If you like Louise Penny...
Well, heck yes I like Louise Penny.
I LOVE Louise Penny.
I REVERE Louise Penny.
I think Louise Penny is one of the most amazing writers ever and her new book A TRICK OF THE LIGHT is utterly breathtaking.
So heck yes I'm going to read G. M. Malliet.
I have a whole year to wait for the next Louise Penny book so I've got time!
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I love those, too. And I've bought/found a lot of new-to-me authors from Amazon suggestions and the "customers who purchased this also purchased these titles."
I use Amazon as a shelf talker.
Louise Penny, never heard of her, so after your glowing words I decided to ‘Amazon’ a free read.
Still Life, her debut novel, popped up so I read the ‘first pages’. I know your post was about Malliet but OMG thanks to you I have discovered Penny. I am resisting a ‘worth every cent’ remark.
As a writer her opening makes me feel like a freshman in room full of second year grad students.
Thanks; I’ll get to Malliet after Penny.
As a YA librarian I use the, "If you liked..." all the time. It's a great way to move from, "I need a book for a project, any book," to "Huh, that actually sounds pretty good."
Louise Penny is so awesome. I am delighted to know you are a fellow fan, Ms. Janet!
Someday I'll make it to a Bouchercon and buy you a drink in honor of what seems like our shared taste in mysteries.
Also (even though it goes against all my DAR heritage to be this self-promoting), I think you might enjoy following my book-a-day Twitter reviews (@booktweeting) if you aren't already, just because we seem to have a bunch of enthusiasms in common.
(That slight disturbance registering on East Coast seismographs is my grandmother and great-aunts turning over in their graves.)
Swoon. Thanks for the rec.
JS, my sainted granny is also askew in her grave for MANY things I've done. However, I don't think you're too over the top on this.
Murder By The Book in Houston is the best dinged danged mystey bookstore on the planet.
My favourite part of being a librarian is suggesting other books people might like, and the glow of satisfaction when they loved those books I recommended. But it's just as good when a patron comes in and suggests something for me, and I love it:)
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