Bookworm meets ADD
June 26, 2015 7:45 PM Subscribe
I hate everything on my Nook/Kindle/iBook shelves. I have the newest Judy Blume and Stephen King and gave up after a few pages of each. Same for three other books in half hour span. I have a feeling the solution is to do something besides read for a day or two and come back, but I love reading. If you've read something good recently, let me know?
DL/TR: hate everything on my iPad, what have you read that I should read.
I've read through the past threads that Google or I can find and the most recent seems to have been a year old or genre specific. However I've taken special note of this one as it looks promising.
What I like: mysteries, crime writing, some chick lit. I'll read almost any non-fiction but prefer history (broadly), the arts, business, travel, and sports. Only thing I really won't read is harlequin romances as I need some plot. For reference, here are the books I've read so far this year and in 2014. Yes, I binge on a lot of fiction. Series wise, am completely caught up on Patterson (James and Richard North), Linda Fairstein, Tess Gerritsen, Michael Connelly, Daniel Silva, (save for Monday's release) and nearly there on Nevada Barr.
I don't like Patricia Cornwell, Janet Evanovich or Sue Grafton. For some reason I've never gotten into Kristin Hannah or Jodi Picoult.
Of those frequently recommended in 2015, I've also read: Girl on the Train, Boys in the Boat, Ten Years a Slave. I didn't like Gone Girl. I've read most of the typical US HS/College reading lists and am quite the voracious reader. Love Douglas Adams.
In my personal life I'm an urban 30 something, liberal leaning who has traveled and lived overseas. Background is economics / international studies and I currently work with a lot of arts organizations. Given the choice I prefer non-fiction to fiction but am OK with anything.
I read on iPad so have all the reading apps available, have both a Kindle Unlimited and Prime subcription and live within easy travel time of the Strand and B&N so availability mostly not an issue.
Love any thoughts/recommendations you may have. Thank you
DL/TR: hate everything on my iPad, what have you read that I should read.
I've read through the past threads that Google or I can find and the most recent seems to have been a year old or genre specific. However I've taken special note of this one as it looks promising.
What I like: mysteries, crime writing, some chick lit. I'll read almost any non-fiction but prefer history (broadly), the arts, business, travel, and sports. Only thing I really won't read is harlequin romances as I need some plot. For reference, here are the books I've read so far this year and in 2014. Yes, I binge on a lot of fiction. Series wise, am completely caught up on Patterson (James and Richard North), Linda Fairstein, Tess Gerritsen, Michael Connelly, Daniel Silva, (save for Monday's release) and nearly there on Nevada Barr.
I don't like Patricia Cornwell, Janet Evanovich or Sue Grafton. For some reason I've never gotten into Kristin Hannah or Jodi Picoult.
Of those frequently recommended in 2015, I've also read: Girl on the Train, Boys in the Boat, Ten Years a Slave. I didn't like Gone Girl. I've read most of the typical US HS/College reading lists and am quite the voracious reader. Love Douglas Adams.
In my personal life I'm an urban 30 something, liberal leaning who has traveled and lived overseas. Background is economics / international studies and I currently work with a lot of arts organizations. Given the choice I prefer non-fiction to fiction but am OK with anything.
I read on iPad so have all the reading apps available, have both a Kindle Unlimited and Prime subcription and live within easy travel time of the Strand and B&N so availability mostly not an issue.
Love any thoughts/recommendations you may have. Thank you
Best answer: I devoured The Martian and am recommending it to everyone.
posted by getawaysticks at 8:06 PM on June 26, 2015 [12 favorites]
posted by getawaysticks at 8:06 PM on June 26, 2015 [12 favorites]
Best answer: Ben Aaronovich's Peter Grant mysteries have hit the sweet spot between compulsively readable genre fiction and smart / funny / self-aware enough to rise above the failings of a lot of genre fiction for me like nothing else I've read in the last decade.
