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.
Aww, just look at him! Who’da thunk Steve’s baby boy would’ve turned out so cute? 
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.
Holy cats - he looks a lot like his dad in that second picture. Wow.
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?
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.
Ian, thanks. NOS4A2. Cute. 
You’ll want to check out his Locke & Key comics series, too. Well-written (by him) and well-drawn (not by him).
Definitely will. Thanks for the recommendation.
The Science Of the Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch
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).
Just finished the latest Lee Child, Jack Reacher book, A Wanted Man.
Pretty good, as are all the Reacher books.