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Recent reads
Jan. 17th, 2010 07:46 pmHave been plowing through several books from the library, as well as some of my recent Christmas acquisitions.
Sue Grafton: P is for Peril, Q is for Quarry, T is for Trespass - all Kinsey Milhone books. I used to be a much more devoted reader of this series, and for no real reason stopped following them. But they're still good reads, even though I don't think I need to own them, and I was glad to plunge back in. I have a soft spot for Kinsey, and even wrote a paper on her and a few other female "hard-boiled" detectives yoinks ago.
Charlaine Harris: Grave Sight and Grave Surprise, from her non-Sookie series featuring a woman named Harper who was struck by lightning and can find the dead and tell you what they died of, and her step-brother Tolliver, who travels with her. I remember reading the first one in an airport bookstore, and thinking that it was a fun read but nothing I wanted to spend money on at that moment, and promptly forgot the series existed. The first in the series is interesting, and ok, but I found the second one stronger and more tightly plotted.
The Shadow Pavilion, by Liz Williams, a Detective Inspector Chen novel. I love this series so much, I can hardly stand it. This is another strong entry in the series, including a peek into a Hindu Hell, more Tiger Demons than you can shake a stick at, and a strong plotline.
Sue Grafton: P is for Peril, Q is for Quarry, T is for Trespass - all Kinsey Milhone books. I used to be a much more devoted reader of this series, and for no real reason stopped following them. But they're still good reads, even though I don't think I need to own them, and I was glad to plunge back in. I have a soft spot for Kinsey, and even wrote a paper on her and a few other female "hard-boiled" detectives yoinks ago.
Charlaine Harris: Grave Sight and Grave Surprise, from her non-Sookie series featuring a woman named Harper who was struck by lightning and can find the dead and tell you what they died of, and her step-brother Tolliver, who travels with her. I remember reading the first one in an airport bookstore, and thinking that it was a fun read but nothing I wanted to spend money on at that moment, and promptly forgot the series existed. The first in the series is interesting, and ok, but I found the second one stronger and more tightly plotted.
The Shadow Pavilion, by Liz Williams, a Detective Inspector Chen novel. I love this series so much, I can hardly stand it. This is another strong entry in the series, including a peek into a Hindu Hell, more Tiger Demons than you can shake a stick at, and a strong plotline.
