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apocalypsosI spent an hour and a half at Borders and spent most of that time playing Sudoku instead of writing fanfic. Le sigh. And then I bought two books I couldn't afford. Well, I can, I suppose, but still.
And now I'm in the mood to work on the Books of Boggs which, really, I'm in the mood to do it, so I should just go with it. Plus, I've had a raspberry daiquiri wine cooler, so I'm leaning towards not being stressed anymore. Not to mention I just spent two hours watching Project Runway reruns (because I'm a dunce who has nothing better to do, I guess, considering I've seen all these episodes five bazillion times already) and I made a MySpace profile. Not because I'm going to do anything with it, but just to have it, you know.
Quick request, just because it's not my thing -- my mom has started reading (this is just weird, y'all -- she doesn't read recreationally, she thinks it means you have nothing better to do with your life ... *points at myself*) and she has no idea what to pick up. For once, I'm the last person for her to ask, because she only like murder mysteries and they are so not my thing. (Unless we're talking true crime, but she's not up for non-fiction.) Anybody got any good suggestions? I'm drawing blanks here. Pleeeeease? *bats eyelashes at you all*
And now I'm in the mood to work on the Books of Boggs which, really, I'm in the mood to do it, so I should just go with it. Plus, I've had a raspberry daiquiri wine cooler, so I'm leaning towards not being stressed anymore. Not to mention I just spent two hours watching Project Runway reruns (because I'm a dunce who has nothing better to do, I guess, considering I've seen all these episodes five bazillion times already) and I made a MySpace profile. Not because I'm going to do anything with it, but just to have it, you know.
Quick request, just because it's not my thing -- my mom has started reading (this is just weird, y'all -- she doesn't read recreationally, she thinks it means you have nothing better to do with your life ... *points at myself*) and she has no idea what to pick up. For once, I'm the last person for her to ask, because she only like murder mysteries and they are so not my thing. (Unless we're talking true crime, but she's not up for non-fiction.) Anybody got any good suggestions? I'm drawing blanks here. Pleeeeease? *bats eyelashes at you all*
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Date: 2006-01-28 11:21 pm (UTC)Also, Dalziel and Pascoe books. Contemporary detective story type thing. British. Even our backwater library has a couple.
Oh, and Campion's pretty good as well (set in the 20s, I believe. It's been a while).
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Date: 2006-01-28 10:07 pm (UTC)If you wanted to edge your mom towards non-mysteries, give The Eyre Affair a whirl. It's a literary murder mystery, and just hilarious.
Also, have her give American Gods a try. I bet she'd like it. ;)
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Date: 2006-01-28 10:38 pm (UTC)Don't know if that helps, but it's what I like, anyway.
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Date: 2006-01-28 10:48 pm (UTC)I love Robert B. Parker and Sue Grafton. John Sanford writes some nifty stuff and so does Greg Rucka.
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Date: 2006-01-29 12:46 am (UTC)There's also the Rita Mae Brown books with Sneaky Pie Brown if she wants more cat-based mysteries.
Mystery with a science base
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Date: 2006-01-29 12:43 am (UTC)Mystery book suggestions
Date: 2006-01-29 12:05 am (UTC)I did pick up a few at my local library that I enjoyed, I guess you'd call more quirky than anything else, but here is my list.
John Dunning (The Bookman series) Booked to Die, Bookman's Promise
also anything by Walter Mosley, in the Easy Rawlins or Fearless Jones series.
The next on my list is the English translations of an Spanish Author
Arturo Perez Reverte: my favorite of course happens to be
The Club Dumas
The Flanders Panel
Followed up by the The Fencing Master.
I tend to go for the off the wall mysteries, but that's just me.
Take care, Karrenia
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Date: 2006-01-29 05:12 am (UTC)Patricia Cornwell
Thomas Harris
Boris Stark
If she likes her mysteries British & engaging:
Agatha Christie
Elizabeth George
If she likes it when the "bad guys" win:
Patricia Highsmith
If she likes unique twists of story that actually pay off:
Jeffrey Deaver
Jonathan Kellerman
Stephen Dobyns
Ed McBain (he has at least two really good series... one is based off a specific precinct, the other takes a twist on fairy tales... much, much better than James Patterson's fluff. )
A.J. Holt
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Date: 2006-01-29 01:36 pm (UTC)his fictional treatment of the Black Dahlia murder is very very good.
and there's always L A Confidential, White Jazz, The Cold Six Thousand.
James Ellroy... none better.
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Date: 2006-01-30 02:29 pm (UTC)Mary SueMary Russell books. They're Sherlock Holmes novels, but set after he retires and takes an apprentance.