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Monthly Archives: September 2013
The Door
The Door by Magda Szabo (Hungarian) 1995 / 260 pages rating 9.5 /20th cent. lit What an amazing book! This is the first I’ve heard of this Magda Szabo and this work seems to have got some attention in the … Continue reading
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The Orphan Master’s Son
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (Pulitzer) 2012/443 pages (Kindle) rating 9 / contemp fiction Started one time and got really frustrated. Started over again on 9/20 and it’s working this time. Pak Jun Do is the young … Continue reading
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The Metaphysical Club
The Metaphysical Club: A History of Ideas in America by Louis Menand 2002 / 546 pages rating 10 – US history I read this when it first came out in paperback and totally loved it. I was prime reader for … Continue reading
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Zealot:
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan 2013 / 213 pages (Kindle) rating: 8 /non-fict- biography -religion One of many reasons I am a believer is because of the Jews who survived and have often flourished in … Continue reading
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The Dark Winter
The Dark Winter (Det. Aector McAvoy #1) by David Mark 2012 / 304 pages rating A- / crime- procedural Aector McAvoy is a big man and he apparently knows how to throw his weight around, but he’s really not a … Continue reading
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Bleeding Edge
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon 2013/477 pages (Kindle) rating 9.5 / literary cyber-crime Wow! Oh my. Yes! Okay, so up to about page 45 my general feeling was that this does just not sound like the old Pynchon of … Continue reading
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (England) 1837 – 600 pages (varies) rating: 8.5 /classic Why read Dickens? It’s kind of like comfort food with the same basic ingredients, but in a lot of different flavors – like flavored yogurt. Reading … Continue reading
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Love Medicine x2
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 1984/4o0 pages (rev. 1993, 2009) Rating: 9 / contemp Native American fiction I know I read and reviewed Love Medicine less than a month ago but looking into a bit (googling online) I see I missed … Continue reading
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How To Read Literature
How To Read Literature by Terry Eagleton 2013/ 232 pages rating 9 /nonfict – lit criticism It’s been a long time since I read a book on literary criticism but it was fun when I did and I read quite … Continue reading
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MaddAddam
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (Canada) 2013/ 418 pages read by Bernadette Dunne and 2 males 13h 23m rating: 7.5 / literary sci-fi (dystopian) I’ve been waiting for this one! I read the first, Oryx and Crake(2003) as well as the second, … Continue reading
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Evil and the Mask
Evil and the Mask by Fuminori Nakamura (Japan) 2013/356 pages rating: 9 / literary thriller I really didn’t know if I wanted to read this. It sounded so horrific. But I rather enjoyed Nakamura’s first novel in English, The Thief, so … Continue reading
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Retirement Homes Are Murder
Retirement Homes Are Murder by Mike Befeler 2007/291 pages read by Jerry Sciarrio 7h 37m rating B+ / light crime Paul Jacobson who is in his 80s has no idea where he is because his short term memory erases itself when he … Continue reading
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Gourmet Fiction?
No, this is not about foodie books. It’s about my calling that last book, Sandrine’s Case, “literary crime.” To me, “literary” is a very broad and ambiguous adjective to be added to a genre, and the term “fiction” is … Continue reading
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Wolfy and the Strudelbakers
Wolfy and the Strudelbakers by Zvi Jagendorf (German/British/Israeli) 2001 / 187 pages rating 9 /historical fiction An extended Jewish family of “refijees” from Austria arrives in London during WWII. They are not totally welcome and don’t understand British ways but … Continue reading
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Sandrine’s Case
Sandrine’s Case by Thomas Cook 2013/352 pages read by Brian Holsopple / 10h. Rating: A /literary legal crime This is my first Thomas Cook book but I have a feeling it may not be my last. Also, I’m a sucker … Continue reading
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Frozen Solid
Frozen Solid by James Tabor 2013/336 pages read by Paul Mitchell 9h 20m rating B+ / crime-thriller Having been sent to a South Pole research station in the winter, Hallie Leland realizes this may not be a safe place for women. … Continue reading
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