'Beneath You'
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."
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.
Got a bunch of Pratchett out of the library. Currently reading "Men At Arms." God, I love Vimes. Heck. all the Guard. And Vetinari.
Oh, I love "Men at Arms." It's only the second of the Night Watch books-- after "Guards, Guards!" and I think it's where the Watch really gels, as a group of characters.
I have yet to read any of the Watch books. I think my favorite Pratchett is Thief of Time. It's just so freaking awesome, with the plots intertwining, and the playing around with the nature of time, and it has such a lovely last line.