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Florida Straits by Laurence Shimes
Read September 2020 Recommended for fans of ?comedy Mafias? ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This was unexpected. No, really, it was. I expected a Mafia thriller/farce–perhaps along the lines of ‘Get Shorty’–what I found was a rather interesting story … Continue reading
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Read October to December 2019 Recommended for people who love beautiful things ★ ★ ★ ★ Ultimately, I am reminded of an elaborate, beautiful confection, perhaps this Spanische Windtorte: Elaborately constructed, lovely, sweet, best enjoyed at a … Continue reading
Maggie Terry by Sarah Schulman
Read November 2019 For fans of NYC and addiction lit-fic ★ ★ Hey, a new category of fiction for me: the NFM. Not quite a DNF, it’s a Not For Me, a quit before I waste any more … Continue reading
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Read March 2018 Recommended for those with a passing familiarity with academia ★ ★ ★ ★ Dear Fellow Readers: I am pleased to endorse to you the short little epistolary novel, “Dear Committee Members.” This book will most likely be … Continue reading
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Read February 2018 Recommended for fans of slow mysteries, great writing ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 What is it about Brooklyn? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Joe Pitt in Half the Blood of Brooklyn. Last Exit to Brooklyn. Not … Continue reading
Quin’s Shanghai Circus by Edward Whittemore
Read January 2018 Recommended for fans of Vonnegut DNF #7 in my Clean Out the Kindle Project. Naw, I’m just kidding. I can’t count be bothered to count. I got a new kindle and the only thing going on it … Continue reading
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Read December 2017 Recommended for fans of social awkwardness ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine. Mostly, anyway. Except when she’s offering comfort at the scene of an accident: “Mr. Gibbons is calling an ambulance,” I … Continue reading
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, read by Bryan Cranston
Read March 2017 Recommended for fans of war stories ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This is quite the book, and Cranston is quite the reader. Well suited with gravely voice, solemn tones, perfect diction and flow that draws me in. I’m … Continue reading
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
Read January 2017 Recommended ★ ★ ★ ★ First there was ‘chick-lit.’ Then there was ‘hick-lit.’ I hereby dub a new sub-genre: dick-lit. No, it’s not about sex, porny-readers. I’m thinking of such books as The Goldfinch, Less Than … Continue reading
