Comments on: The Origin of “Thumping Good Read” http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 12 May 2026 04:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316&cpage=1#comment-11340 Kate Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:44:00 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316#comment-11340 Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko novels are like really good mystery candy. The writing is good enough to keep me in the story, but it's still structured as a mystery, so the plot is exciting enough to render it a TGR, for me. His older books especially are good, as they describe the old Soviet Union in great detail. Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko novels are like really good mystery candy. The writing is good enough to keep me in the story, but it’s still structured as a mystery, so the plot is exciting enough to render it a TGR, for me. His older books especially are good, as they describe the old Soviet Union in great detail.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316&cpage=1#comment-11332 girldetective Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:54:05 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316#comment-11332 Gretchen, Possession is one of my all time favorites, probably because I enjoyed reading it while it also made me want to learn more because is was so complex and well done. I credit (or blame...) it in large part for going to grad school in religion. Kate, I haven't read Cruz Smith. And Becca, yeah, that's pretty funny coming from a news stand's customer award, no? Gretchen, Possession is one of my all time favorites, probably because I enjoyed reading it while it also made me want to learn more because is was so complex and well done. I credit (or blame…) it in large part for going to grad school in religion.

Kate, I haven’t read Cruz Smith.

And Becca, yeah, that’s pretty funny coming from a news stand’s customer award, no?

]]> By: gretchen http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316&cpage=1#comment-11325 gretchen Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:52:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316#comment-11325 I think Jane Eyre is a perfect pick for a book that is beautifully written and is also a thumping good read. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive--but it's a rare book that works in both categories. I think A.S. Byatt's Possession might also work. The prose is amazing, but it also has a terrific and very dynamic plot. I think Jane Eyre is a perfect pick for a book that is beautifully written and is also a thumping good read. I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive–but it’s a rare book that works in both categories. I think A.S. Byatt’s Possession might also work. The prose is amazing, but it also has a terrific and very dynamic plot.

]]> By: Kate http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316&cpage=1#comment-11324 Kate Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316#comment-11324 You got me thinking about the last Thumping Good Read I've read, and while I've read a lot of books I've liked recently, the last TGR would have to be Martin Cruz Smith's Polar Star. I'm not sure it's literary, though his descriptions have stayed with me since I read it in December. You got me thinking about the last Thumping Good Read I’ve read, and while I’ve read a lot of books I’ve liked recently, the last TGR would have to be Martin Cruz Smith’s Polar Star. I’m not sure it’s literary, though his descriptions have stayed with me since I read it in December.

]]> By: Becca http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316&cpage=1#comment-11315 Becca Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:19:11 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1316#comment-11315 I like that the award was so accessible that "even American writers were allowed to win." I like that the award was so accessible that “even American writers were allowed to win.”

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