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By: schmutzie

schmutzie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:56:35 +0000

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By: yvanehtnioj

yvanehtnioj — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:17:49 +0000

soalg, might I suggest you skip Saints and Strangers and get Burning Your Boats instead? It has all of Angela Carter’s short stories, and there isn’t one that didn’t completely blow me away. My goodreads review was basically, “guh… she good writer”.

By: AprilLayne

AprilLayne — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:52:43 +0000

Oh my gosh, I just finished American Wife, myself, and I loved it! I loved the whole hook about the narrator, Alice Blackwell, living a life in opposition to itself, or however the line goes. It’s so beautifully written-Sittenfeld has such a detailed, perceptive writing style.

Also I absolutely loved the grandmother. She was such a wonderful character.

By: kathleenb

kathleenb — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:24:30 +0000

@becky: She’s got a new one, called The Language of Bees, coming out on the 29th. I might even have enough anniversary money to pick up a paper copy!

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:34:04 +0000

@kathleenB: That was SUCH a good book. I love the Holmes-Russell romance. Laurie R. King’s other mystery/thriller books are good too, but those are the BEST.

By: KathleenB

KathleenB — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:08:23 +0000

Any of the Russel-Holmes books, starting with The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Mary Russel is an amazing character! I love that she's not ashamed or afraid to be smart. Gibbon's Decline and Fall and The Fresco, both by Sherri Tepper.

By: emilyanne

emilyanne — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:47:18 +0000

magda, read Rosamund Lehman’s other books, she’s a much underrated writer and The Weather In The Streets in particular is wonderful if heartbreaking.

I love Libba Bray too btw

By: magda

magda — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:12:58 +0000

Yes – the green thread did spark the thoughts — I remember the horrors of ye olde laundry day(s). I didn’t know there was an Edwardian one — I’ll have to check the library.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:40:33 +0000

@PhDork: Ooooh, me too! The Frontier House one was seriously entertaining. Also, the Edwardian one in the UK…I loved how those poor women were driven to cheat out of sheer desperation when they couldn’t get decent shampoo.