Tuesday, November 28, 2017

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, by Daniel Mendelsohn

Book club selection by another member.  Saving commentary for the meeting.
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Friday, November 17, 2017

Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, by Lyndsay Faye

Title: Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
Author: Lyndsay Faye 
Borrowed from Hoopla Digital via Worcester County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 11/11/2017
Finished: 11/17/2017

Another Holmes pastiche, good stuff. 
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Friday, November 10, 2017

MAMA: The Collected Stories of Alice Bozeman Embry, Edited by Anthony Paul Minerva

Rather than review this one, I'm going to do a bit of self promotion.  This one is mine.  I didn't write the stories, my grandmother (Alice Bozeman Embry) did.  But I did edit and publish them. 

I don't expect anyone other than family to purchase/borrow/enjoy this collection, but it meant a lot to me to publish.  And I did read them (hell, I transcribed them), so it counts as one read for my list...
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The Whole Art of Detection, by Lyndsay Faye

  • Title:  The Whole Art of Detection
  • Author:  Lyndsay Faye
  • Borrowed from Hoopla Digital via Worcester County, MD Public Library (Audiobook)
  • Started: 11/4/2017
  • Finished: 11/8/2017

I'm a sucker for Sherlock Holmes pastiches, even bad ones.  Luckily for me, this was a great one, read by my favorite, Simon Vance.  
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Friday, November 3, 2017

This House is Haunted, by John Boyne

  • Title:  This House is Haunted
  • Author:  John Boyne
  • Borrowed from Hoopla Digital via Worcester County Public Library 
  • Started: 10/31/2017
  • Finished: 11/3/2017
I wanted to like this one, kept hoping for more, but ultimately it was not scary nor was it that interesting.  
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