recent reading #8

[adelaidesean]

I've been trying to rest my wrist these last few weeks, and travelling, hence the large number of titles here in a relatively short time.

Lots of blokes, again, and some of them missed the mark completely, for me. Does anyone know any good female thriller writers?

• Last Man Standing by David Baldacci (didn’t finish)
• The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd (didn’t finish)
• 61 Hours by Lee Child (wonderful)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (astonishing)
• Hard Rain by Barry Eisler (great)
• Jumper and Wildside by Steven Gould (absolutely amazing)
• Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (brilliant)
• Liar by Justine Larbalestier (also brilliant)
• The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish (didn’t finish)
• 1964: The Year of the Great Romance by Evelyn Schiller (actually just my grandmother’s diary of the year my parents’ met, but that’s what I’d call it if it were a book)
• Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras by Scott Westerfeld (bubbly!)