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I am reading The Likeness by Tana French. It is her follow up to In the Woods, and so far I prefer it.

In Dublin about to go undercover as a murder victim that looks exactly like me in The Likeness.

I had to set down Under the Dome because the distraction of my personal life made its size too daunting. I picked up The Likeness by Tana French which is good so far.

Hi Carol, I have Likeness on my Kindle but can't read it until I finish all of the other books I have to read (I am hopelessly behind I'm afraid...but I can't decide whether that is good news or bad). Hope you have a good holiday season.

Jude- Nice review! I'm so glad you liked it! Now you'll have to get around to The Likeness. It's from Cassie's point of view! Later friend!

I stopped at our little book shop on the spur of the moment today.....was pleased to find The Likeness by Tana French. This is the follow-up to her debut thriller, In The Woods. Looking forward to reading this.

Hi everyone! Just thought I would let you know that I picked up The Likeness by Tana French today in paperback. It is the follow-up to our earlier read In the Woods. Don't know when I will get around to reading it but when I do I will let you know what I think. I gotta say, I sure do ...

#134 The storyline for The Likeness is implausible. That's why it took me so long to actually read it. But it sucks you in nevertheless! #135 Thanks Stasia. Everyone is healthy for the time being. I was lucky enough not to catch any of the illnesses going around at my house. #136 I ...

>137 Linda, from the reviews I've seen, The Likeness features the same characters; I'm not sure how much of the plot of the first book it gives away though, not having read it just yet!

I'm adding The Likeness to the tbr mountain. Does this one stand alone, or should I read In the Woods (also on my tbr pile) first?

... in when In the Woods is mentioned. One of the best books I've read, regardless of genre, in the last several years. And The Likeness is right there, too. Can't wait for her next one.

Jude- Never too late for bandwagon jumping, here on LT. In the Woods is a terrific read and the follow-up The Likeness is right there too!

Ooh, I really must get to The Likeness soon... I have a few books that I MUST read this week as they're borrowed from a friend who's visiting next week, and it would be great to be able to return them directly rather than via the post. But after that, perhaps.

... mountains. A fun, if shallow read. There is a sequel, but I think I'll pass on reading it. 3 Stars BOOK 113 The Likeness by Tana French The second book in a new mystery series by the author of In the Woods. I've enjoyed both books, but this one is the better of the two. Tana ...

22. The Likeness by Tana French 23. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt

Book # 70 - The Likeness Book # 71 - Loving Frank Book # 72 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Comments and reviews to follow as I am able to post. Ruth/womansheart

Just finished The Likeness by Tana French - very good characterisation, although the plot seemed a bit overblown - and for those just discovering the joys of Wilkie Collins and a slower, more tense read, try Mary E Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret is brilliant!

... my back door today were two packages of books: Angels of Mercy by Lyn Andrews One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor The Likeness by Tana French The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin The Ice Soldier by Paul Watkins Rommel's Gold by Maggie Davis Bottomfeeder by D.H. Finge ...

... the book on the reserve list at the Main Library. Hope that it is not too long of a wait. Now, for me, it's back to The Likeness,then, a few minutes of the news, supper, then, more reading. Tomorrow, I am off to a Wolf Preserve in Northwest Florida with a small group from Florida State ...

... generosity. The book that calls my name like a Dallas cheerleader when "the team" is two yards from the goal line??? The Likeness by Tana French. Go figure. Her first was In the Woods which I enjoyed completely for the writing, the characters and the sense of place she creates. N ...

... the inside for people other than him. Am going to try and look out for it. Tana French is great too - I've got a copy of The Likeness but haven't got to it yet. Quite probably will this month as I'm feeling utterly brain-dead and in need of some more 'fun' reads.

Believe it or not, but The Likeness is even better than In the Woods. An excellent beginning to your Challenge.

... I am also on the last stretch of a crime novel called Falling Angel. Gritty and exciting. >DMO- Hope you enjoyed The Likeness! I just finished it and loved it!

I'm so glad you liked both The Likeness, whose premise should have made for a terrible book, and A Suitable Boy. My reaction on finishing that doorstop was that it should have kept going. Now I'm waiting for the sequel.

