Manda's comments (member since Sep 24, 2008)

Manda's comments from the mystery lovers group.

I'm definitely a reader more than a writer. Any writing I do is of the random, blogging kind, or the scientific technical kind (like for my thesis a while back). I have a rather unfocused brain though sometimes and tend to go from book to book, depending on my mood. It can take me weeks to finish one simply because I decided to start another one instead. I'm currently in the middle of about half a dozen actual books, and another 3-4 audiobooks, if that gives you an idea of what I mean. :)

I love the Eve Duncan series, I knew I was forgetting one when I was listing them earlier!

I usually prefer series, though standalones work too. Series just work better for me due to the characters - I always want to know more about them, and see what they're up to next. I grew up with Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot books, though these days I generally prefer my mystery-genre more along the lines of forensic-based stories. To that end, I adore Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series, as well as a few of his stand alones (The Blue Nowhere is one of my absolute favorites there). I also enjoy Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan series, Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta (at least the early ones, not so much with the later ones), the Agent Pendergast series from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child... I could continue, but that'd just get long. And that's just in this particular genre. ;)