Posted by dove on March 1, 2000, at 9:07:56
In reply to Books (wasRe: PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO), posted by vesper on March 1, 2000, at 8:52:12
I loved the Alienist by Caleb Carr, have you read his second one? I didn't find the second quite as good as his first. I love mystery novels based in real or historical psychiatry. As a kiddo, I liked gritty crime novels, pulp fiction stuff with lots of atmosphere. As an adult, I like deep characters and more fact infused into the story. I can't stand many of the "classics" for rest and recreation, they demand too much thinking and attention from my tired brain :-) If you can handle them though, more power to you!
dove
p.s. I used to read a lot of Anne Rice and Ayn Rand, but my tastes have really changed over the last five years or so, and I find them almost pretentious now. I read C.S. Lewis with my kids and Sharyn McCrumb before bed :-)
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