They also have a negative effect on research on exotic animal diseases and other medical conditions. Researchers are reluctant to publish their findings because PETA then harasses them and the institutions that they use for research. No zoo or sanctuary welcomes attention from PETA. So their valuable research can't be…

Yes, no-kill shelters fill up fast, and, without the last resort of euthanasia, animals who are actually adoptable have to be turned away. No-kill shelters many times end up with nothing but un-adoptable animals.

I replied to another commenter that her books are really firmly in YA territory.

Rand fans will be furious, but she is basically a YA writer. Her books are compelling and exciting for sure, and I can see that meeting them at a certain age would make one a life-long reader. However, the simple and unlikely plots, one-dimensional characters, overt ideology, and simplistic view of humans would slot…

I have secretly thought her books, with the exception of The Little Friend, to have a YA flavor.

The Little Friend was by far my favorite of her books. It was more mature and explored all threads to my satisfaction.

I sort of enjoyed it, but the goldfinch part seemed intrusive and slowed the story for me. It's curiously hard to find something to talk about in the book, I've noticed, even among other readers.

Margaret Atwood.

I agree with everything but his contention that NPR-listening lefties respect others' opinions.

Case Histories is almost perfect. And how I love Jackson Brodie.

My friend interviewed Ms. Abbot in Oxford, MS, and she said that was her favorite of all her books.

I had already added your recommendation to my reading list and checked my library, which does have O'Connell's books. In fact, I am going to check out The Judas Child today.

Readers really love a flawed female protagonist, but the trope has gone over the top in the last decade or so. I'm thinking of a mystery I read a few years ago, forgot the title or author, whose female protagonist was freshly released from a psychiatric ward, believed in solving crimes by reading Tarot cards, was…

I love her combination of police procedural and forensic medicine in her Grant County series and also the Will Trent series.

The End of Everything is a fine novel. I loved her noir mysteries also. Didn't care for her last few books.

Laura Lippman?

I couldn't finish The Fireman, but absolutely loved his other books.

The End of Everything is my favorite of Abbott's novels. A friend of mine interviewed her and she (Abbott) claimed it was her favorite also.

I love to re-read Golden Age science fiction. I'm getting this book.

Alias Grace is probably my least favorite of her books.