After being called out for not reading more works by women, I decided to start:



I read excerpts in college, and have meant to read the entire novel ever since.

Just finished:

Just finished:



This month is my choice for my book club and I choose (My second time for this book):

I think you and I have the same book collection. Most everything you list I have either already read or bought and plan to read. I have not yet read this one (have only read a couple of his short stories thus far).

Just started:

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. Really enjoying the book!

Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold

Just finished

I'm enjoying it so far.

Great minds think alike.

Big City, Bad Blood was good. I will be reading his second book (Trigger City).

Read

Despite a lot of bad reviews, I thought that I'd give it a try since I've had it kicking around for a while:

Finished reading The Bluest Eye late last night. Not sure what's next right now. Might go with another graphic novel to buy some time in which to decide my next book.

Currently:



Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie

Finished:



Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas



Lucky at Cards by Lawrence Block

Finished up last weeks Rex Stout ebook releases and have started on the 3 for this week.


I just love how efficient writers were in the 30s, 40s and 50s. They can tell an amazingly detailed and enjoyable detective story in 200 pages. Todays writers use 3 times the pages to tell half the story.

Next up (after waiting 4 months on the library wait list):

I finally finished this up last night. It is a pretty compelling experience and I highly recommend this book. I would point out, however, that it is the beginning of a trilogy, so one could probably wait until all the books are out to read it. Once I finished, I couldn't wait to see what happens next.

(It looks like the author is taking his sweet time putting the books out. Amazon has a pre-order for the next book and the release date is January).

How's The Girl Who Played With Fire (particularly in relation to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which I really liked)? I'm thinking of picking it up next.

So far I'm about 200 pages in, and I'm liking it. It took me some time to fall in with the flow of the first book, but Fire doesn't suffer from that same fate here. It all seems to move quicker. I really grew to love the Lisbeth Salander character in Dragon Tattoo, so getting more of her (and the Swedish locale) is all good, imo. The central plot seems dark, and so far many of the characters return from the first book.

You had the same problem with the first book that I did, it sounds like. Glad to hear that's resolved in the second one. I'll be reading that next, then! Thanks for responding!