Nose in a Book

Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.  Check out the other entries from this week.

Ok, I’ve skipped a couple of weeks so some of these reviews are from a couple of weeks ago.  Sorry!

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters reviewed at Well-Mannered Frivolity

I’ve attempted a Sarah Waters book before and had to put it down halfway through.  I’m pretty sure it had nothing to do with the book and everything to do with the fact that a certain someone living inside of me was making me extremely sick.  I really want to give Waters another chance but I think the first book is probably a lost cause.  Here’s what made me think this might be a good choice:

“The Little Stranger is a delightfully creepy Gothic tale of the first order….The Little Stranger is my first Sarah Waters book, and I really enjoyed it. I have heard it compared to some of my favorite classic Gothic literature: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. The Little Stranger is definitely in the same league as these esteemed novels. Sarah Waters has crafted a spine-chilling, magnificent tale of terror. My advice to you, is to read The Little Stranger only by light of day. Pay no attention to that shadow moving in the corner, or the noise just behind your chair. I’m sure it’s nothing…”

Sounds creepy right?

The next book I’ve added to my tbr list is Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown.  Bloggin’ ’bout Books reviewed this a couple of weeks ago.

Here’s what grabbed my attention:

“I’m sitting here trying to describe the power of this exquisite novel. Can I do it justice? I’m pretty sure I can’t, but I’m going to try because this just might be the most outstanding book I’ve read this year….Strong and hopeful, Black Angels is the incredible story of an extraordinary friendship. It celebrates courage, faith and family in all its forms. Unflinchingly honest, but beautifully rendered, it’s simply a triumph. A rich, touching, powerful triumph.”

Who could resist that?

Next, I came across a review for Foreign Tongue by Vanina Marsot at The Literate Housewife.  After reading this:

“The moment I finished it I wanted to start it all over again. I cannot completely express the number of ways in which I enjoyed Vanina Marsot’s novel. It is a story of a woman falling in and out of love with a man.  It is a love story between a woman and her two countries of citizenship:  France and the United States.  It is a love story between a woman and language.  Most of all, it is the story of a woman falling in love with her life. I cannot recommend this novel enough. It is invigorating and inspiring and is one book you won’t want to miss.”

I had to add it to my list!

Book Addiction reviewed In the Woods by Tana French and had this to say:

“I would definitely call In the Woods a “literary thriller” because while it’s definitely a thriller, Tana French can seriously write.  It’s a very wordy book, with explanations and descriptions and complex conversations, and although it took me awhile to get through the book (especially for “thriller” standards), I loved every minute of it.  Not only was I on the edge of my seat trying to solve the mystery, I was also fully immersed in these characters and couldn’t wait to find out what would happen with them.  And I liked them – all of them.  Even though Rob is really not a sympathetic character (especially toward the end), I had sympathy for him.  I wanted things to work out for him, I wanted his pain to go away, I wanted him to be happy.”

After that I had to add it to my list!

Last, I read this review of The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl at A High and Hidden Place.  It sounds really interesting:

“Charles Dickens was writing his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, when he suddenly died.  When the news of his death reaches his American publisher, Fields & Osgood, James Osgood sends his young assistant Daniel Sand to meet the boat and retrieve the newest installment.  When Daniel’s body is discovered hours later without the manuscript, Osgood begins a quest to discover the rest of Dickens’s story and save his struggling business, and hopes to reveal Daniel’s killer at the same time.

Osgood and one of his bookkeepers, and Daniel’s sister, Rebecca Sand journey to England.  As they race to unravel Dickens’s final secrets, they are beset by murderous thugs, drug dealers, thugs and blue bloods, and those closest to Dickens.  They soon find that Dicken’s lost ending is a matter of life and death.”

And doesn’t that cover look intriguing?

And that’s all I’ve got for this week!

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