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rachelmanija Sep. 26th, 2005 05:12 pm)
rachelmanija Sep. 26th, 2005 05:12 pm)The Highest Tide, by Jim Lynch, got a lot of attention at BEA, which is where I snagged my copy. It's a mainstream novel for adults about a precocious thirteen-year-old, Miles, who is obsessed with the ocean life of Puget Sound, and who becomes a celebrity when he first spots a giant squid, then many, many more very strange sea creatures. He has a friend who's an elderly, dying psychic, and a crush who's a self-destructive singer, and a best friend who's a crass jerk. It's obvious from the get-go that there's not going to be an explanation for the weird events of the summer-- it's all part of the Vast Mystery of Life-- so what does happen is quite predicable.
Everything in this book is a hair off-- the sea life descriptions a bit dull, Miles a bit unbelievable, the pacing a bit slow-- so though it's got some good writing, I found it a bit tedious. Not sure why this attracted so much excitement at BEA, except that the author's an award-winning journalist.
Much Ado About You, by Eloisa James, is a bright, sparkly, likable Regency romance-comedy about four marriageable Scottish sisters who make their debut in England when their wastrel father dies. The dialogue is funny, the characters are very likable, and the plot went in some unexpected directions, though if I'd known from the get-go that each sister would get her own book, I'd have been less surprised by certain twists. Not up to Heyer or Crusie's standards, but still good. I'd read more by James.
Breakfast with Tiffany, by Edwin Wintle, is a memoir about how a gay New York agent suddenly gets landed with his out-of-control thirteen-year-old neice Tiffany in a desperate attempt to keep her out of juvie. (Ed is a friend-of-a-friend, and I may have spoken to him on the phone for soem business deals-- just FYI.) It's very readable and has plenty of witty lines, but once again this seems more of a feature article with padding than a substantive memoir.
Everything in this book is a hair off-- the sea life descriptions a bit dull, Miles a bit unbelievable, the pacing a bit slow-- so though it's got some good writing, I found it a bit tedious. Not sure why this attracted so much excitement at BEA, except that the author's an award-winning journalist.
Much Ado About You, by Eloisa James, is a bright, sparkly, likable Regency romance-comedy about four marriageable Scottish sisters who make their debut in England when their wastrel father dies. The dialogue is funny, the characters are very likable, and the plot went in some unexpected directions, though if I'd known from the get-go that each sister would get her own book, I'd have been less surprised by certain twists. Not up to Heyer or Crusie's standards, but still good. I'd read more by James.
Breakfast with Tiffany, by Edwin Wintle, is a memoir about how a gay New York agent suddenly gets landed with his out-of-control thirteen-year-old neice Tiffany in a desperate attempt to keep her out of juvie. (Ed is a friend-of-a-friend, and I may have spoken to him on the phone for soem business deals-- just FYI.) It's very readable and has plenty of witty lines, but once again this seems more of a feature article with padding than a substantive memoir.
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my fix of crackthe new Diana Gabaldon book.