Someone loaned me a bookseller's advance copy of Marylinne Robinson's new novel 'Shadowcatcher' - I'm only 10 pages in. It's great. I liked Housekeeping as well.
I call dibs! (can I do that on books that aren't yours?) I loved Gilead.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Sparky1 - Jun 11, 2007 8:40:05 am PDT #2827 of 28176
Librarian Warlord
hippocampus - Jun 11, 2007 8:49:18 am PDT #2828 of 28176
not your mom's socks.
It's about a writer in LA who has a novel about Edward Curtis, the photographer. So there are two stories. But the first few pages invoke this birds' eye view thing and it is gorgeous. Helps her navigate the reader around LA too.
Sparky - if you can't call dibs (this person, I need to ask permission), then you can borrow my hardcopy. And/or you'll find one under your pillow. If it bears out.
hippocampus - Jun 11, 2007 8:51:52 am PDT #2829 of 28176
not your mom's socks.
do you want to borrow Housekeeping?
-t - Jun 11, 2007 9:00:14 am PDT #2830 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I loved Housekeeping but I've never thought to look for anything else by her. Must make a note of that.
lisah - Jun 11, 2007 9:30:51 am PDT #2831 of 28176
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, I loved Housekeeping but I've never thought to look for anything else by her. Must make a note of that.
Well Gilead, which came out last year? year before last? was only her second novel.
Didn't know she had a new one coming out! She's one of my favorite writers of all time!
In fact, I was reading Laura Lippman's latest What the Dead Know" late last night " and it was kind of freaking me out (it's very good so far) so I tried to think about Gilead to calm myself down. I should have turned on the light and read a bit of it. That would have worked more quickly.
-t - Jun 11, 2007 9:33:27 am PDT #2832 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't even know about Gilead.
I'd better tidy up under the rock beore I venture out too far.
Hayden - Jun 11, 2007 11:07:38 am PDT #2833 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Gilead is better than Housekeeping, I think, although I love them both. I had a problem with the disconnect between everything we know about the narrator of Housekeeping and florid syntax of the narration, but the narrator of Gilead posed no such problems. I'm excited about reading another Robinson book, though, because she's 2/2.
Anne W. - Jun 11, 2007 2:03:57 pm PDT #2834 of 28176
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Lisah, I loved "What the Dead Know." I'll be interested to hear what you think of the ending.
erikaj - Jun 11, 2007 2:10:06 pm PDT #2835 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
A lot of times, I find endings are Lippman's weakness. But I: a. am crazy jealous. b. Have not read the latest yet.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2007 6:18:52 pm PDT #2836 of 28176
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have read most of Lippman's work - I tend to think that sometimes endings are her weakness, but that is particularly true in the stand alone novels.
Her novels with the PI are usually pretty good. Although, now that I know her style, I can usually predict what the twists will be by the end of the book.
I have her latest in my bookshelf. I'll probably start it in a couple of weeks when I finish the two novels I'm reading now:
Deal Breaker by Coben and The Overlook by Connelly.
I just finished The Woods by Coben and while I thought it was a decent read, it wasn't as satisfying as some of his previous stand alone novels.