Books read in 2010

[rolanni]

Edited to add: That cleans out the library books I got back a couple weeks ago. Six books in sixteen days counts as Lightning Speed -- and a big hand to all the authors!

*feels much better now*

Get Real, Donald E. Westlake
The Messenger, Jan Burke
Rumpole Misbehaves, John Mortimer
Strange Bedpersons, Jennifer Crusie
Shinju, Laura Joh Rowland
A Matter of Class, Mary Balogh
Chill, Elizabeth Bear
The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff
Ghost Ship, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Merchanter’s Luck, C.J. Cherryh (reread)
Mr. Monster, Dan Wells
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
I Am Not a Serial Killer, Dan Wells
Deceiver, C.J.Cherryh
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson
Half Magic, Edward Eager
Unknown, Rachel Caine
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Sunshine, Robin McKinley
Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs
‘Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
The Ten-Cent Plague, David Hajdu
Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (reread)

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

Books Read

[barb-in-md.livejournal.com]

Now that you've read a Rumpole, treat yourself to watching the Rumpole TV series. I though Leo McKern really nailed Rumpole and the continuing supporting cast was uniformly excellent. And treat yourself to a glass of 'Chateau Thames Embankment' while you watch.
(Of course, I may be preaching to the choir, as it were.....)

Re: Books Read

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually like the Rumpole that much. It was OK, in terms of having words that made sense and flowed more-or-less along in front of one's eyes, and the mystery was engaging. But the whole business with Rumpole's wife and her lover and reading for the law, and the politics of his office were. . . annoying. Not annoying enough that I put the book I was reading down, but annoying enough that I'll probably not go out of my way to find another.

Re: Books Read

[barb-in-md.livejournal.com]

After I posted my comment, I realized that I had watched Rumpole and quite enjoyed it BEFORE I actually read any of the books. It does make a difference, as we all know.
At least now you know that John Mortimer's Rumpole is not quite your cuppa.

[(Anonymous)]

I noticed you read the Crusie. My all-time favorite of hers is "Faking It," about a family with an art gallery and a bunch of secrets. I hope you liked Strange Bedpersons enough to try another
Crusie sometime when you're into pure light-hearted humorous romance.

Lauretta@ConstellationBooks

PS I just finished Josephine Tey's The Singing Sands. The most funny
Tey I've ever, ever read. Note - it's Scottish humor so it's drier
than single malt. The mystery was decent but the humor surprised.