tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post2949585091731118942..comments2023-03-29T10:25:18.702-04:00Comments on Read Me Deadly: Last Night I Went to Bed With a MurdererSister Mary Murderoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-53542174077109818152011-09-21T08:37:45.752-04:002011-09-21T08:37:45.752-04:00Hi Della,
I love the first photo on your Sept. 21...Hi Della,<br /><br />I love the first photo on your Sept. 21 post with the pooch in the middle, it's a great.<br /><br />SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-87918779781572931072011-09-19T19:11:58.128-04:002011-09-19T19:11:58.128-04:00I also enjoyed Oliver's The Pew Group and Levi...I also enjoyed Oliver's The Pew Group and Levin's The Boys from Brazil. It's been years since I read them, and it was a treat to read about them here. I re-read Hull's The Death of My Aunt this summer and loved it. <br /><br />That particular Celia Fremlin is a good, anxiety-ridden read, and I liked the portraits she paints of parents dealing with their college-aged children in 1969. Her adults struggle to fit into their own peer groups and try to launch their children into the world while worrying about them as they do it. I liked her Uncle Paul, The Spider-Orchid, With No Crying, and The Long Shadow even more than Possession. I'm trying to think of another author who concentrates on the terrors involved in every-day life to the extent that Fremlin does. One of the questions raised in her books is when do you reasonably hit the panic button? We don't like to make an unnecessary fuss and embarrass ourselves or other people. <br /><br />Becky, I like Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone, too. The books are formulaic, but they're well done, and Kinsey is such an appealing character.<br /><br />Lisa, thanks for your thoughts about Laura Lippman's latest. I've been hearing a lot about it recently.Georgette Spelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853710671433406351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-41761462868612718872011-09-19T16:05:33.497-04:002011-09-19T16:05:33.497-04:00I second the recommendations of The Pew Group and ...I second the recommendations of The Pew Group and The Boys From Brazil. Never heard of Possession or The Murder of My Aunt before now, but you make them sound irresistible.<br /><br />Lisa, is The Most Dangerous Thing the Laura Lippman you're talking about? I just started hearing about it.<br /><br />Becky, S. J. Bolton seems to have a lot of fans. We're planning to have a guest review of Now You See Me on Saturday.Sister Mary Murderoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-54435780411082914192011-09-19T14:56:16.196-04:002011-09-19T14:56:16.196-04:00I've gotta check out "Possession" --...I've gotta check out "Possession" -- thanks for that. I just finished Laura Lippman's latest. It's a fascinating story -- the way she uses point of view. It's a surprisingly quiet story, literary you might say, but it kept me hooked.Lisa Alberhttp://lisaalber.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-60146858053838044402011-09-19T12:40:43.889-04:002011-09-19T12:40:43.889-04:00I always go to bed with a book. In fact, I have th...I always go to bed with a book. In fact, I have the bad habit of having to start a new one if I happen to finish a book before falling asleep. Makes for some long nights! I went to bed with a cross-genre, historical/mystery/horror read last night, The Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley. I'm enjoying it, but am only about halfway through at the moment. <br /><br />Some of my favorite mystery authors to go to bed with include RJ Ellory (I absolutely loved A Quiet Belief in Angels), Sue Grafton (her Kinsey Millhone books are always great and I can't wait to get to her latest this fall), Lisa Lutz's hilarious Spellman books are another favorite of mine for nighttime reading. <br /><br />In terms of suspense, Harlan Coben and Jt Ellison definitely keep me up at night. SJ Bolton's latest, Now You See Me, was a recent favorite and Mo Hayder makes me keep the lights on!Becky LeJeunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030931605009567165noreply@blogger.com