Buffy ,'Chosen'
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."
Today at work I met a 12 year old Agatha Christie FAN (she was reading the ABC Murders for the 4th time). I think she is a kindred spirit, as everyone laughs at me for reading mystery novels over and over.
Anyway fellow mystery readers-- do you think she'd like Ngiao Marsh to expand her reading a bit? I didn't discover Marsh until I was an adult but I was trying to think of some suggestions for her.
Haven't thought of him in far too long. If Ariel is what I'm thinking of (boy and his unicorn, set in a world where electricity suddently stops working and magic suddenly starts working), I have very fond memories.
I don't remember Architect of Sleep as well, but it involved a human transported to a world of intelligent raccoon-like beings. Also worthwhile.
Right on both counts, Fred. Excellent memory. Good taste, too. Try the sample from "Drifting off the coast of New Mexico" at the site. Boyett hasn't lost a step in his ability to immerse you in a slightly off-kilter reality.
Yeah, Sophia.
I didn't discover Marsh until I was an adult
I'd never heard of her until you mentioned her, and after a little web surfing, she sounds great! This is why I love books -- there are so many out there, I'll never run out of things to read (and when I find a mystery author I like, I tend to gobble them as quickly as I can). I still have lots of Christie to get around to.
If Ariel is what I'm thinking of (boy and his unicorn, set in a world where electricity suddently stops working and magic suddenly starts working), I have very fond memories.
Wow. I remember that book. IIRC, that was the first blow job that I ever read. Actually, I think that's how I found out about blow jobs. (Am I right? The girl seduces him? There's loving detail about her hair brushing back and forth on his stomach? The things an 11-year old mind remembers. (We picked it up at the used bookstore.))
Sophia - yeah, but give her some Allingham, too, cos she's better than either - and utterly suitable for that age.
Thanks mystery fans!
mmm, Allingham. Lugg and Amanda and the Canon ...
Oh wow - I loved Ariel but I thought I was alone in the world. Thanks for the linkage, John!
I just got a notice from the library that Laurie King's The Game is finally waiting for me. Do I remember that people here didn't think it was that good?
I guess I'd better finish Agatha Christie's Passenger to Frankfurt first. I didn't realize she wrote for so long -- this book is from 1970.