Book love: Thirteenth tale

[alexandral]

I must ran home and pick my daughter from the after-school club but I am bursting with the "OMPH"! I love this book" thing so I must say this very quickly!

I felt under the weather yesterday so I decided to go to Borders in Leeds to indulge in some book shopping and Starbuck Hot Chocolate drinking (I am a simple girl :D) I remembered that soniag and queenofthorns recommended Thirteenth tale. I started reading it there, continued to read at home until it was quite late .. It drawn me in completely. I have finished a half of it and already spoiled myself for the ending. Really, I didn't expect to like it so much because it desn't really have a love story (apart of the lovely doctor's story which is quite small) and as a simple girl I am I usually need one to immerse completely into a book.

Story in short It is a ghost story, but an unusual one. Margaret Lea, a daughter of antic book-shop owner is invited to write a biography of England's most-read living author, mysterious Vida Winter. There are secrets buried in the past of both women and they are revealed..









PS Needless to say I was feeling must better after reading.. :D

Comments

[quabazaa.livejournal.com]

Sounds nice I will have to check it out :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to get back to it.. ;D

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

What's it about? What kind of book? I'm too lazy to amazon and I hate going to their reviews because sometimes they spoil.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I've added it to the post:
It is a ghost story, but an unusual one. Margaret Lea, a daughter of antic book-shop owner is invited to write a biography of England's most-read living author, mysterious Vida Winter. There are secrets buried in the past of both women and they are revealed..

It has a strong "Wuthering Heights" feel..

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

Yay for 19th-century-gothic-type books! I shall add it to my list.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

It is really difficult to put down!

[soniag.livejournal.com]

Oh, I adore this book! Could not put it down. Lovely gothic stuff.

Diane Setterfield is very interesting looking! Yay!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Diane Setterfield is very interesting looking! Yay!

I think she looks like Vida WInter from her book. :D I am so pleased that she is North-Yorkshire lady. :D

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I liked this book a lot, too, and I'm very curious to see what she comes up with as a follow-up. It's very interesting to see the UK cover, too, which is different from ours.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am also interested to see more of her books. I find her biography interesting because she was teaching in North Yorkshire for some years, apparently . Oh, indeed, US cover is like this (http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/09/28/thirteenth-tale.jpg) somehow very dark..

[http://users.livejournal.com/_adarkershade/]

is it really good? a friend in my flist also recommends the book ... it's just that i don't like reading/watching anything that deals with ghosts.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I really like it. It is not a conventional ghost story (I try not to say more not to spoil you). :D It is about love and dependency and darker ways of it. And it is written beautifully!