I'm finishing The Likeness by Tana French and will move on to Double Cross by James Jordan. I got it in an early reviewers giveaway. I'll post a review when I'm done with that. I recently finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter. I highly recommend it.

I finished and loved The Likeness by Tana French. Highly recommend it! I started Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg. This was lent to me by a special LT friend and it has started out very strong. On Nancy Pearl's latest podcast, she interviewed Craig Johnson. He writes a Wyoming ...

The Likeness is Tana French's second mystery and involves one of the main characters of the first one. In the Woods was told from the point of view of the male partner of two cops and dealt a lot with the effect of a case on a trauma in his past. This second book is not a sequel of that one. The ...

... bed sleeping and reading last weekend. So, I finished A Suitable Boy which I've been reading for a few weeks, as well as the Likeness. It seems to me an amazing feat, as a writer, simply to be able to keep all the threads of a story clear through 1500 pages, but, of course, Vikram Seth ...

... into the politcal upheaval created by the crumbling of the Soviet Union in the 90's. I have to tell you that I ordered The Likeness by Tana French this morning, your good reviews jogged my memory of how much I liked her first book.

I finished The Likeness and glad to report that Tana French has delivered another gem. Anyone here, has not read her, do it now! I'm also nearly finished with The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House and that too has been excellent! > jhedlund- Here's a fat ripe tomato for you! At ...

> Mark - Good review on The Likeness. Simple may not necessarily be easy, but it sure makes for a good, consise review with no spoilers. Very good advice to recommend that readers begin with her first book, In the Woods. This book introduces some of the same characters, so you are ...

Hi Joanne- Yes, the books keep pouring in! It''s like a waterfall! I finished The Likeness and loved it. Stop by and see the review!

Congratulations on your hot review found on today's home page! I'm adding The Likeness to my ever growing to be read pile.

57) The Likeness by Tana French ****1/2 Cassie Maddox is a detective in Dublin. She works in the DV, the Domestic Violence squad. It’s boring, predictable and safe, especially compared to her earlier assignments in undercover and homicide. When a young woman turns up murdered in an ...

... board!! Belva & Ruth- Yes, Tana French is the real deal! Forget the "crime" stigma and enjoy! Here's an early nugget from The Likeness: "Some people are little Chernobyls, shimmering with silent, spreading poison: get anywhere near them and every breath you take will wreck you from the inside ...

Hi, Mark - I read In the Woods also, and I am looking forward to reading The Likeness. She can write so well about the inner life of the characters. I will get the newer one back at the top of my list. Have a good day, and a good week, Mark. Ruthie

... my favorite genre, and it had contained such intelligence and depth. Now I am deeply immersed into her follow-up novel, The Likeness and I have a feeling this will be as good if not better. If you are not familiar with French, make an introduction, you will not be disappointed.

... today on a NPR podcast and she sounded very appealing, so I was thinking of giving her a try. BTW, I'm deeply immersed in The Likeness. French is a heck of a writer. She's very deliberate but sucks you in. Hope you are having a great weekend!

Big wave to Caroline! Sorry Beat didn't work out. You hung in there though! I'm deeply immersed in The Likeness. She is such a good writer!

... of books by authors where I had only read one other book of theirs, was the easiest of the categories. My favorite was The Likeness by Tana French and Written in Bone was the weakest of a strong group. Recommended: this category was made up of my Early Reviewer books and ...

... Great to see you here! I have not yet read When Will There Be Good News but it's sitting in my tbr. I just started The Likeness and it's terrific! Don't be a stranger!

... over a year ago and loved it! What a great new literary voice! So I was pretty fired up about starting the follow-up The Likeness. Rejoice! It grabbed me immediately! French is going to be an author to watch for a long long time!

... Overall, however, it was a good read if you like psychological murder mysteries. I will probably read her next book, The Likeness. Recommended 3 stars

When I heard that Cassie was featured in The Likeness, it crossed my mind that Sam would be the feature detective in a third book. :)

I would really like a book about Sam, the third detective in In the Woods. He figures more prominently in The Likeness, so it seems a natural progression to have him as the protagonist. Whatever she does next, I will read it.

