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| Given the paucity of recent posting, I haven't been updating my online reading record. No gold star for me. here's what I've read in the past few months The Minotaur The Minotaur - Barbara Vine: Unthrilling thriller. Completely predictable and not particularly engaging - generally disappointing The Razor's Edge The Razor's Edge - W. Somerset Maugham: Strange title. Bought largely because partly set in Chicago, though actually mostly in Europe. Very thoughtful and philosophical. About a young man "in search of the Absolute". Well, aren't we all? Shalimar the Clown Shalimar The Clown - Salman Rushdie: A definite return to form for Rushdie, though not quite a classic. A story of Paradise not lost but crushed, trampled and ripped from limb to limb... Burn Marks Burn Marks - Sara Paretsky: Yet again, feisty female private investigator V.I. Warshawski is fighting the forces of corruption and white collar crime in Chi-town. And yet again, she ends up discovering dead bodies and escaping from burning buildings. As always, a gripping read The Blind Assassin: A Novel The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood: A great book by my new favourite Canadian novelist. Well, to be honest, she was only up against Elizabeth Smart, so the competition wasn't that fierce... Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas - Sara Paretsky: A great title, but a bit of a messy book with too many ideas in it, nothing like the smooth efficiency of the V.I. novels. But I did love the s ... |
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