Fiction I'm Convincing Jentle to Read
Submitted by cmonster on Fri, 07/09/2004 - 09:21
Tags:
- Moominland Midwinter - Tove Janssen
- Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford
- Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford
- Sleeping with the Fishes - Mary Jane Davidson (Mermaid/marine biologist/snarker. She'll probably hate it.)
- O'Artful Death - Sarah Stewart Taylor (Artists up to no good in a Vermont commune. She'll probably hate it.)
- Skinny Dip - Carl Hiassen
- Something from the Nightside - Simon R Green
- City of Light - Lauren Belfer
- Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
- The Secret History - Donna Tartt
- Sabriel - Garth Nix
- House of Sleep - Jonathan Coe
- House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
- Little, Big - John Crowley
- The Scar - China Mieville
- The Westing Game - Ellen Rankin
- Moominland Midwinter - Tove Jansson
- Texas Hero - Merline (I can't believe you managed to lose this book. Dr Freud, line 1).
- A Perfect Circle - Sean Stewart
- Fluke, Or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings - Christopher Moore
Author Comments:
"But on this occasion it was Lady Patricia who seemed half in the clouds, saying yes and no to Aunt Sadie, and what a monstrous thing it was to let the Skilton village idiot out again, specially now it was known what a fast runner he was, since he had won the asylum 100 yards.
'And he's always chasing people,' Aunt Sadie said indignantly."
What's really funny is that I FOUND Texas Hero... And lost it again.
I know. The therapy, it shall be endless.
"Lost" it. Hmmmm.
"Jumped up and down on it and then opened the window and flung it". Are we using the terminology incorrectly?