You've Got Murder

by Donna Andrews | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0425189457 Global Overview for this book
Registered by sealady of Hayward, California USA on 4/9/2005
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by sealady from Hayward, California USA on Saturday, April 9, 2005
First in the series by the "Meg Langslow" author. Good start, a little more "intense" than the Meg romps. Meet Turing Hopper, the "perfect cyber-sleuth". She's in a panic as her creator, Zack, has been missing for several days.

Journal Entry 2 by sealady from Hayward, California USA on Friday, April 22, 2005
Shipped off to BlueAmazon to continue the cycle! Thanks!

Journal Entry 3 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Wednesday, April 27, 2005
thanks!

Journal Entry 4 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Saturday, April 30, 2005
It's unlike my pattern with these books, but I'm going to go slow with this one and put it aside for a couple of weeks. I may have OD'd on Meg Langslow, getting a little irritated with #5 [OK, so I read 5 in about 2 weeks, so what?] and I want to be fair to this. But right now, the cyber sleuth sounds weird....

so thanks, sealady. I just wanted you to know why there won't be a journal for a couple of weeks, OK?

Journal Entry 5 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Saturday, April 30, 2005
What was I thinking???!?!?

After a rough couple of hours, I really needed a lightweight fun read, so tried this one, and really really enjoyed it. Turing is wild - an AIP, artificial intelligence personality, you really feel for the men who want to date her based on cyber contact. I can see that happening!

and I LOVE that one of the characters, born a good New England Presbytarian, has no problem with the idea of the Body just being a casing for the Soul, which clearly Turing has. that's such a right-on detail!

The ending is a bit too thriller-mystery for Donna Andrews, I think that the lighter, less-murdery books are more her strength, but this is such fun, and raises great questions really about who we actually *are*.

She's back on track! quite enjoyed!

Journal Entry 6 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Spouse read it last night - have been trying to get her off her ever-so intelligent non-fiction into something fluffy. She really liked it alot!

now it's ready for a new home...

Journal Entry 7 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Thursday, July 21, 2005
RABCK to antof9.

M, I think you might like this author. She has a whole 'bird' theme series that starts with ... I can't remember. oh, something about Peacocks, but this is not part of the series, this is a crazy, unique murder mystery. Don't read the back! Did you already? Darn. well, read the book, and enjoy!

Journal Entry 8 by Antof9 from Lakewood, Colorado USA on Saturday, July 23, 2005
WOW -- look what was in my mailbox today! THREE books! Geez, Blue, you spoil me! Thanks!

I skimmed down and read your notes before writing this journal entry. Thanks for the warning -- I'll stay away from the back cover :)

Thanks for sharing! I can't start any of these until after the end of the month, as I'm trying to read all my books-made-into-movies as fast as I can so I can release them for the July Summer Blockbuster Release Challenge.

Thanks LOTS!

Journal Entry 9 by Antof9 from Lakewood, Colorado USA on Wednesday, March 29, 2006
ohmyword, I liked this book! I ripped through it in a day (husband is out of town), and wanted more :) It was so interesting, and actually charming (not something you say about books very often).

I marked a couple of humorous parts -- I seriously love entertaining email conversations, and there were definitely some good ones in here:


To: Turing Hopper
From: Maude Graham
Subject: Help!

Turing -- the Brat seems to think I can override normal corporate procedures and produce a new computer for him overnight. . . And will you alibi me if I put something lethal in his half Jamaican mountain-grown, half Colombian (with touch of nutmeg)?

Desperately,

Maude

To: Maude Graham
From: Turing Hopper
Subject: Help is at hand

Maude -- I scanned the P.O. A couple of identical laptops arrived today for Customer Relations . . .On your second request: of course. I recommend strychnine if your object is maximum suffering, and I can suggest several obscure substances if you're looking for something hard to detect. Better yet: does he have any food allergies we could exploit?

Larcenously and homicidally,

Turing


Another section I liked, for entirely different reasons, makes a great statement about people: Over beers one night at Clyde's. Over a pizza when they were working late. I envied the way humans seemed to bond over food. They'd turned a biological limitation into a cornerstone of their civilization. The simple need to refuel several times a day had inspired agriculture, trade, etiquette, and regional cuisines as diverse as cordon bleu and the Big Mac.

I really enjoyed this book, and not just because I'm a closet computer geek! It was so well done, that frankly, non-geeks will like it too. And I loved the whole Maude knowing Morse Code thing!

Of course, after and while reading it, I did have some odd thoughts about my own computer!

Anyway, thanks for sharing this very fun book with me, Blue!

I know exactly who I want to send this to, and there are three good reasons why:
1. for some reason, it is reminiscent of the 80s film The Secret of My Success, and this person is a Child of the 80s, and
2. it's a book for geeks, and she and I were called that recently (sorry, it's a locked link), and last,
3. she sent me a travel-sized bottle of sugar-free raspberry syrup for my café lattes, and I'm happy!

Enjoy the book, my friend :)

Journal Entry 10 by Shadie from Indian Trail, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Thank you, Ant! This looks great! (so says the geek!) I'll be digging into this one right away! :)


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