tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post6200179739563534121..comments2024-01-12T02:52:06.482-06:00Comments on what women write: Our Best Reads of 2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-66658540837080454552011-12-11T18:56:48.714-06:002011-12-11T18:56:48.714-06:00Kate,
Thank you so much for stopping by! I see yo...Kate,<br /><br />Thank you so much for stopping by! I see you're a Mainer, too (at least part time.) I live in Texas now, but I grew up on the Sugarloaf ski resort!<br /><br />I'm glad our list was helpful for you. I'll have to check out some of your books for a change of pace from my usual reading taste of historical and mainstream fiction. I like to mix it up!Kim Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100854132576647442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-30639806237278241332011-12-11T18:15:34.365-06:002011-12-11T18:15:34.365-06:00Thanks for these lists. I'm putting books on m...Thanks for these lists. I'm putting books on my holiday list right now (the week after Christmas reserved for a veritable glut of reading) and now have my new ideas for the list, including my talented friend Sally Gunning.Kate Florahttp://mainecrimewriters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-16888187612189732752011-12-09T10:54:18.296-06:002011-12-09T10:54:18.296-06:00Wow, Carol! Thank you for such a thoughtful post! ...Wow, Carol! Thank you for such a thoughtful post! I haven't read any of those and they sound great, especially A Thousand Autumns.Kim Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100854132576647442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-38760361064160805442011-12-09T10:06:58.948-06:002011-12-09T10:06:58.948-06:00The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. This book cha...The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. This book changed my world view. Calories, not oil, are the currency, and bio-terrorism is the tool of corporate greed. Set in near-future Thailand. Author lives in Colorado.<br />The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. Beginning in 1799, this sweeping story highlights the intrigue behind efforts of the Dutch to open the Japanese Empire to the world and Japan’s resistance. Author has been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in Ireland.<br />A Carrion Death by Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip, writing as Michael Stanley. This mystery, introducing Detective Kubu and taking place in modern-day Botswana, tells of fake diamonds (or are they?), murder, old families, and the skill and intellect of the larger-than-live (really—the name Kubu is taken from the Batswana word for hippopotamus). Sears lives in Johannesburg, South Africa; and Trollip divides his time between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and South Africa.<br />All of these books share outstanding writing, voice, pace, tension, and story. Writers can learn how to start a story in The Windup Girl, how to handle different cultures and keep a story going over time and place in The Thousand Autumns, and how to hold back information in A Carrion Death.Carol Woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-22116882805980052962011-12-09T09:08:34.116-06:002011-12-09T09:08:34.116-06:00I just joined a new book club and will print out t...I just joined a new book club and will print out this list and take it to our next meeting. Thanks for all the great suggestions! (I think several will also end up as presents.)Pamela Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18267333699680840984noreply@blogger.com