... the one question remains unanswered - although one person in the group was certain she knew whodunnit. LOL. I have The Likeness checked out from the library, so maybe I'll have to move it higher on my TBR list. The author hasn't ruled out that she might do another book about the ...

... the heart of In the Woods does seem to be the thing that divides those who loved the book from those who didn't. I liked The Likeness even more than In the Woods, in part because it's told from his partner's point of view and gives a new depth to the earlier book. American Wife is ...

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss The Likeness by Tara French The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon City of Thieves by David Benioff and now i'm late for work so I must run rather than ponder what the fifth book should be!

... ideas. I'm still reading The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House which has been very good and I will be starting The Likeness by Tana French, a book I've bumped a few times recently, a dirty shame.

Urania, I will let you know how the Likeness is when I get a chance to read it - I have it on hold and it didn't look like there was much of a wait list, and there were several copies.

... a major plot question. Overall, however, I didn't regret reading this book, and will probably read French's next mystery, The Likeness which features one of the same detectives. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld--a novelization of the life of Laura Bush (here Alice Blackwell). The ...

41, 42 That's great to hear. I just read In the Woods on my daughter's recommendation, and just put The Likeness on hold at the library. I heard it involved the same two main characters, and wanted to follow them further. Now, I have even more reason to look forward to it.

The Likeness is one of my favorite books of this year. I can't wait to see what Tana French comes up with next.

The Likeness by Tana French surpassess her first novel, In the Woods, for me. The character of Cassie Maddox, who was also in the first book, carries the story very well, going undercover as one of five friends living together. She successfully pulls off living as Lexie among the friends for a ...

>80 A Widow for One Year was my first John Irving. I hope you love it as much as I do. Just this very minute finished The Likeness by Tana French, a crackling good police procedural with one of the same main characters, Cassie Maddox, as her first book, In the Woods. I hope she is writing ...

I finished Tana French's The Likeness - it's dark and riveting and thought-provoking. Have any of you read In the Woods? It sounds a tudge too dark for me, and I was wondering what you thought of it.l Then I moved on to Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment - she's quite good with sensitive ...

... Larsson Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett And, I think, The Likeness by Tana Frenchwhich I am reading now. Only four so far. I had two rereads this quarter. Might squeeze in a fifth new favorite from my robust TBR pile ...

Rice Krispies Treats and raisins, while reading The Likeness by Tana French. Half healthy anyhow.

I just started Tana French's The Likeness. It's my first French book and she's Good. Really Good.

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny The Likeness by Tana French -- Keeps you involved. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson -- Excellent. The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum. Not as good as her previous novels but still good. Currently reading: Before the Frost by ...

... be the first on your new thread. Yippee! I plan on finishing Hummingbird today and then move on to The Eyre Affair and The Likeness. I'm afraid my tbr piles have been rumbling like Mt. St. Helens lately. I better tread carefully. Are you planning on joining us on the People of the Book ...

The Likeness by Tana French -- Keeps you involved. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson -- Excellent. Currently reading: The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum. Not as good as her previous novels but still good.

... first time in April and missed some fine points, which made much more sense this time around. I'll start Tana French's The Likeness at lunchtime today.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Amazing The Likeness by Tana French Very good. Philosophical A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny Great cozy. Love the poetry. Gamache rocks.

... il April-June June-September Reading now: The Likeness - Tana French The Crash of Hennington - Patrick Ness The Striped World - Emma Jones Letters to a Fiction Writer - Frederick Busch (ed.) This year's ...

... Well, here is my purchase for today: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In The Woods by Tana French The Likeness by Tana French I'm So Happy For You by Lucinda Rosenfeld I saw I'm So Happy... on the Campaign for the American Reader blog just a couple of days ...

... I really liked this but with some reservations (which I explained at too much length on an old thread). I've got The Likeness lined up and ready to go though - think Cassie is a great character and am looking forward to more.

... ending but I thought it was unique, at least, and held the suspense well. I am looking forward to French's follow-up novel, The Likeness.

