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lagilmanHave made an offer over on The Cosa Nostradamus on-line that might make your gift-giving a bit easier this season. Or not. Up to you to decide...
Did my bit for the publishing economy yesterday at B&N, including getting a membership card (I've already made back $5 of the $25 fee). Was somewhat dismayed to stand in front of the racks of books and realize that there were very few books I really wanted to buy... not because they weren't good, but because I'm burnt out on all my favorite genres. So I did what I always do in those situations -- I bought in different genres. In this case, hard SF and non-fiction.
If all goes well and chaos doesn't laugh, I'm going to use the last two weeks of the year to curl up and make a dent in my TBR cache. Mmmm. Pleasure-reading.
So, anyone want to suggest something Good that's not any flavor of fantasy? Just keep in mind that 'cozy' or 'cute' mysteries tend to make my teeth itch...
Cats have come out to join me at the desk, and the coffee's ready. Guess that means the day's begun.
Did my bit for the publishing economy yesterday at B&N, including getting a membership card (I've already made back $5 of the $25 fee). Was somewhat dismayed to stand in front of the racks of books and realize that there were very few books I really wanted to buy... not because they weren't good, but because I'm burnt out on all my favorite genres. So I did what I always do in those situations -- I bought in different genres. In this case, hard SF and non-fiction.
If all goes well and chaos doesn't laugh, I'm going to use the last two weeks of the year to curl up and make a dent in my TBR cache. Mmmm. Pleasure-reading.
So, anyone want to suggest something Good that's not any flavor of fantasy? Just keep in mind that 'cozy' or 'cute' mysteries tend to make my teeth itch...
Cats have come out to join me at the desk, and the coffee's ready. Guess that means the day's begun.
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Date: 2008-12-04 12:39 pm (UTC)Foolscap by Michael Malone - in addition to being one of the funniest single books I've ever read, it is a lovely, merry chase through academia and literature. He also has a series of North Carolina-based mysteries the best of which is Uncivil Seasons
I've recently been casting around for new historical mysteries and just finished a few of David Dickinson's Lord Francis Powerscourt series. While not destined to be re-read or held dear to my heart as the Sayers and Stout are - were not bad and kept me busy during train rides and in front of roaring fires of Northwest Connecticut.
I took some a pile of cheesy "plucky widowed (or divorced) bookshop (or coffeehouse) owner finds dead employee (or customer) and in course of book falls into UST relationship with local law enforcement" on my vacation with me. They had been picked en masse to build up bulk - it was, after all, a long trip and to the extent that they'd been selected partially because I knew I wouldn't mind leaving them on planes, in airports and on the ship when I was done - they succeeded. I left them without a qualm and with the feeling that I'd read the same book over and over and over. I could write them in my sleep (and I suspect if I did the red herrings would be redder).
Sorry - seem to have devolved into a reviewy rant. Never mind. :-)
In addition to the ones mentioned above, I always seem to fall back on Sayers and Stout for fireside, curling-up purposes.