I'm in the middle of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (although I've already read the end - one of my very worst habits) and enjoying it, but it's massive and heavy and not really ideal for shoving into my purse.
What should I read? Something sprawling and Victorian and on my list of have-to-reads, like Middlemarch? A good mystery? Something new and popular?
What are your favourite books?
4 comments:
OK, Middlemarch – way too heavy!! Lol!
Are you liking Girl with Dragon Tattoo? If so, you must read the next one...I can't wait to get my hands on the third in the series...
Just read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere – fantasy (but not sci-fi like) set in another world that takes place in/below London Underground. Loved it! Wren likes his books, too.
Not sure if you're into stuff like that, but check out the reviews; I'm sure you can find an excerpt somewhere. It's fun and distracting...
Or how about something like 84 Charing Cross Road? Have you ever read it? A wonderful book about the letter-writing relationship that develops between a New York woman and a British bookseller.
In any case, good luck with the infusion! :) L
Neverwhere is wonderful, Helen. Not terribly long, either -- it's not too heavy to hold in your hands for a long time. I'm also a longtime John LeCarre' fan; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is old, perhaps, but it's a fascinating story of post-WWII spies and politics in Great Britain. I've never read 84 Charing Cross Road, but I saw the movie, years ago, and just loved it. If it's like most movies, I'll bet the book is much better.
Hope the infusion goes easily, with nothing more annoying than boredom to deal with. Bring a great book and you're set!
-Wren
If you want a good romance/epic-yet-modern story, read the Time Traveller's Wife.
If you want something a little trashy but totally fun and fascinating, I'd recommend the Sookie Sackhouse series. I was so NOT a vampire girl and typically hate anything at all fantasy like, but these books totally hooked me and I've now read them all. It's what the HBO series True Blood is based on. Tons of fun, and might be perfect for this kind of occassion- I mean, at least we don't have to deal with vampire politics!
Thanks everyone! Those are all now on my book list - they look great!
I took "The Saltmarsh Murders" by Gladys Mitchell, but is fantastic so far. It was written in the 1930s and is one of a series of English mysteries.
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