... me over many years. A modern classic! >35: jbleil- What a great dilemma! I too, have The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo & The Likeness sitting high on my tbr, but I did read The Hour I First Believed and I thought it was excellent! It's like Sophie's Choice!Good luck! >butsendbooks- Welcome ...

... it is. Then I have a dilemma in choosing what's next. On the top of the TBR pile are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Likeness, and The Hour I First Believed. Any recommendations? Edited to try to fix touchstones.

Almost done with Sail by James Patterson and just started The Likeness by Tana French. Cross by Ken Bruen is up next. Really looking forward to that one.

... n 17. Priest by Ken Bruen 18. The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey Currently reading Sail by James Patterson and The Likeness by Tana French. Always looking for suggestions!

I have read 3 copies of Stranger in a Strange Land to tatters.. so far. I finished The Likeness, loved it.. and will start The Day the Falls Stood Still today.

No title that I have found, and I seriously doubt he will endear himself to me. There was more of him in The Likeness than in In the Woods and he really ticked me off. mckait in What Are You Reading Now? : Gathering Place 2009 - Eighth Thread (Aug 10, 2009, 7:45am)

... Karen, sorry that you are restless with your reading.. I hate that feeling. It took me to page 25 to be as drawn to The Likeness as much as I was to In The Woods. It was worth the read in my opinion.. I really liked it. I am planning to continue reading simple summer reads this ...

#104 The Likeness Again, I loved reading this book. I was drawn into the story immediately. We are asked to believe the improbable, but that is a novel after all. French makes the unlikely seem possible, kept my attention, and gave me a very enjoyable read. I recommend both this book and ...

... to have to rely on technology to read. But have fun with your ebooks. mckait - I loved In the Woods. I picked up The Likeness a couple of days ago, read a page or so, and put it down. I'm restless right now. I'm supposed to be reading Uncle Tom's Cabin for bookclub, but its appeal ...

#59,64 - Agree, The Likeness is every bit as good, in some ways better. French is the best mystery writer I have come across in a long, long time. This The Secret Magdalene though is crappy. Some interesting philosophy and subject matter - but not well written. I guess I'll finish it since ...

I am now into The Likeness and liking it a lot. ..

Started The Likeness, and al I can say is this author is good! So glad to be back with my favorite character from the first novel :)

oooo you'll love The Likeness. I really enjoyed In the Woods but The Likeness I thought was even better. I'm waiting for her next book already!

This wa a good idea , kmom .. for many reasons.. too many! I am feeling kinda out of sort.. I have a good book (The Likeness), but then I had a good one yesterday too (In The Woods)... but I am still kinda grumpy. I hate this feeling!

jhowell... I too loved In The Woods and look forward to beginningThe Likeness today. Sometimes I think reviewers think that if a book isn't a classic, or one that will "improve your mind or spirit" they shouldn't like them. PSHAW! I like what I like. Sometimes I learn, sometimes I just enjoy. ...

#7 - you are in for a treat, mckait -- I loved In the Woods and her second novel The Likeness as well. I just don't get it when I read any of the negative reviews - I thought it was fantastic! - one of the best books I read last year, regardless of genre. I finally, after two solid weeks of ...

Kath- I hope you enjoy In the Woods! I thought it was a terrific debut and like you I have The Likeness waiting in the wings.

... have as much energy to do the other stuff, and will be back to reading.. I plan to star In the Woods today... I have The Likeness waiting to the side.. It is supposed to be pretty hot today and tomorrow.. ( and btw when I go back to work) so I may well spend more time reading.

The Likeness: A Novel by Tana French In the Woods by Tana French The Kabalyon Key by Charles Westbrook Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist by Sharman Apt Russell Water Witch by Deborah Leblanc from here and there, but they are now here...in my house.. on my ...

... r Citizen Vince 17-Nov-10 Det. Rob Ryan and Cassie Maddox series - Tana Wood In The Woods The Likeness 15-Dec-10 TBD Holiday Book

From my mother-in-law: The Likeness by Tana French Been waiting for this one and now I have to squeeze it in somewhere! Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton. This is new non-fiction that's been getting some pretty good buzz! The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst. My last copy of this I ...

