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dmallind

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4. Hey if Pratchett and Rankin are beyond your intelligence you have real problems...

Wed May 2, 2012, 02:36 PM

May 2012

Although to be fair there are some cool inside humor bits to both. But intellectual challenge? Nary a hint. I just never really liked the Grisham/Baldacci style of plot-led thriller or romance/family strife stuff, and the whole "middlebrow" fiction market for the most part. Trust me I'm just as happy on the lowbrow side as the highbrow though. Recurring knob gags and crude puns pass the time as well as deep tomes of post-modernist angst for me.

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I'm admittedly sexist. Prove me wrong [View all] dmallind May 2012 OP

Well... Little Star May 2012 #1

Louise Penny, Sharyn McCrumb, and Deborah Crombe fadedrose May 2012 #2

Hmm. Mysteries not generally my bag with the exception of Dexter/Morse dmallind May 2012 #3

Hey if Pratchett and Rankin are beyond your intelligence you have real problems... dmallind May 2012 #4

Never read either one... Little Star May 2012 #5

Have you read Barbara Kingsolver? Curmudgeoness May 2012 #6

To be honest no. I get the vibe of her as a "cause" writer. Mistaken? dmallind May 2012 #7

Try Kingsolver's THE POISONWOOD BIBLE mainer May 2012 #8

+1 getting old in mke May 2012 #13

Just try her and see what you think. Curmudgeoness May 2012 #11

Will grab the Poisonwood Bible this weekend then. thanks! nt dmallind May 2012 #14

Start with these Lex May 2012 #9

My responses to these may help greatly - see below dmallind May 2012 #10

A touch of the fantastic? getting old in mke May 2012 #12

Don't know her work that well. Any recs? Thanks. nt. dmallind May 2012 #15

The House of the Spirits getting old in mke May 2012 #16

Zorro XemaSab Jun 2012 #17

Three I liked very much... Moe Shinola Jul 2012 #18

Ooh, forgot these... Moe Shinola Jul 2012 #19

I'm currently reading The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Conner Matariki Jul 2012 #20

The best mystery writers go beyond the mystery genre Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #21

That's OK if you're sexist about authors. I'm very much that way about singers/musicians. raccoon Aug 2012 #22