posted by ryanshepard at 8:12 PM on June 26, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by ryanshepard at 8:12 PM on June 26, 2015 [6 favorites]
Best answer: My wife keeps up with many crime novelists, including Linda Fairstein and Michael Connolly, but she has stopped following Sue Grafton and Patricia Cornwell. So you agree on those, but she does like Janet Evanovich. Here are most of the other authors that are still marked "buy" on her list: Barnes, Linda; Buchanan, Edna; Burke, James Lee; Child, Lee; Crais, Robert; Dunning, John; Harris, Thomas; Harstad, Donald; Johnson, Craig; Kijewski, Karen; Limón, Martin; Lippman, Laura; Mankell, Henning; Muller, Marcia; Munger, Katy; Nesbø, Jo; Paretsky, Sara; Rankin, Ian; Rozan, S. J.; Sears, Michael; Simmons, Dan (Joe Kurtz series only); Smith, Julie; Speart, Jessica; and Strohmeyer, Sarah.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 8:15 PM on June 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Monsieur Caution at 8:15 PM on June 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Tell The Wolves I'm Home was my favorite book that I've read in a long time. I also finally finished Cold Mountain and it took forever but once I got into it, it was like the old times with the reading. I forced myself to do it by just keeping the book with me at all times and reading it every chance I got, even if it was just a paragraph or a few sentences.
posted by dawkins_7 at 8:36 PM on June 26, 2015
posted by dawkins_7 at 8:36 PM on June 26, 2015
Best answer: Short stories, collections of essays, anthologies... short stuff, basically.
Classic O'Henry stories, Various adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, etc.
More modern stuff, there's plenty of anthologies featuring shorter works for every subject under the sun.
posted by kschang at 8:41 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Classic O'Henry stories, Various adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, etc.
More modern stuff, there's plenty of anthologies featuring shorter works for every subject under the sun.
posted by kschang at 8:41 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: thanks all, these are perfect. Offline for east coast sleep time, but look forward to seeing more in the morning.
posted by TravellingCari at 8:52 PM on June 26, 2015
posted by TravellingCari at 8:52 PM on June 26, 2015
Best answer: Tana French?
I preferred Sharp Objects to Gone Girl, if you wanted to give Gillian Flynn another shot.
alsooo maybe not up your alley, but have you checked out any rizzles fic on a03? not my fandom so I don't have specific recs, but shorter stories might be easier to get into than full novels.
posted by tan_coul at 8:56 PM on June 26, 2015
I preferred Sharp Objects to Gone Girl, if you wanted to give Gillian Flynn another shot.
alsooo maybe not up your alley, but have you checked out any rizzles fic on a03? not my fandom so I don't have specific recs, but shorter stories might be easier to get into than full novels.
posted by tan_coul at 8:56 PM on June 26, 2015
Best answer: Oh yeah, obligatory rec for the Bryant & May series by Christopher Fowler (which I should have put in that "things we always recommend" thread, honestly). Engrossing mysteries set in--really deeply set in--London at many different time periods, with two entertainingly cranky old men as protagonists.
posted by wintersweet at 9:11 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by wintersweet at 9:11 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: You need to read Laurie King.
Also, Steven Saylor (who writes mysteries set in ancient Rome).
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 9:27 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Also, Steven Saylor (who writes mysteries set in ancient Rome).
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 9:27 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Louise Penny (she writes mysteries, set in Quebec, written in English, and they are well written and very enjoyable)
Thomas King (Green Grass, Running Water is my favourite, and I also enjoyed the short story collection one Good story that one).
posted by chapps at 10:52 PM on June 26, 2015
Thomas King (Green Grass, Running Water is my favourite, and I also enjoyed the short story collection one Good story that one).
posted by chapps at 10:52 PM on June 26, 2015
Best answer: If you love Douglas Adams, then please avail yourself of the Jasper Fforde Books, but especially the Thursday Next series starting with The Eyre Affair. (Don't let the covers of the recent YA books dismay you.) His Nursery Crime series also has an Adams bent, but the YA and the Shades of Grey (not 50) are far less so.
I recently really loved The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin.
Neither Fforde's books nor the Fikry title will give you a paragraph in which to be bored.
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 12:38 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
I recently really loved The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin.
Neither Fforde's books nor the Fikry title will give you a paragraph in which to be bored.
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 12:38 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Oooh yes, seconding Tana French and Laura Lippmann.