#22 The Likeness by Tana French

... it that I have talked to has been frustrated. We all like a tidy wrap-up, I suppose. There are so few of those in RL. The Likeness focuses on his partner (can't recall names at the moment) and is much more satisfying. I recommend it highly. I wish she would write faster!

... unit for my laptop (thanks, Kath).......anyway: Live Girls by Ray Garton.......Vamps in Times Square??????No! The Likeness by Tana French.......because i didn't want to wait for a used copy Stiff: The curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.......every home ...

Here's another-- The Likeness by Tana French

Anyone have a copy of The Likeness by Tana French? This is a hard one to track down and if someone can spare a copy. Thanks!

#103 kellian - I loved In the Woods and am glad to read such a positive opinion of The Likeness. It's sitting on my shelves, just waiting to be read. I'll have to move it up in the tbr pile. I agree about typos and the misuse of language too. I just read about "marshall law" yesterday! ...

... my To Buy list. Glad to hear such a strong recommendation for it. #100: I agree with having read the first book making The Likeness more enjoyable. I really think that she outdid herself with The Likeness--hard to see how she's going to equal or better that act!

#39. The Likeness by Tana French - This was French's follow up to In the Woods. It centers around Cassie Maddox, an investigator who is now working in the Domestic Violence unit in a police station in Ireland. One morning, she gets an hysterical call from her boyfriend who is ...

Last night I started The Likeness by Tana French - her follow up to In the Woods. So far, I'm really enjoying it!

It's good to know that there's one author we agree on. I thought The Likeness was a better book than In the Woods, but I'm not sure it would be as good had I not had the background provided in the first book.

... Rob Ryan, and scarred Cassie herself who, by the end of that book, transferred out of Murder and into Domestic Violence. The Likeness is Cassie’s story; she is the narrator. It is through her eyes and shfting perceptions that we see the unfolding undercover investigation into the murder of ...

... haul of books, mostly from B&N and Borders. Some are for my RL Fiction group. We recently picked books up to 8/10. The Likeness by Tana French, Mystery Book 2 in the Ryan-Maddox series. Set in modern day Ireland. This one is about a girl who is killed who looks like ...

2--I felt the same way about finishing The Likeness :) I forget what I read after it, but no doubt I judged it much more harshly in comparison. I'm making (slow) progress with Quo Vadis. It's quite good, but so far, not much has happened...

... I taken The Choice from your list of May books for my TBR mountain. #3 Wow what a list. I have put Aberrations and The Likeness onto my TBR mountain.

You didn't. Thanks for starting the June thread. I just finished The Likeness and was moping about because it was so good and so over, when I got a copy of The Angel's Game. So I'm reconciled to the pain of finishing a good book.

... She Went All the Way - while I generally like Meg Cabot, some books, like this one, aren't much of anything except fluff The Likeness - by the same author as In the Woods. I really enjoy her writing. The Case of Jenny Brice - one thing I enjoy about audio books is that I end up "reading" ...

... down firming on the "loved it" side of the In the Woods debate, enjoying the ambiguity of the ending, so I had to read The Likeness as soon as I could. The Likeness by Tana French picks up a few months after the end of In the Woods, but the narrator this time is Rob Ryan's ex-partne ...

... down firming on the "loved it" side of the In the Woods debate, enjoying the ambiguity of the ending, so I had to read The Likeness as soon as I could. The Likeness by Tana French picks up a few months after the end of In the Woods, but the narrator this time is Rob Ryan's ex-part ...

I'm reading Tana French's The Likeness and I'm finding it every bit as good, if not better than, In the Woods.

... (of disgust or embarassment I couldn't tell). I'm excited because it combines my love of Jane Austen and zombies. 2. The Likeness by Tana French - I loved her first book In the Woods, and I've heard nothing but good things about this one. 3. Drood by Dan Simmons - I have a ...

Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura The Likeness by Tana French

... buy my tons and tons of books. Can we start at Borders? I added to my TBR pile w/ my Borders coupons Shogun and The Likeness. As stated above, they flung themselves off the shelf into my waiting arms.

