It's ridiculous how much I read when I should be doing something else.
Jar City A Rekjavik Thriller Arnaldur Indridason
aka The Inspector Iceland books
I love these books. There are five or six out right now and I have read four of them and I have to tell you, they are probably my favorite detective books. Although 'thriller' is in the title, I feel like that is misleading. This is a mystery. A dead body, maybe new, maybe sixty years old, and the story revolves around solving that mystery. There is no super serial killer and pressing deadline that compels you to turn the pages; it's a mystery well told with characters well developed that make you enjoy the story and want to continue reading. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy these books without a whole diatribe.
Let the Right One In Jonh Ajvide Lindqvist
I have watched both versions of this film and enjoyed them. It's a Swedish vampire child who becomes friends with a Swedish boy. Pretty simple. I finally checked the book out at the library. It was very good and extremely well told and complex. It read a lot like a Stephen King book but with a better ending than some of his. It was dark and emotional but also very very good.
Faithful Place Tana French
This is an Irish detective and so far is a stand-alone. The book is long but most of it is familial drama and memories and more touching aspects of an investigation than other thrillers. These seems to be French's type. I'm currently reading In the Woods by her and memories are a theme she uses often and pretty well. I'm not completely sold on her, but I like her enough to try another one of her books.
Professions for Women Virginia Woolf
I read this for my English class when we were covering the Modern Period and I really liked it. I was amazed at how much things have changed for women when I was reading this and yet how we as a gender are still not where we should be. It reminded me of a New Testament parable in that it was written for a specific purpose and crowd to answer a specific question, but can be applied to us today with the issues that women face now. I feel very strongly about women reading this and deciding what Angel they are fighting against.
I have rad bunches more, but these are the ones that I remember just right now and have something to say about. My time now is mostly eaten by Isaiah for school, but I expect that will also be enjoyable.
