Currently Reading
Well, I gave up yesterday on Spider Light. Very disappointing. It started out okay. It's two intertwined stories, one set in the present, one in the past. In the present Our Heroine is a disbarred psychiatrist who just got out of prison after serving five years for killing a man (I think he was one of her patients...didn't read far enough to get all the details). The sister of the deceased man is now after Our Heroine to avenge her brother's death....her brother with whom she committed incest. In the past, the lady of the manor is a manipulative lesbian psychopath who seduces the young daughter of the local miller and arranges for her dissolute cousin to impregnate the girl...who loses her mind.....
It was about here I decided I had better ways to spend my time. I picked up Michael Marshall's latest, The Intruders. Now, this one is an attention grabber. Just as unrealistic, but written so as to just speed you along the story. I stayed up until about 2 am reading and grabbed the book as soon as I woke up in the morning. Finished it before lunch. Quite a ride.
And next I think I'll pick up Richard Russo's latest, Bridge of Sighs.
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Yowsa -- Spider Light seemed a little much for me, and I only read your summary! The scarf is lovely -- and now all of your visitors will wonder...is it for me? Will I be the lucky one? (If they're signed up, of course). I am amazed by your prolific knitting and reading, as always (and not a little jealous, too!).
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