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.
I didn't even know about Gilead.
I'd better tidy up under the rock beore I venture out too far.
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.
Lisah, I
loved
"What the Dead Know." I'll be interested to hear what you think of the ending.
A lot of times, I find endings are Lippman's weakness.
But I:
a. am crazy jealous.
b. Have not read the latest yet.
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.
I'm rereading Bone Dance by Emma Bull (for the nth time), and thinking, "this is a book I would love to have written." Argh.
Augh. I am teh idiot. Housekeeping sits on the shelf next to Evidence of things Unseen, by Marianne Wiggins. I got Marilynne Robinson confused in there and we have a literary conundrum. My brain was elsewhere yesterday. Still a very good book! [link]
Consuela - I hear you!
Many here will no doubt particularly enjoy this installment of the series Teppy just linked to.
