I saw this book and instantly wanted to read it. I put it on hold at the library and waited months! Oh, it must be good, right? But I didn't really know what it was about. Whatever I knew about it had been forgotten by the time I finally got my hands on it. The main character is a lucky bastard of a man until the day he isn't. He gets beaten almost to death in his apartment one night when he was awaken by burglars. Off to his uncle's ostensibly to help his uncle but also to recoup. And this is where a mystery comes to light and his burning need to solve it. Suffering some memory loss, he is an unreliable to the nth degree.
7. The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
This book seems to me to be the Japanese version of a Seinfeld episode (or season).
8. In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
I have loved Dale Bailey's short stories and was so excited to see that John Joseph Adams's imprint had published his novel!! The prose in this novel is sumptuous!!! And the fact that it is a girl- a blonde blue-eyed girl- in peril novel wasn't immediately obvious to me, which I guess means it wasn't just a girl-in-peril novel. There are fairy tales and British woods and a story within a story, which makes this short novel surprisingly complex. It's definitely a good read.
9. Holding by Graham Norton
I love Graham Norton. I have been watching little clips of his show during this horrible administration and his show is literally one of the only things making me laugh!! Well, I didn't know he wrote until I saw that he was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert (not to be confused with the Colbert Report! (I can't find the clip that inspired this reference- sorry!!))
10. Bound by Mystery: Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press edited by Diane D. DiBiase
I can't say that I really noticed Poisoned Pen Press until I started reading Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher mysteries. (I named my kitties after Phryne and Dorothy). By publishing Kerry Greenwood they have given me much happiness, so I decided I had to check out this anthology. The stories are excellent and from a diverse group of authors which thrills me!!!
Ten books so far (no library books in my pile) and 7 were by women, 2 by men, and 1 by mostly women. My year of reading lots of women is still going strong!!
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