[books 2010] catch-up

[inulro]

I'm behind and I have flu, so these are going to be brief.

51. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

I have finally got around to reading the first of Slaughter's books.

Maybe I was in a funny mood, but I think it's superior to anything she's written since. I didn't want to kill any of the detective characters. She kept the suspense going throughout.

I thought that meant I'd read all her stuff, but apparently there's a new one out, or due soon.

52. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

The third Sookie Stackhouse novel (ie True Blood). I liked this better than the first two. It's something of a guilty pleasure as very insubstantial and way too close to the romance genre for my comfort. On the other hand, instead of waiting for men to rescue her, Sookie continues to save her own skin and often that of the men around her (those with supernatural powers and otherwise).

53. The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson

The sequel to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's very different. It's also very good.

54. The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas

This month's Bibliogoths selection (though I failed to make it to the meeting).

I'm undecided. I raced through it so I clearly enjoyed it; I understood what she was trying to do, but the end just left me cold. I have a half-assed argument about why but it involves spoilers.

The first half reminded me of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, which is in my mind far & away the superior book.


Incidentally, I only bought two books on my travels, which I think is a new record. I took one book too many with me, but had things gone more to plan I think I would have needed it.

Comments

[hirez.livejournal.com]

We all seemed to think that the end of that one was pish. (And bunging the caveat in the epilogue made it clear that so did the awful, which seemed a bit rub. Unless I've missed some terribly clever détournement, which is always possible.)

Those attempting work which will be read as SF really ought to be aware of the customs and practices of that genre.

Apart from that, I shall be reading anything else that I can find by Ms. Thomas.

[silentq.livejournal.com]

Rats, I totally forgot to take the opportunity while you were in the States to talk about books. :)

[inyou.livejournal.com]

I saw the movie of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in a historic theatre here in Portland, it was a good film. What is the plot behind 'The Girl who Played with Fire"?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Journalists working at Millennium doing an expose on the sex trade in Sweden get murdered; big conspiracy at the upper levels of the Swedish secret service.