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hawkwing_lb) wrote2011-05-30 09:18 pm
hawkwing_lb) wrote2011-05-30 09:18 pm
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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?
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?
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I forgot to wish you good luck. GOOD LUCK. you will be awesome.
* is a bad friend *
* hopes you get this in time *
well, I suppose my ranting helped distract you at least?
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Thanks. Not sure how awesome I was, but it's done now.