hawkwing_lb: (No dumping dead bodies)
hawkwing_lb ([personal profile] hawkwing_lb) wrote2011-05-30 09:18 pm

Books 2011: remember the things that happened right here

Books 2011: 66


66. Val McDermid, The Grave Tattoo.

Fruits of a raid on the parent's stack of library books. I stopped reading McDermid about a decade ago for reasons which seemed good to me at the time, but Grave Tattoo is an interesting character-driven excursion into academic quests, historical conspiracy theories, and murder. Although the fact that murder is occuring is not made clear until about three-quarters of the way through, and the ultimately uncovered villain felt like a bit of a cop-out, to be honest. (Also, cheating POV! That was cheating! I cry foul!)

I enjoyed it, all told, even if I probably wouldn't have picked it out for myself.




Presentation tomorrow. Well, at least I'm significantly saner than last week. So I should be able to get through it. Afterwards I can think about all the other things I'm not thinking about right now.

That makes sense, right?

[identity profile] etumukutenyak.livejournal.com 2011-05-30 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, Val McDermuid..good stuff. Some of the slang is tricky, but I have a friendly Scotswoman over here to provide some background.

And yes, you can think about those things later, because that will be a better time to think about them. Not-thinking is a survival mechanism.

Good luck with the presentation! You'll knock their socks off, you will. ;-)

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-05-30 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I will certainly attempt some knocking. :)