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Thrilling Reading: Mini-Reviews

January 27, 2021

thrilling

For ten months out of the year I complain about plot overload in my reviews, but when it comes to thrillers I'm a lot more forgiving. Especially when the times warrant over-the-top drama to drag my ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Fiction Tagged: mini-reviews, mystery, thriller

Case Histories: A Novel by Kate Atkinson

March 13, 2018

case

  What could the disappearance of a little girl in 1970, the violent death of a young woman in 1994, and the missing baby of a woman who brutally murdered her husband have in common? Nothing, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery

Delicious Foods: A Novel

November 14, 2016

delicious foods

  Everybody black knows how to react to a tragedy. Just bring out a wheelbarrow full of the Same Old Anger, dump it all over the Usual Frustration, and water it with Somebody Oughtas…Then ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Back Bay Books, contemporary life, literary

Neverhome: A Novel

May 18, 2015

neverhome

There comes a point in a reading life where, short of science fiction, it gets harder to be surprised by a novel’s premise but I have never before read a Civil War novel where the protagonist is a ... Read More...

12 Comments
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Back Bay Books, book clubs, historical fiction, literary, Southern life, war

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

April 6, 2015

goldfinch

The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It will be out in paperback this week so I'm reprising my original review. If you have not read the book yet it is well worth it. If you have, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: art, Back Bay Books, book clubs, contemporary fiction, literary, Manhattan

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