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A Tale of Two Books
May. 30th, 2025 10:44 amAs reported earlier, I am downstate at my parent's house. Although I tend not to have as much free time when I'm down here as I do at my house, I brought two Genuine Paper Books down to read. One was recommended in the Chicago Tribune and the other I found via John Scalzi's "The Big Idea."
The first was Vanishing Daughters: A Thriller by Cynthia Pelayo. I found it to be the opposite of thrilling. The story is very much set in and of Chicago and written by a long-time resident. However, it's Just. Damn. Slow. I have abandoned it at about the 50% mark.
The second story was Stolen Sisters (Mangas County Mysteries) by Lif Strand. It's Book 2 of a series and I'm 50% through the novel. I'm enjoying it enough that I've ordered Book 1.
Back in the day, I used to subscribe to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There was a reviewer - Charles DeLint (sp) for the magazine, and I eventually determined that if he liked a book I would not like it. I'm beginning to detect a similar pattern with the Tribune. If they like the book, I probably won't like it, while with the Whatever I have a better chance.
The first was Vanishing Daughters: A Thriller by Cynthia Pelayo. I found it to be the opposite of thrilling. The story is very much set in and of Chicago and written by a long-time resident. However, it's Just. Damn. Slow. I have abandoned it at about the 50% mark.
The second story was Stolen Sisters (Mangas County Mysteries) by Lif Strand. It's Book 2 of a series and I'm 50% through the novel. I'm enjoying it enough that I've ordered Book 1.
Back in the day, I used to subscribe to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There was a reviewer - Charles DeLint (sp) for the magazine, and I eventually determined that if he liked a book I would not like it. I'm beginning to detect a similar pattern with the Tribune. If they like the book, I probably won't like it, while with the Whatever I have a better chance.
