Yesterday, and! help Rolanni find something to read
Sunday, November 14th, 2010 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniYesterday was sunny and warm -- more June than November. The tide was out when I arrived, but the sea was active. Waves the pure, hard green of peridot with deep laces of bright white foam rose up as high as a house before coming down with a roar and a crash. The air was full of moisture, which acted like a lens in the brilliant sunshine. I could easily see the houses at Cape Elizabeth, and the waves slamming into the point, shattering into white shards, like ice.
There were scores of people on the beach, most stripped down to t-shirts; sweaters, wind-breakers, or sweatshirts tied around their waists; caps pushed 'way back on their heads. Dogs accompanied many -- dozens of those sturdy orange dogs that everyone seems to have -- yellow lab-and-something-mixes -- big, happy, sociable dogs, with kind brown eyes. Several galloped up to solicit my opinion of the day, offer a nose to be shaken, or a paw to be held.
I could have walked for hours.
But, of course, I didn't.
On the way home, I stopped at Barnes and Noble in Augusta, where I had my first sighting of Carousel Tides in a bookstore, which was exciting.
The store was gratifyingly full of eager shoppers -- this despite the gorgeous weather. Alas, I couldn't find anything on the shelves to tempt me. I think I'm tired of SF/F -- something that happens from time to time.
So -- what have you been reading in mystery, romance, literature that's blown you away? It doesn't have to be new; I'm 'way behind the curve on reading almost anything. SF/F need not apply for this exercise; I'm resting the genre for a while.
There were scores of people on the beach, most stripped down to t-shirts; sweaters, wind-breakers, or sweatshirts tied around their waists; caps pushed 'way back on their heads. Dogs accompanied many -- dozens of those sturdy orange dogs that everyone seems to have -- yellow lab-and-something-mixes -- big, happy, sociable dogs, with kind brown eyes. Several galloped up to solicit my opinion of the day, offer a nose to be shaken, or a paw to be held.
I could have walked for hours.
But, of course, I didn't.
On the way home, I stopped at Barnes and Noble in Augusta, where I had my first sighting of Carousel Tides in a bookstore, which was exciting.
The store was gratifyingly full of eager shoppers -- this despite the gorgeous weather. Alas, I couldn't find anything on the shelves to tempt me. I think I'm tired of SF/F -- something that happens from time to time.
So -- what have you been reading in mystery, romance, literature that's blown you away? It doesn't have to be new; I'm 'way behind the curve on reading almost anything. SF/F need not apply for this exercise; I'm resting the genre for a while.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-11-14 06:06 pm (UTC)Another historical mystery set in Revolutionary America is Barbara Hamilton's Ninth Daughter. The main character is Abagail Adams. Also very well done with a good feeling for the period.
And if you like historicals, Sharon Kay Penman is excellent.
no subject
Date: 2010-11-15 03:06 am (UTC)Lighthearted contemporary (that is, 30 years old) romantic suspense and even better Regencies are those by Elsie Lee. They're worth picking up, if you ever see one in a used bookstore.
I believe there are one or two recent entries in Laurie King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books that I haven't read yet. I love all of those, and also I was blown away by her contemporary Kate Martinelli mystery, The Art of Detection, which contains a tour de force first person novella by Holmes, and also the best ending twist I ever read.
Abigail Miller
no subject
Date: 2010-11-15 05:00 am (UTC)