recent reading #8
Apr. 11th, 2010 08:47 amI'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?
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!)