Entries Tagged as ‘Mystery’

February 16, 2009

The Keep by Jennifer Egan

Backstory: I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for at least eight months now.  (Confession: there are books that have been sitting on my shelf unread for years.  I’m an impulse shopper.  Further confession: by the shelf, I mean the floor.)  The reviews are fantastic–it was a New York Times Notable Book.  But the [...]

February 10, 2009

The Associate by John Grisham

Backstory: Coincidentally enough, John Grisham is another author I started reading at my grandmother’s house (different grandmother, though).  Also, he’s another author that my mother took away from me when I was young; she let me read everything but A Time to Kill.  I remember really enjoying his books when I was younger, but I’ve [...]

January 7, 2009

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Translated by Lucia Graves)

Backstory: My sister-in-law insisted that I read this book.  Immediately.  Actually, she insisted that everyone she knew read this book immediately, even devoting her facebook status to the cause for a few days.  Though she and I don’t have identical taste, she reads almost as much as I do, so when she tells me to [...]