Buried in that last post

[yendi]

While checking links, I just noticed that The Shining Girls is only $2.99 on Kindle. If you have an interest in/tolerance for books with serial killers, buy this book, people!

Comments

[ultra-lilac.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed that book.
It is extremely gory though, and nasty, realistic gory too.

[theloriest.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Do you think I will like it?

[yendi]

Hmm. It feels more like a crime/thriller novel (think Laura Lippman or Thomas Harris) than a sci-fi piece. It just happens to have a time-travel element. If that's up your alley, then yes!

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

Ahh, thank you for that link! I saw The Shining Girls recommended in a "Must Read 2013" list and tried to find it on my library's e-book site. Unfortunately they didn't have it, but they had Zoo City, which I absolutely loved.

So again, thank you for the link, because I really wanted to read more of Beukes' work.

[yendi]

Yay! You're welcome! And I loved Zoo City, too (it's the reason I read The Shining Girls as soon as it came out).

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

It was so good! I think I read it in something like 2 days, I couldn't put it down. I'm definitely excited to read The Shining Girls, but I have to get through two library books first (Phillip Roth's "The Plot Against America" and John Valliant's "The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival").

But now I have something awesome to read while I wait for my holds to come through!