts. I'm glad it's a discussion starter!

Roberta Gellis also died earlier this month - [link] . Not a good month for historical romance writers.

Have ordered A Head Full of Ghosts... Book discussion!

Jo Beverly and Roberta Gelis. Oh, my. I knew Jo a little: I was on a Dunnett mailing list with her for some years. Very nice, smart woman.

In other news, I just finished Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs, which was GREAT. Has anyone read this? It reads like Kate Elliott & Alan Furst had a kid, who was then raised by N. K. Jemisin. So good.

In other news, I just finished Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs, which was GREAT. Has anyone read this? It reads like Kate Elliott & Alan Furst had a kid, who was then raised by N. K. Jemisin. So good.

Loved it, my favorite book of 2014. City of Blades is also really good. Looking forward to City of Miracles.

For those who have read it, is A Head Full of Ghosts something that would work well as an audiobook? I was about to order it, but saw the comparison to House of Leaves and wondered if that meant I'd be better off with the physical book.

Anne, it would work great as an audiobook! The House of Leaves comparison is not because of weird formatting shit.

Thanks! It's not available until 6/2, but I've still got a book and a half of the Southern Reach trilogy to get through.

Speaking of which, so far I'm liking the series, but will wait until I'm finished to give a review/rating. It's unsettling as hell, and creepy the way the X-Files and Lost were creepy at their best, but I want to see if it sticks the landing, if that makes sense.

I really liked City of Stairs and made my DH read it. He couldn't disassociate from real Indian and Russian culture/history/stuff enough. Plus the whole embassy thing. I thought it was worthy but not quite enough to make me get City of Blades. IOW, not quite N.K. Jemisin good.

A Head Full of Ghosts is still bugging me and I think I've finally figured out why. It's not a gothic horror and it should be. It's missing the key component. Also, I think that the author needed to pull on a particular strand more than he did; for that I blame his editor. Or beta readers. I don't know. Someone should have been able to come back 24 hours after reading it and say "Dude, shift just a touch to make X the thesis. You hardly have to change anything and this becomes a brilliant book."