[quote=""annis""]
I do have a taste for mysteries in this style - Fred Vargas, Kate Atkinson and so on...[/quote]
I like Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, they've done a very good TV version with Jason Isaacs in the title role, have they been shown over there yet?
I've just bought some Fred Vargas books, which ones do you like best?
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What are you reading? April 2012
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I've been reading The Sixth Queen by Suzannah Dunn, a new writer for me. Quite like her writing style!
My 4 girls!
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. ~Lady Montagu
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet. ~Lady Montagu
[quote=""Ash""]Princess, I just started Catherine the Great, the Robert Massie bio. I may read what you are reading next, could be interesting.[/quote]
Having finished the book, I definitely recommend it. It covers her arrival in Russia to her ascension to the throne ( I think the author is planning/writing a sequel). I think I'll have to do a bit more "serious" reading on Catherine so I know where I'm at
Having finished the book, I definitely recommend it. It covers her arrival in Russia to her ascension to the throne ( I think the author is planning/writing a sequel). I think I'll have to do a bit more "serious" reading on Catherine so I know where I'm at
Currently reading: The Poisoned Pilgrim: A Hangman's Daughter Tale by Oliver Potzsch
Coming out of vacation on a roll. Finished The Sekhmet Bed, started The Hunger Games on the Nook (great for reading one-handed!) and will start a NF ARC The King's Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colona, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth C Goldsmith.
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I'va only read Fred Vargas' Adamsberg series, though will track down the Three Evangelistas at some stage. Vargas' translator is very much in tune with her work, always a significant factor when reading books in translation.
Vargas shares with my some of my other favourites, Colin Cotterill and Kate Atkinson, a style of mystery which I find particularly appealing - a bit of an anarchic quality, with engaging, quirky characters, plotlines with tricky twists and turns and unexpected links, humour and solutions often dependent on the subliminal and intuitive rather than the totally empirical. A strong sense of history and connection to the past s also a common factor. Vargas' Adamsberg stories have their basis in folktale of the dark, archetypical sort, and her archaeological background is often apparent as well.
The Jackson Brodie series have been playing on TV here, but unfortunately I didn't notice till too late- hopefully they will come around again and I'll be more onto it next timeI like Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, they've done a very good TV version with Jason Isaacs in the title role, have they been shown over there yet?
I've just bought some Fred Vargas books, which ones do you like best?
I'va only read Fred Vargas' Adamsberg series, though will track down the Three Evangelistas at some stage. Vargas' translator is very much in tune with her work, always a significant factor when reading books in translation.
Vargas shares with my some of my other favourites, Colin Cotterill and Kate Atkinson, a style of mystery which I find particularly appealing - a bit of an anarchic quality, with engaging, quirky characters, plotlines with tricky twists and turns and unexpected links, humour and solutions often dependent on the subliminal and intuitive rather than the totally empirical. A strong sense of history and connection to the past s also a common factor. Vargas' Adamsberg stories have their basis in folktale of the dark, archetypical sort, and her archaeological background is often apparent as well.
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Heroes of Olympus series
I am still in brain candy mode and needed something light and fun after reading the Hunger Games Series. So, I am now reading the Heroes of Olympus series from Rick Riordan. I'm about half way through the first book, The Lost Hero.
I really enjoyed Riordan's Percy Jackson series (although was disappointed with the Lightning Thief movie). Ever since I was a kid I enjoyed the stories of the Greek Gods and having a series bring them into the 21st century has been a blast.
The Heroes of Olympus is a serquel series to Percy Jackson, and seems to center on Jason, a son of Zeus. But there is a lot of discussion about the differences between Greek and Roman gods, and I expect Jason will turn out to be a son of Jupiter instead of Zeus. His two co-horts in the first book are a daughter of Aphrodite and a son of Hephaestus. This book also introduces many of the minor gods, such as Boreas, god of the north wind, etc.
Only two books of the series have been released so far. I am looking forward to rest as they come out.
I really enjoyed Riordan's Percy Jackson series (although was disappointed with the Lightning Thief movie). Ever since I was a kid I enjoyed the stories of the Greek Gods and having a series bring them into the 21st century has been a blast.
The Heroes of Olympus is a serquel series to Percy Jackson, and seems to center on Jason, a son of Zeus. But there is a lot of discussion about the differences between Greek and Roman gods, and I expect Jason will turn out to be a son of Jupiter instead of Zeus. His two co-horts in the first book are a daughter of Aphrodite and a son of Hephaestus. This book also introduces many of the minor gods, such as Boreas, god of the north wind, etc.
Only two books of the series have been released so far. I am looking forward to rest as they come out.
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Finished The Hunger Games and got hooked. Downloaded the two sequels and started Catching Fire. Having a broken wrist is hell on writing but great for reading!
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