Count me in too, as a Tana French fan. The Likeness is sitting on my shelf, just waiting to be opened and enjoyed. #26 torontoc - I love Land of Marvels too and plan on reading more of Bary Unsworth. #39 mckait - I listened to and absolutely despised The Mermaid Chair. I thought ...

#90 - her next book The Likeness is just as good! I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which is also a pretty darn good mystery. Not as good as French's work though, IMO. I have just started the last of the Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh Trilogy The Reckoning which I have been looking ...

... how to end that half. OK, spoiler over. That said, I loved the way she wrote and will definitely look out for The Likeness later this year. Has your Raj Quartet arrived yet? Really looking forward to hearing what you think of that.

#154: I liked it when I read it last year and am already searching for her second book, The Likeness.

... category for this year's mystery reads. Better than Jar City or The Unpossessed City but not nearly as absorbing as The Likeness. One aspect I really liked was the narration in the first few chapters. Instead of showing Poona's murder from the perspective of the detective or her killer, F ...

... First Believed, Wally Lamb 9/6/09 34. The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield 9/10/09 (reread for Lisa's book club) 35. The Likeness, Tana French 9/20/09 36. Off Season, Anne Rivers Siddons 9/25/09 37. The Widows of Eastwick, John Updike 10/4/09 (book club) 38. The Girl Who Played ...

Thanks for the review of The Likeness. I've been considering reading it since I enjoyed French's first book In the Woods well enough, but the idea of a detective posing as the double for a murder victim seemed far-fetched.

TWENTY-EIGHT THE LIKENESS Out there somewhere may exist a person with just your features - your face, your colouring, even your shoe size. And fate will bring this person into your circle of life. Imagi ...

I'm reading The Likeness and quite enjoying it. Waiting in the wings is The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant which will complete the Canada Reads books for me. Very good list this year, I've liked them all.

From the library today: The Street Absent in the Spring and Other Novels, Christie Bleeding Heart Square The Likeness

... look forward to continuing a really good reading year in the other three quarters :) All She Was Worth, Miyuki Miyabe The Likeness, Tana French A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry The King's Trial, David Jordan (a surprise pick! This one was an assignment) The Sound and the Fury, Willi ...

... shipping, I will receive: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Brass Verdict byMichael Connelly The Likeness by Tana French How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell The Host by Stephenie Meyer ...

... 'that' word. Today I got The Secret Lives of Saints (coincidentally Oprah discussed issues of polygamy today) and The Likeness, as well as two veggie cookbooks, Rebar and fresh at home. We're going on holiday for a month soon. I suspended all holds at the library until late May. ...

... review of In the Woods I can't wait to get my hands on her second book, The Likeness. TPBM sees evidence of spring in their garden.

7. Finished The Likeness. Not quite as engrossing as In the Woods, but still a great read. I loved Cassie as a character in In the Woods, but a little less so as a narrator. I was upset that some doors that were opened in the first book were left open and unexplained in the second. I was able ...

7. Finished The Likeness. Not quite as engrossing as In the Woods, but still a great read. I loved Cassie as a character in In the Woods, but a little less so as a narrator. I was upset that some doors that were opened in the first book were left open and unexplained in the second. I was able ...

Thanks, beeg! I absolutely loved that book and can't wait to get my hands on her 2nd book The Likeness!

... In the Woods too, Karenmarie. Very well-written for a mystery. If you haven't yet, you should read French's second book, The Likeness--I thought it was even better than the first :)

... The slow destruction of Rob Ryan, and the small insights into his "true" character were awesome. I immediately bought The Likeness, the follow-up from an In The Woods character's POV, and dove in. Also loving it.

right now im about to crack open my brand new copy of The Likeness by Tana French!!! im excited

i literally just finished reading The Woods, and picked up my copy of The Likeness. To be honest i had no idea what the books were going to be about and i was bored at work and picked it up but they are great!!!!

... who has written two incredible books about murder investigations in Dublin. The first is In the Woods and the second is The Likeness. They are really really good. You know how sometimes you have a good crime/detective story but the characters are cardboard and the dialog is crap? This is ...