Adding in Jonathan Kellerman.
posted by SisterHavana at 12:54 AM on June 27, 2015
Adding in Jonathan Kellerman.
posted by SisterHavana at 12:54 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Patricia Highsmith instead of Patricia Cornwell, if you've never read anything by her. I also really liked Burial Rites by Hannah Kent.
Last year, I tore through Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels, and am champing at the bit to read the fourth and final installment this fall.
posted by peripathetic at 1:38 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Last year, I tore through Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels, and am champing at the bit to read the fourth and final installment this fall.
posted by peripathetic at 1:38 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: How do you feel about short stories? I find them really helpful when I want to read but can't settle down long enough to get into a novel. Alice Munro is my go-to for short fiction. I also have recommended Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules to many people. It's a short story collection curated by David Sedaris that was sold as a fundraiser for 826NYC. It was published several years ago, but the stories are from many different genres, authors, and time periods. It's got a little bit of everything.
If you like Douglas Adams, try Daniel Pinkwater. 5 Novels looks like a doorstop but the novels in it are all pretty short; some are really more like novellas. They are silly but smart, I feel like he has an American take on the Adams sense of absurdity. I also liked some of the Thursday Next novels as recommended by The Wrong Kind of Cheese, but sometimes it was a little too much quirky punster madness.
posted by assenav at 2:01 AM on June 27, 2015
If you like Douglas Adams, try Daniel Pinkwater. 5 Novels looks like a doorstop but the novels in it are all pretty short; some are really more like novellas. They are silly but smart, I feel like he has an American take on the Adams sense of absurdity. I also liked some of the Thursday Next novels as recommended by The Wrong Kind of Cheese, but sometimes it was a little too much quirky punster madness.
posted by assenav at 2:01 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Dennis Lehane
Ben Winters - The Last Policeman series
Robert Galbraith
Julie Orringer
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Raymond Carver
Bill Bryson
Allie Brosh
posted by backwards guitar at 2:24 AM on June 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ben Winters - The Last Policeman series
Robert Galbraith
Julie Orringer
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Raymond Carver
Bill Bryson
Allie Brosh
posted by backwards guitar at 2:24 AM on June 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I love a good crime novel, and Geek Love is a crime against all that's good and decent and kind in a way that The Last Samurai completely isn't. I found both to be compulsive reading.
posted by flabdablet at 4:56 AM on June 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet at 4:56 AM on June 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Can't go wrong with Val McDermid either.
Also, I can't see anybody who appreciates Douglas Adams failing to enjoy Terry Pratchett. In the unlikely event that you've never read him, start here.
posted by flabdablet at 5:01 AM on June 27, 2015
Also, I can't see anybody who appreciates Douglas Adams failing to enjoy Terry Pratchett. In the unlikely event that you've never read him, start here.
posted by flabdablet at 5:01 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: I loved Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore. Totally engaging with a fun puzzle/mystery.
posted by HortonHearsWhat? at 5:05 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by HortonHearsWhat? at 5:05 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: For history non fiction I'd suggest Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. It's long, but it's very engaging and has a kind of frenetic original source laden pace.
posted by Ferreous at 5:20 AM on June 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Ferreous at 5:20 AM on June 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: You might like the Ruth Galloway Mysteries series by Elly Griffiths. The protagonist is "a forensic archaeologist living with her two cats in a Saltmarsh cottage" in a remote region of Norfolk, England. I just picked up book 7 myself. [Goodreads]
The first five are available via Kindle Unlimited; here's the first.
posted by taz at 5:56 AM on June 27, 2015
The first five are available via Kindle Unlimited; here's the first.
posted by taz at 5:56 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Sounds like you would like Alafair Burke's mysteries – try her recent standalone Long Gone and If You Were Here, or her continuing NYPD detective character Ellie Hatcher in Never Tell and All Day and a Night.
posted by nicwolff at 6:27 AM on June 27, 2015
posted by nicwolff at 6:27 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: For crime fiction and some non-fiction, Sarah Weinman is your best friend. You can subscribe to her newsletter at the bottom of the page I've linked to.
