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October Mini-Reviews

October 31, 2014

Ken Follett provided one of the high points in October with the release of the final installment in The Century Trilogy. Edge of Eternity brings the series to an end at a happy moment in the history ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, historical fiction, mini-reviews, mystery

September Mini-Reviews

October 3, 2014

I know it's October but somehow the onset of this fall is making me slow down rather than speed up to greet the cooler weather. Apparently, I'm moving into a mental hibernation before winter even ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, lists, mini-reviews, mystery

Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See

December 16, 2013

too bright

  And that’s how it happens. Like a broken record, warped and scratched. Once I was music, now I am just noise.  It requires a special gift to bring forth a largely unlikable character who can also ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Hollywood, mental health, Soho Press

The Morels

May 1, 2013

The Morels

The Morels is Christopher Hacker’s provocative debut novel about a novel that begins with a chance encounter between the narrator and an old classmate named Arthur Morel. The narrator, who in an ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, family, literary, Soho Press

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