¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI will second Mick Herron, and Joe Ide. I enjoyed The Stranger Diaries too. Just read the first in a new cozy translated from the Polish, Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing which is set in Cracow in 1893. The ¡°detective¡± is a social climbing bored housewife and it was both smart, funny and very well plotted. Looking forward to the next in that series.?Other standouts now that I¡¯ve got my reading mojo back are Olive Kitteridge (which I¡¯d been meaning to read for years and years), The Haunting of Hill House (again, I¡¯d missed it and while I can¡¯t say I enjoyed it, I thought it brilliant). Other
really good literary fiction I¡¯ve read includes: The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason, Actress by Anne Enright and Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier (don¡¯t read unless you can cope with a young woman making very bad choices).
Sci-Fi and Fantasy I¡¯ve enjoyed: Catfishing on the Catnet by Naomi Kritzer (a really fun YA near future thriller starring a real fabulous AI), and the first novel about my beloved Murderbot, Network Effect by Martha Wells. For a fun listen, I thought The Jane Austen Society was totally diverting, though totally predictable.
Patricia, so glad you¡¯re enjoying Things in Jars, I think I will read anything Jess Kidd writes. I find some writers find voices and styles I just love (Kate Atkinson is the first on that list for me, even when the books aren¡¯t great, I love the
process of reading them). Couldn¡¯t stand The Overstory. The stuff about trees was great, but I felt the characters were flat and the whole thing went on too long. Just started Maggie O¡¯Farrell¡¯s new book that comes out next week, Hamnet which is historical fiction about the death of Shakespeare¡¯s son. Really great evocative writing that makes you feel like you are in late Tudor England. It¡¯s already getting
stellar reviews.?
Off to read some more while the puppy sleeps,
Anmiryam
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