If you are in NYC, I have to recommend Jennifer Belle, especially The Seven Year Bitch. It's not what you are asking about at all really, but as a sometimes New Yorker I find her writing uniquely accurate and funny.
posted by BibiRose at 7:25 AM on June 27, 2015
If you are in NYC, I have to recommend Jennifer Belle, especially The Seven Year Bitch. It's not what you are asking about at all really, but as a sometimes New Yorker I find her writing uniquely accurate and funny.
posted by BibiRose at 7:25 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Have you read The Golem and the Jinni? I finish a book every couple days & it's the best thing I've read in many months.
posted by belladonna at 7:48 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by belladonna at 7:48 AM on June 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Give Denise Mina a try. I love mystery/detective fiction but have been disgusted by everything I've read lately except for her and Tana French. My goodreads link is in my profile for context.
posted by janey47 at 8:28 AM on June 27, 2015
posted by janey47 at 8:28 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: If you're open to chick lit and like history, the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is the obvious recommendation. Bonus: you can then watch the pretty good TV version!
posted by youcancallmeal at 9:46 AM on June 27, 2015
posted by youcancallmeal at 9:46 AM on June 27, 2015
Response by poster: all of these are awesome, thank you! Special thanks to Monsieur Caution for keeping me in options for the next time this hits.
So many of these reminded me of authors that someone else had recommended or I thought I might like, but then lost track of/forgot about. (Kate Atkinson, Dennis Lehane, Jasper Fforde).
BibiRose: I am indeed a New Yorker so thanks for flagging that. She's new to me and I'm never against trying something new/out of the box. Ditto tan_coul on the fic suggestion. I used to read it a lot for other series but it hadn't even thought of it to get me through this spell.
Youcancallmeal: I have the first book in the series after seeing the costume exhibit while in LA in May. I was told it was too heavy for summer reading so was waiting until fall, but maybe .
Thanks again all!
posted by TravellingCari at 9:56 AM on June 27, 2015
So many of these reminded me of authors that someone else had recommended or I thought I might like, but then lost track of/forgot about. (Kate Atkinson, Dennis Lehane, Jasper Fforde).
BibiRose: I am indeed a New Yorker so thanks for flagging that. She's new to me and I'm never against trying something new/out of the box. Ditto tan_coul on the fic suggestion. I used to read it a lot for other series but it hadn't even thought of it to get me through this spell.
Youcancallmeal: I have the first book in the series after seeing the costume exhibit while in LA in May. I was told it was too heavy for summer reading so was waiting until fall, but maybe .
Thanks again all!
posted by TravellingCari at 9:56 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: If you're ok with elements of urban fantasy in your mystery/crime, check out Seanan McGuire's work. The October Daye series is adventure/mystery in modern San Francisco, where the faerie world coexists in secret with the human one. First book is called "Rosemary and Rue" The Incryptid series is similar, except with New York (mostly) and cryptid species instead of SF/faerie. First book is called "Discount Armageddon".
I read through all 8 books of October Daye, then the 4 of Incryptid, and then pretty much immediately turned around to do it all over again, because they were that good and had that much going on, that I felt like second readings were worth it. I don't do that very often.
posted by Hold your seahorses at 10:36 AM on June 27, 2015
I read through all 8 books of October Daye, then the 4 of Incryptid, and then pretty much immediately turned around to do it all over again, because they were that good and had that much going on, that I felt like second readings were worth it. I don't do that very often.
posted by Hold your seahorses at 10:36 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Oh, and both of McGuire's serieses (series?) feature super-strong female lead characters, which we find all too rarely in mystery/suspense novels!
posted by Hold your seahorses at 10:38 AM on June 27, 2015
posted by Hold your seahorses at 10:38 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Since you prefer non-fiction and are into economics, I'd recommend the following trio about the rise and fall of junk bond raiders in the 1980s/Greed is Good era: Den of Thieves, Barbarians at the Gate, and The Predator's Ball.
For crime fiction, I'm currently enjoying Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl...' series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
posted by mal de coucou at 10:39 AM on June 27, 2015
For crime fiction, I'm currently enjoying Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl...' series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
posted by mal de coucou at 10:39 AM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: Seconding Laurie King. I loved The Bee-Keeper's Apprentice.
