Lobstergirl's comments
(member since Jun 14, 2009)
Lobstergirl's comments from the The Crime and Thriller Group group.
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Jan wrote: "I just love John Dickson Carr (and all his other names). But it gets difficult to find them these days."
True, you have to frequent estate sales and used bookstores.
Reading "The Crooked Hinge" by John Dickson Carr (1938).
I'm reading "Pleading Guilty" by Scott Turow and I hate it.
I'm reading Harold Bloom's "Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice". I recently finished "Winter Study" by Nevada Barr, which I enjoyed plotwise, although I thought a lot of the writing was bad.
I've really enjoyed all the Wallander books I've read so far, including this one. I even liked the parts where he was sexually harrassing the female prosecutor. (Strangely, even in those scenes you were rooting for him.) I hope Mankell will write more of them; his non-Wallander fiction seems to be more miss than hit.
How do people know if a book has lost something in translation, unless they're reading it in multiple languages?
I was about 80 pages into "Murder Inside the Beltway" by Margaret Truman but it was so bad I had to abort the mission.
Hayes wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Now I'm reading "Amagansett" by Mark Mills."
I liked this one. Havn'et read anythings else of his, however."
I thought it was really good. Actually I could not put it down and I guess I'll have to read his others now.
Now I'm reading "Amagansett" by Mark Mills.
I'm reading "A Suitable Vengeance (Inspector Lynley #4) by Eliz. George. It's pretty good.
You're welcome.
Fiona wrote: "Could people put the authors and title of the book (not just the cover) in for me please? I copy and paste it so it makes life easier and faster. :)"
Don't Look Back (Inspector Sejer Mystery) by Karin Fossum. I think this is the first in the series that is available in English translation.
I just finished Voices A Reykjavik Thriller. It was...meh.
Now I'm reading The Death of the Heart which is not a mystery but a psychological novel.
Marsha wrote: "For another club I just finished the Women in White by Wilkie Collins....It was written in 1800s but it was a good Crime story...I recommend this to the group"
I've been intending to read this for at least 5 years.
Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum."
And having finished this, I think I'm done with the pedophiliac subgenre of Nordic police procedurals.
JG wrote: "Lobstergirl, that brackety book link thing doesn't usually work, if that's the way you made the link. The easiest way to make a link is to click the "add book/author" link above your comment box."
Oh, I never saw that before. Thanks.
And of course the link is wrong.
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