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With that said, I wonder what he's actually like in real life. His mystery novels tend to get very po-mo/meta and make me wonder what's really going through his head. The murder victim in Magpie is a very unlikable mystery author (and I think his existence kind of destabilizes murder mystery fandom, at least making fans question loving it so much, as I do), and Horowitz himself is actually a character in 'The Word is Murder' and 'The Sentence is Death' who works with an unlikable detective (if I remember right - I need to re-read those too).
So what I'm working around to (while trying not to spoil anything): Horowitz creates these great mysteries that none-the-less tend to include some element that also leaves a bad taste in my mouth; I end up loving them but also questioning them. It's fairly confusing and I can't decide if it's brilliant or just annoying. Everybody else should read them so we can talk about them without fear of spoilers.
In the meantime, I've now gone back to (speaking of Magpies) 'The Gift of the Magpie' by Donna Andrews. I'm now in the right mood for it and completely enjoying it.
I'm almost done listening to A Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich which is the latest One Book, One Minnesota choice. And, I just started reading American Gospel by Lin Enger, who will be speaking on Dec 8 at the exact same time as Erdrich is speaking for that One Book thing. Sigh. I'm sure I'll watch both presentations, though I'll have to decide which to watch live and which to watch later.I listened to Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown which was extremely informative and I'm glad I read it, but it was incredibly depressing and anger-inducing.
On a lighter note, I listened to and really enjoyed Spoiler Alert which is mostly a romance, but includes more serious topics such as body shaming and learning disabilities. I needed something light at that time and really just liked it a lot.
I've listened to the two Horowitz books in which he was a character, but not his other books. Maybe someday, but at the moment I am drowning in audiobooks that keep becoming available for me and I'm trying to train myself to put fewer on hold...
Hi Ladies! I like Anthony Horowitz's writing too and I see he has a new one just published. It's exciting to know that Magpie Murders will be a tv series. Do you know anything about which network will be airing it?? I have never read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--I see FPL's Classics group just discussed it. Karen, did you attend? Last night I read a middle grade novel called Amina's Voice by Hena Khan. I think it would be a great read for kids, teaching them about acceptance and courage. Next month my other book clubs are discussing A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and Redhead at the Side of the Road. I start listening to Ivan today. Have either of you ever read it? If so, what am I in for??? Happy Thanksgiving.
Yes, Kathy, I did attend the Classics group discussion. That's why I read Bury Your Heart now. I had heard about it over the years, but never read it before so this gave me the impetus to final listen to it. It is very fact-heavy without a lot of analysis, but that's probably in part due to when it was written when these things really weren't discussed so it was good to have all the facts together.I'm pretty sure I listened to Redhead a while back and liked it. I have not read Ivan Denisovich, but a friend read it in the past year or so and said it was pretty good. It's on my mental list for someday.
I finished Lin Enger's book last night and enjoyed it. Stayed up a tiny bit too late, but I was so close to the end...
Now I'm listening to The Great Influenza by John Barry, which I'm finding interesting and a little easier going than I thought it might be.
How big is the Classics group?? I may keep track of their reads and join sometime.
This time, it was just the two group leaders and two of us who really discussed. There was one other guy who phoned in with no video and when the leader talked to him at the beginning he said he had read parts of the book, but he never contributed again and we were hearing noises later that sounded like they might have been snores, so she muted him. LOL At an earlier meeting, there were more people than that. I don't recall how many but my best guess might be 7-10? I can't remember for sure because it was back in July.
Ok-thanks!! Sounds like quite a night for Bury My Heart!?
Well, it wasn't an easy book... December is To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, which I haven't read but came up on one of my free online courses, so I'm planning to listen and go to the group again. Assuming I can keep up with all the audiobooks that keep coming in for me.
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I think Masterpiece on PBS might be behind adapting the Horowitz books into tv? Hopefully, because then it should be easy to catch it pretty early on :)
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So - I just looked up A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich because I hadn't heard of it (evidently a big hole in my education)....and that looks pretty serious. Good luck with it! - deb