I finally got around to reading In the Woods by Tana French and I'm loving it. About half-way through and I have The Likeness to read in the near future.

I am just about finished with The Likeness by Tana French. I think it's amazing. I really think she is fast becoming one of my favorite mystery authors.

I'm glad to hear that you liked The Likeness. I read In the Woods a little earlier this year and really enjoyed it! Now I will definitely pick up her second book! Thanks for your thoughts on it :)

... Outcasts and am a fan of LM, so will probably enjoy this too. #77: In the Woods is good, but the sequel of sorts, The Likeness, is even better! I am anxious for a new book to be published. I really like her style. Is it wrong to wish for a minor cold so I could stay home and read?

10. The Likeness, Tana French (category 3) **** French's first book In the Woods was really captivating, and The Likeness even more so. This time we follow Cassie Maddox (the other half of the friendly partnership we witnessed in the first book) as she tries to solve the murder of her ...

11. The Likeness by Tana French I am in love with Tana French, I think. Her books remind me of the early Kate Atkinson stuff, with sort of fuzzy lines between reality and vaguer concepts. This book works as a straightforward mystery, with reasonable people. But it is also a ...

#163 I agree with your assessment of In the Woods. The next book by Tana French is The Likeness and it's on my wish list.

... that take me away from reading this book, just like I did with her first book. If you haven't read In the Woods or The Likeness, I really recommend them. I say that even though I haven't finished The Likeness, because I just can't imagine that it won't be just amazing as it is up ...

13. The Likeness by Tana French 499pp. Very good also liked In the Woods. **** 14. Indignation by Philip Roth 233pp. I really liked this, I can see I am going to read a lot more by this author. **** 15. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 205pp. Recommended ...

6. Other mysteries 1. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 2. The Likeness by Tana French 3. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... 1. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri (completed 1/12/09) ** 2. In the Woods, Tana French (completed 1/07/09) *** 3. The Likeness, Tana French (completed 1/27/09) **** 4. Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann (completed 3/16/2009) ** 5. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Kate Summerscale (complet ...

... difference between a psychopath and a sociopath). I went to the bookstore tonight to see if I could pick up her next book, The Likeness, but they didn't have it, darn the luck. I am currently reading The Private Patient by P.D. James. So far, so excellent, as is usual with James.

... to read it or not. I was actually reading a list of book recommendations on Salon.com which mentioned her current book, The Likeness. That sounded so good, I decided to get the first book, since they are somewhat related, sharing a character. I am really enjoying this book so far. Edi ...

... with the characters and their places in history is assumed – a nice touch. Close finishers - all four stars The Likeness by Tana French The Maltese Falcon by Dasheill Hammett In the Woods by Tana French The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber Twilight at Mac ...

I finished Tana French's second novel The Likeness. Fabulous mystery -- A little bit of The Secret History mixed with 'Homicide - Life on the Streets.' She is what the mystery/thriller genre has really needed - her prose is great. Now trying to continue my way through Coleen McCullough's Ma ...

... - Leo Tolstoy Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner The Egyptologist - Arthur Phillips In the Woods - Tana French The Likeness - Tana French I can't remember the last time I put mysteries, never mind two by the same author, in my best of .. list, but Tana French is that good!

... k June 37. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates 38. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris 39. The Likeness by Tana French 40. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 41. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 42. Shakespeare's Landlord by ...

So far this week I am reading Little,Big by John Crowley, The Likeness by Tana French and The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox.

... Falls, pretty good, not fantastic, but a promising new fairly literary mystery series. But what is fantastic so far is The Likeness by Tana French -- I am just loving this author's mysteries! Her first In the Woods was one of my favorites this year. I hope she keeps them coming.

Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway The Likeness by Tana French The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Graceling by Kristin Cashore The Tale ...

Currently reading Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield, A Dull Roar by Henry Rollins and The Likeness by Tana French.

The Likeness by Tana French, a sort of follow up to In the Woods. Decent so far. Predictable, but I think that's the author lulling me into a complacent state before she pulls the rug out from under me.

