Just finished reading Jennifer Crusie's Bet Me. Very charming. I remember reading the first chapter on Crusie's website, and not really liking it. I take it all back.
Working on getting a co-worker to let me borrow her copy, so this is good to hear.
But Faking It is still my favorite, followed closely by Welcome to Temptation, and then Bet Me.
So far I've only read three--Getting Rid of Bradley (didn't love it), Fast Women (liked it), and Faking It (loved it). I have high hopes for Bet Me and intend to pick up Welcome to Temptation next time I'm at Target. Yes, I should have read it before Faking It. I know.
Hey, did ita or someone mention Val McDermid here recently? I'm in the middle of one of hers, due to (watch conversations come together!) the fact that I always skim the shelves in the mystery section for trade paper. I prefer paperbacks for carrying around, and trade paperbacks are usually more interesting -- old, or foreign, or just good.
Yes, I should have read it before Faking It.
Naah. No spoilers at all.
No. They're related but not that closely.
Which one are you reading, Jesse? I need to go get more of hers. Maybe I'll get some transferred to my library.
Booked for Murder. It's with Lindsay Gordon?
Ah -- I'm on one from the Wire series, with Jordan and Hill.
I read
Girl With a Pearl Earring
today. Loved it. No idea about hstorical accuracy and don't care. Loved it. Completely transported me. It was a very quick read too.
Not to completely commercialize the discussion, but one ending I hated was the ending of Stephen King's It. Great book, wonderful characterizations of the kids and their friendships, creepy-spooky clown in the sewer, blah, blah, and then...the "reveal" of the evil just sucked. After 1,100 pages or whatever it was, I expected something a little more sophisticated than a big fat spider. A definite against-the-wall moment for me.
That aspect of the ending doesn't bother me because I have major spider squick, so a big fat spider is pretty much the most horrible thing I can think of anyway. Except maybe a giant pulsating conjoined Mary Kate and Ashley beast. My problem with the ending is the part where all of the boys have sex with the female character when they're down in the sewers. I can't remember the exact reasoning of it, but I think it's supposed to make them closer so they can escape the tunnels or something. It felt like a major misstep and totally threw me out of the book.
