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[shadforth]

The Boy Who Shoots Crows by Randall Silvis

Beautifully descriptive and wordy,but still an intrigueing thriller/character study combined.

 

[Polly Parrot]

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

 

[Peder]

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank - Nathan Englander
Eight brilliant short stories by an exceedingly imaginative author.

 

[beer good]

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Sweet! What did you make of it?

 

[pontalba]

The Stand by Stephen King
Ghost Light by Frank Rich

 

[shadforth]

The Monkey House by John Fullerton

 

[Peder]

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

One of my favorites. Hope you enjoyed it.

 

[Polly Parrot]

Sweet! What did you make of it?

Loved it, though I didn't think I would for some reason.
I'm going to write an essay on it this week for the Woolf course.

 

[readsalot]

Janet Evanovich's Explosive Eighteen
Standard Steph Plum adventures... a little less Ranger and Morelli drama, but some possible interesting allusions.

 

[anu]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Absolutely enjoyed this delectable mix of exaggeration and adventure undertaken by a young boy.

 

[753C]

The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
Known to Evil - Walter Mosely

 

[SFG75]

The Long Run by Mishka Shubaly. This one was definitely overrated, I love running, but this story was not up to snuff. The scenes played out too fast and were grossly underdeveloped, even by essay standards.

 

[ricko]

Just finished: The President and the Assassin by Scott Miller. No flapdoodle here in this spectacular look at President McKinley's assassination with extras!
Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

 

[Peder]

Fractal - Kathryn Eberle Wildgen. Very Southern Gothic. Not my genre.

 

[eclair]

Hold Tight - Harlan Coben. I read it to get in the good books of a cute guy. Suddenly the guy doesn't seem so cute. Why is Coben a bestseller? The ingredients list on my crisp packet is more thrilling.

 

[Fantasy Moon]

Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

[pontalba]

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

 

[pinkaboo]

The Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck
The Grey Wolfe Throne by Cinda Williams Chima

I'm too old to be reading Y.A., but I'm crazy into Y.A. fantasy right now. Oh well, could be worse I guess.

 

[shadforth]

Beneath The Snow by Caroline Carver

 

[beer good]

Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks. After a slightly shaky start, an excellent read.