I was going to recommend Gone Girl, though. Did you see the movie? The book is much richer in detail but Flynn did write the script so it runs very true.
posted by cleroy at 1:22 PM on June 27, 2015
I was going to recommend Gone Girl, though. Did you see the movie? The book is much richer in detail but Flynn did write the script so it runs very true.
posted by cleroy at 1:22 PM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: I have recently been quite stuck on Fred Vargas. I really like her main detective, Adamsberg, who seems vague and sharp all at once. She has a subtle sense of humour as well, and her "solutions" are usually completely unpredictable and off-the-wall. I don't really read mysteries or crime fiction to try to figure it out, I just enjoy the unfolding of the plot and the solution, and hers are great for that because they're very atmospheric.
Another recent find for me is Phil Rickman (from a FPP) whose Merrily Watkins series is (so far anyway) really good. Again, lots of atmosphere with shades of the supernatural, and an interesting cast of regulars. Worth checking out.
And Ruth Rendell as well as her alter (darker) ego, Barbara Vine. I almost envy you getting to discover those for the first time! My personal preference is for her Wexford books because I like the character of Wexford so much, but she doesn't really write duds. Didn't, sorry; she sadly died earlier this year.
And a classic literary mystery novelist you really really must read - they're amazing - is Dorothy L Sayers. Her Wimsey novels have been a formative influence on the genre, and you'll enjoy Laurie R King a lot more if you've read one or two. Speaking of which, I enthusiastically endorse Laurie R King and Tana French; Seanan McGuire and Ben Aaronovitch were also good but I haven't been strongly motivated to seek out more of them.
Non-fiction I read recently and enjoyed: The Psychopath Test and The Wisdom of Psychopaths (the first was better than the second science-wise); Mad, Bad and Sad about the history of women and mental illness. And a couple I haven't gotten to yet but were recommended elsewhere on MeFi and sounded good: The Beautiful Cigar Girl and The Invention of Murder.
posted by Athanassiel at 8:59 PM on June 27, 2015
Another recent find for me is Phil Rickman (from a FPP) whose Merrily Watkins series is (so far anyway) really good. Again, lots of atmosphere with shades of the supernatural, and an interesting cast of regulars. Worth checking out.
And Ruth Rendell as well as her alter (darker) ego, Barbara Vine. I almost envy you getting to discover those for the first time! My personal preference is for her Wexford books because I like the character of Wexford so much, but she doesn't really write duds. Didn't, sorry; she sadly died earlier this year.
And a classic literary mystery novelist you really really must read - they're amazing - is Dorothy L Sayers. Her Wimsey novels have been a formative influence on the genre, and you'll enjoy Laurie R King a lot more if you've read one or two. Speaking of which, I enthusiastically endorse Laurie R King and Tana French; Seanan McGuire and Ben Aaronovitch were also good but I haven't been strongly motivated to seek out more of them.
Non-fiction I read recently and enjoyed: The Psychopath Test and The Wisdom of Psychopaths (the first was better than the second science-wise); Mad, Bad and Sad about the history of women and mental illness. And a couple I haven't gotten to yet but were recommended elsewhere on MeFi and sounded good: The Beautiful Cigar Girl and The Invention of Murder.
posted by Athanassiel at 8:59 PM on June 27, 2015
Best answer: As a New Yorker, you should try one of the Nero Wolfe mysteries (Rex Stout). If you don't like it, well, they're all pretty short. And if you do like it, there are a billion more.
posted by pjenks at 6:17 AM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by pjenks at 6:17 AM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Cleroy: read the book and didn't like it so I skipped the movie.
A few who answered via PMs asked for what I'd read/recommend and only fair to pay it forward. Some recent favs aside from the fiction series:
Dan Karlan's 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived - it petered out toward the end but had some great insight into why characters, mythological figures, etc. have such an impact.
Jeff Beck's The Great Typo Hunt - I think the book or author's blog was recommended here.
Route 66 Still Kicks - an amazing look at what is left of Route 66
On the fiction side and perfect for summer reading, Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon series. The natural parks in which Ranger Pigeon is stationed are as good character as the humans are.
