Whatcha Readin' August 2012 Edition

[AuntiePam]

I sprang for a Kindle daily deal and am enjoying The Unquiet Bones by Mel Starr. It's sort of a medieval CSI. A young surgeon is asked by the local lord to investigate a murder. The Amazon review praises the "realistic medical procedures, droll medieval wit, romantic distractions, and a consistent sense of Christian compassion."

ETA: Off to Amazon to pre-order Joe Hill's new book.

[Dung Beetle]

Aww, just look at him! Who'da thunk Steve's baby boy would've turned out so cute?

[Snickers]

So, I finished Gone Girl. Oof. That was...weird. I don't know who to feel sorry for, or whether it ended exactly as it should've. Huh. I think that one's going to have me thinking about it for a while.

Now I'm rereading The Long Walk. Good stuff.

[Snickers]

Originally Posted by Dung Beetle

Aww, just look at him! Who'da thunk Steve's baby boy would've turned out so cute?

Holy cats - he looks a lot like his dad in that second picture. Wow.

[AuntiePam]

Originally Posted by Snickers

So, I finished Gone Girl. Oof. That was...weird. I don't know who to feel sorry for, or whether it ended exactly as it should've. Huh. I think that one's going to have me thinking about it for a while.

Link to a discussion of the ending, on the Amazon boards.

I liked Gone Girl but liked Dark Places better. Haven't read Sharp Objects yet but plan to. I want to call Flynn's novels "potboilers" but I think they're better than that. Is "potboiler" always negative?

Ian D. Bergkamp, Amazon's not showing an upcoming novel from Joe Hill. You have some inside info?

[Ian D. Bergkamp]

Originally Posted by AuntiePam

Ian D. Bergkamp, Amazon's not showing an upcoming novel from Joe Hill. You have some inside info?

Here's a post from him on his blog about it, with a video link there to some additional discussion. Short answer is that it's called NOS4A2 and "won't be out until April of 2013 at the earliest." So there's a bit of a wait. Apologies if "upcoming" was misleading.

[AuntiePam]

Ian, thanks. NOS4A2. Cute.

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by Ian D. Bergkamp

Although I very much enjoyed Joe Hill's first novel....

You'll want to check out his Locke & Key comics series, too. Well-written (by him) and well-drawn (not by him).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locke_%26_Key

[Ian D. Bergkamp]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

You'll want to check out his Locke & Key comics series, too. Well-written (by him) and well-drawn (not by him).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locke_%26_Key

Definitely will. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Kim o the Concrete Jungle]

The Science Of the Discworld III: Darwin's Watch

[digs]

What about picking up an old favorite? I've been re-reading classic short stories: Saki and Ray Bradbury. Started this while walking around SF with only a book in my back pocket.

Oh, and I just posted this in the "Do people look at you askance because you like to read books?" thread:

My go-to "Recharge Myself" activity is sitting in a tiny little coffee joint (out of the way-- important that no one knows I'm there, and no one I know is going to walk in).

With a stack of kids' books. I just started teaching a tough semester, so this afternoon it's some comic books and an old copy of The Missing Chums (I gotta find out if they'll get rescued by Joe and Frank Hardy).

[Bilbo1967]

Just finished the latest Lee Child, Jack Reacher book, A Wanted Man.

Pretty good, as are all the Reacher books.