tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954168366969639799.post7576563995298546329..comments2023-12-30T02:11:48.195-08:00Comments on Funky Polkadot Giraffe: 2013 Summer Reading ListKyla Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16854136388079036385noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954168366969639799.post-3860776974403440522013-08-06T05:38:56.359-07:002013-08-06T05:38:56.359-07:00I love psychological thrillers and I am always loo...I love psychological thrillers and I am always looking for ones out there with decent character development and I do also love a good twist ending! I will definitely check out “Gone Girl” (I've heard nothing but rave reviews for it). I thought I would recommend a fantastic murder mystery/psychological thriller called “The Gemini Factor” by author Philip Fleishman (http://www.philipfleishmanmd.com/). This book features two detectives in two different countries dealing with identical murders and come to find out later, they are living very similar lives too! The book has so many twists and turns that I couldn’t put it down and the ending blew me away. It is the author’s first novel, and he is already being compared to Michael Crichton and Robin Cook! I highly recommend it and maybe you’ll add it to your next list!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355491243103891464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954168366969639799.post-73772751695335544342013-07-09T07:55:33.539-07:002013-07-09T07:55:33.539-07:00I highly reccommend Rot and Ruin, and of course th...I highly reccommend Rot and Ruin, and of course the rest of the series, by Jonathan Maberry, if you want a dystopian YA series to sink your teeth into. A coming of age story that happens to take place in a zombie apocolypse, that takes into account all the details you've been yelling at the screen about (or is that just me?). Also, The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan. A ghost story as told by a schizophrenic. Warning: discussion and description of alternative lifestyles. Some erotic moments but nothing explicit. Also, the psychology of it is more disturbing than the actual ghost story. It takes place in Rhode Island in the summer, mostly, and I think summer is also the best time for horror.Daphne Brabanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212273062208682397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954168366969639799.post-66521952549209527072013-07-08T13:41:19.843-07:002013-07-08T13:41:19.843-07:00I just finished Dan Brown's Inferno and am cur...I just finished Dan Brown's Inferno and am currently reading Gone Girl (so far not scary so no worries!). I also recently finished Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller (so good but it is sad/hard (it is based around the Holocaust) and her YA book Between the Lines). Think I am going to add some of yours to my read next list which includes The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton :) <br />Mindy1024https://www.blogger.com/profile/17022191525601285889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954168366969639799.post-23021612617223493802013-07-08T07:15:25.927-07:002013-07-08T07:15:25.927-07:00I've read 2 of your 8 so far, but a few of the...I've read 2 of your 8 so far, but a few of the others are still on my To Read list. Right now I'm about halfway through Grave Mercy and am really enjoying it. It's a nice break from the 1000+ pages of each Game of Thrones book!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931006245321704433noreply@blogger.com