Thanks again all.
posted by TravellingCari at 10:00 AM on June 28, 2015
A few who answered via PMs asked for what I'd read/recommend and only fair to pay it forward. Some recent favs aside from the fiction series:
Dan Karlan's 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived - it petered out toward the end but had some great insight into why characters, mythological figures, etc. have such an impact.
Jeff Beck's The Great Typo Hunt - I think the book or author's blog was recommended here.
Route 66 Still Kicks - an amazing look at what is left of Route 66
On the fiction side and perfect for summer reading, Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon series. The natural parks in which Ranger Pigeon is stationed are as good character as the humans are.
Thanks again all.
posted by TravellingCari at 10:00 AM on June 28, 2015
Best answer: The Snake Agent by Liz Williams. Detective Inspector Wei Chen is a snake agent in 21st century Singapore, "a detective whose beat reaches to the fringes of Heaven and Hell." A reviewer writes that "Williams concocts a tongue in cheek brew combining the police procedural, the horror tale, fantasy, and science fiction." I just finished grad school and am looking forward to reading actual books again. This is in my Kindle queue.
posted by luckyveronica at 10:55 AM on June 30, 2015
posted by luckyveronica at 10:55 AM on June 30, 2015
Best answer: Oh, just thought of a few more good non-fiction books I enjoyed: The Cult of Personality about the way personality test pretty much don't work. Teach Us To Sit Still, which is partly about meditation but really about a whole lot of other stuff and which I couldn't put down. Animal Wise, which was just fascinating in terms of how smart animals are - the bits on ants teaching other ants just blew me away. Only adding these because you said you prefer non-fiction to fiction.
posted by Athanassiel at 8:34 PM on June 30, 2015
posted by Athanassiel at 8:34 PM on June 30, 2015
Response by poster: As many of you predicted, short stories killed the road block. I went with Alice Munro per Assenav's suggestion and got The Language of Food per Wintersweet and I'm back on track. All of these now on my wishlist for the next road block - except for Sharp Objects which it turned out a friend whose Kindle Library I share bought it.
Thanks again!
posted by TravellingCari at 9:34 AM on July 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Thanks again!
posted by TravellingCari at 9:34 AM on July 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Just dropping this link here after a conversation with colleagues on a similar reading block: Simon & Schusters themed book(s) blog. Many fun themes and books with the named books available in a variety of formats/sellers.
posted by TravellingCari at 9:15 AM on July 30, 2015
posted by TravellingCari at 9:15 AM on July 30, 2015
Best answer: I recently discovered Ann Cleeves and have really enjoyed her Shetland series.
posted by kitten magic at 7:42 PM on August 17, 2015
posted by kitten magic at 7:42 PM on August 17, 2015
Response by poster: Brain lock definitely cleared. Dropping a few other recommendations here to pay it forward. A couple came from PMs and non-MeFi friends:
*The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life - Garden & Gun anthology. Good intro to the south or read for those fascinated with it. Don't read while hungry.
*Andres Martinez' 24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down and Pete Earley's Super Casino - I went to Vegas and as I do, fell into local non fiction. Dated but great reads on the city in the 90s
*Tiger, Meet my Sister - Rick Reilly - an anthology of his columns with some follow up. Great for sports fans.
From the above I've started Lee Childs , Elly Griffiths and read Martian and Golem and the Jinni. Thanks again all.
posted by TravellingCari at 9:01 AM on August 30, 2015
*The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life - Garden & Gun anthology. Good intro to the south or read for those fascinated with it. Don't read while hungry.
*Andres Martinez' 24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down and Pete Earley's Super Casino - I went to Vegas and as I do, fell into local non fiction. Dated but great reads on the city in the 90s
*Tiger, Meet my Sister - Rick Reilly - an anthology of his columns with some follow up. Great for sports fans.
From the above I've started Lee Childs , Elly Griffiths and read Martian and Golem and the Jinni. Thanks again all.
posted by TravellingCari at 9:01 AM on August 30, 2015
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posted by wintersweet at 7:58 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]