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Once upon, I was a very avid reader of mysteries. I loved Patricia Cornwell's early books. I love Minette Walters. I like Nancy Picard's amateur detective Jenny Cain. But at some point, mysteries and I just seem to drift apart, and I have no idea who's writing what in the genre anymore. Recently, though, I read The Thirteenth Tale, which I adored. It isn't a genre novel, but mystery is a big part of what makes it so compelling. And that, in turn, inspired me to read The Woman In White, pretty much the grandparent of the genre. And now I want to read more.

If there are any mystery lovers out there, do you have any writers you'd recommend? I especially like female detectives, tend to prefer amateur detectives to P.I.'s, and I'm more in the mood for contemporary fiction, although something in the vein of The Woman In White would also be fantastic.

Rec me?

Book Meme

Jun. 24th, 2008 04:38 pm
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There's nothing I love more than a big list of books and checking off the ones I've read! *g* I got this one from [livejournal.com profile] catmoran.

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.

Two were taken out of the list because they were repetitive.


I didn't italicize any, because I never know what I'm going to read until I'm reading it.

ExpandMy list )

43 out of 98, and I read most of them in high school. I was SUCH a geek. *bg*

ETA: [livejournal.com profile] elyssadc had a great idea for an add-on to this meme. Name your top five books that you had to read in school that were left off this list. Here are mine:

1. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (which is my favorite novel of all times)
2. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (one of my professors gave a lecture on this book that made even the lacrosse players in my class look like they were on the verge of tears)
3. The Collector by John Fowles (which I didn't technically have to read for school, but did read when I was in high school)
4. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (which still makes me cry when I read it)
5. The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (so fascinating to read that after we read Jane Eyre)
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I discovered dailylit.com via [livejournal.com profile] miriad's LJ this afternoon, and it's so cool I wanted to pass it along for anyone who hasn't heard about it. Sign up, and you can read public domain novels, emailed to you in bite-sized chunks every day. You also have the option to click a link and get the next part immediately. I'm reading David Copperfield at the office when I'm bored! While still looking like I'm working! It's fun!

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