Why This? Way back in April, Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness hosted a giveaway for Buy A Friend A Book Week, with the catch that whoever won would do a book conversation with her on Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession. I entered and said what a great idea it was and that I would like to do something similar here on Linus’s Blanket. Well, I won Kim’s contest! And one of these days we are going to have a conversation about The Orchid Thief. Actually, we were both supposed to have read it by May 31. Oops! I’m reading it this week Kim. I promise! I didn’t take into account having serious post-BEA fatigue.
Anywho…I pored and pored over a bunch of different books to figure out which one I would hold a giveaway and book conversation with, and I came up with Darling Jim, by Christian Moerk. It’s a Gothic murder mystery that involves two sisters and a mysterious man to whom they are both attracted. People end up dead, and a journal is discovered. Best of all it’s set in Dublin! And I just love reading about cities that I have visited. And I also love modern gothic novels. Yay! I never did post my giveaway though. Should I still do this book? Would anyone be interested in reading it along with me? I’ll send you a copy.
What’s it about? When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their untimely demise will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a mysterious diary in the post office’s dead-letter bin. From beyond the grave, Fiona Walsh shares the most tragic love story he’s ever heard—and her tale has only just begun.
How exciting!
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Sounds like a great read..you’ve been to Dublin? You lucky girl…how does this work?
I know what you mean – I had post BEA let-down, too. Darling Jim is on my TBR pile.
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This book is one that I’m really looking forward to reading this summer. I’ve heard such good things about it!
Wow! this sounds great. Irish, mystery, gothic — I’m adding to the old list.
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Sounds like a great book!
I just finished The Orchid Thief on Saturday, so don’t worry. Just le me know when you’re done and we’ll get to our review. I’m excited!
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Can you believe I just finished this book? My review goes up tomorrow, but I liked it A LOT!
Staci ~ I have been to Dublin & Galway in Ireland, about a year and a half ago. And ket me tell you Dublin is fun, fun, fun!
Kathy ~ We end up with a lot of the same books. Wonder if we will like this one.
Julie~ I’ve heard good things about this one too. Can’t wait to read it.
Beth ~ That’s great. I know it’ll more than likely be a while but I will be interested to know your thoughts.
Kim ~ I’m excited too! I should be done by the end of the week. I’ll e-mail you.
Lenore ~ I’m so glad to hear that. Yay! Can’t wait to read it, but only if you don’t give away too much.
I don’t think I gave away anything at all
I try to stay mysterious in my reviews.
I read this a month or so ago, and thought it was great! It’s a really unexpected story.