Just finished The Whiskey Rebels - absolutely fantastic, one of my year's best reads. HIghly recommended. Began The Likeness on the way to work this am. Predictable so far, but I think the author wanted me as the reader to feel comfortable and in familiar territory before she yanks the rug ...

... and The Silver Swan 6. Karin Alvtegen -- Shadow 7. Tana French -- The Likeness 8. Cornelia Read -- A Field of Darkness 9. Simon Beckett -- Written in Bone

... Of course, being the weirdo I am, I liked that about the book. I'm looking forward to reading French's second book The Likeness. Right now I'm reading The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. I picked it up off a sale table over the summer and finally "felt" like reading it. ...

... a big fan of In the Woods by Tana French. She's a terrific new author and I'm looking forward to reading her latest, The Likeness.

... think she just writes beautifully. Like Hart, I've only read her first book, In the Woods, but I also have her second The Likeness. The final person I'll mention is a bit unusual for my taste, but I loved Out by Natsuo Kirino. The book was gritty, brutal, and disturbing, and I L ...

... ago and I mentioned it here, a couple of times, quite favorably. Terrific debut and I'm looking forward to her follow-up, The Likeness.

At Barnes & Noble today: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Likeness by Tana French From the library today: Master of the Delta by Thomas H. Cook More Than it Hurts You by Darin Strauss

I am totally uninterested in the Twilight books; I am the wrong demographic, I think. A friend lent me The Likeness by Tana French which will motivate me to read her first book: In The Woods. I do not know why the touchstone comes up with A Walk in the Woods by Bryson. Any way, I like ...

... you two? It is a fairly recently written "mystery" type book, set in Ireland, I think. I just started her follow-up The Likeness even tho her previous book was supposed to be read for another book group I attended last spring. I did not get In The Woods read so I would like to read it ...

... Woods, and the publicist sent me a reply thanking me for the "kind" words (I liked the book) and telling me she would send The Likeness. I rec'd it just a couple of days later. A plethora of riches, I'm tellin' ya'!

I got a nice, hard-cover edition of The Likeness in under a week!

I just finished The Likeness by Tana French. I really enjoyed it. I recently finished Origin and while enjoyable, not nearly as good as French's debut and second novel. I am one novel away from finishing all of John Sandford's Prey novels in order. I figure I have to read those ...

I just finished The Likeness and really enjoyed it. I'm also reading Away by Amy Bloom. I've been reading that for awhile. I'll read a chapter and then not go back to it for a week or so. Last night I started The Emporer's Children.

I am reading In the Woods by Tana French right now & requested The Likeness...guess what showed up today??? A beautiful, hardback edition of The Likeness!!! I can't believe publishers just send out books just for asking-awesome:)

Thanks, jenlaw. I liked In the Woods very much and have been wanting to read The Likeness. I decided to go ahead & ask the publisher for that, too. (I feel a little guilty, especially since they were so nice & sent In the Woods to my house address in Japan via foreign airmail.) Anyway, we'll ...

I sent a cold request to Tara French's publicist after seeing a banner ad for The Likeness. I mentioned that I would be interested in reviewing it, but hadn't had a chance to read In the Woods yet. A few days later, both books arrived!

I would like to read The Likeness. I'm willing to trade The Lace Reader, Lottery, or The White Mary for it. (The book would need to be sent airmail - not media mail because I'm at an FPO address. Please PM me if you're interested. Thanks, Judy

jenlaw-I'm curious to hear what you think of The Likeness. I really liked In the woods. There was an exerpt for The Likeness at the end of it & it looked good.

I'm not reading an ARC right now, but I'm reading In the Woods in prepraration of reading and reviewing The Likeness. I have quite a stack of ARCs to review, and quite a stack of books from the library. What a dilemma!

... enjoyed Into the Woods by Tana French. I didn’t find the ending the least bit off putting. She has the sequel, The Likeness, coming out next week, which I'm will looking forward to reading.

... While I didn't get my Harper Collins First look book to review today, I did get a copy of Tana French's In the Woods and The Likeness today via Fedex! I sent in a "cold" request for them last week. This is wonderful!