Post-"Tehran" non-binding reading poll

[scarlettina]

I just finished reading Reading Lolita in Tehran which I recommend to anyone who has read Nabakov, James, Fitzgerald and Austen, and who has an interest in recent history. I picked up the book on vacation a couple of weeks ago because I'd left home the book I was in the midst of and needed something to fill the void. It was an excellent choice, a

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[scarlettina]

Re: Carriger: I've read Soulless and Changeless; this is the next book in the series, which is why it's on this list now.

Re: Going Solo: It's about how more and more people are choosing to stay unmarried and what it means for them, to them, and to contemporary society.

Re: Murder in Belleville: Second Aimee Leduc mystery set in Paris in the 1990s. The first one, Murder in the Marais was excellent.

Re: London Falling: An urban dark fantasy set in London, written by a writer with whose work I've become familiar because he's written some of my favorite Doctor Who episodes and because he was delightful at the WorldCon where I saw him as a guest.

[aberwyn]

If you'd like a copy of my latest contemporary fantasy, let me know and I'll send you one.

[scarlettina]

That would be great, Kit! Thank you!

[bedii]

15,000 Miles by Stage by Dell Strahorn. A very different sort of travel book. We have both parts if you'd like to borrow them.

[twilight2000]

mind you, of the 5 listed, I only know Blameless - but as I'm diving into the 5th book now, she clearly has my attention :>.

OTOH, Ha'penny looks interesting enough by janetl's description that I might just have to check it out ;>

[scarlettina]

If you're going to pick up Ha'penny, I strongly urge you to pick up its prequel Farthing (which I reviewed in with this batch of reading) first. Jo's brilliant and this book was a wonderful read.

[varina8]

I went for the nonfiction on the list, natch. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is disturbing and timely. I read it in hardback, then last year distributed copies as my World Book Night pick. I'd love to talk to you about it if that's what you choose.