Notes on Books & Life
Still Life With Brass Pole by Craig Machen was sent to me for review by the author. I read it on my Sony Reader while traveling last month. The views expressed below are my own. About the Book: “Dean is driving the Porsche. In the passenger seat, I am drunk, coked to the gills, stoned …
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One of my former coworkers was forever recommending Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series to customers. When I found out that Simon Vance, whose narrating prowess I had heard about but never experienced, read the entire series, I knew what my next audiobook would be. About the Book: Captain Will Laurence of the British Navy has no …
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I read Mudbound, Hillary Jordan’s debut novel, when it first came out, after Jordan did an event at the bookstore where I worked. After the reading, when asked about what she was working on next, Jordan hinted that her next novel would be very different from Mudbound, and I was instantly intrigued. The long-awaited When …
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I’d been meaning to read Cloud Atlas ever since I heard about it. When my book group chose it for their July read, I had the perfect excuse to finally start. A few others were interested as well, so we organized an informal Reading Buddies readalong. About the Book: Cloud Atlas is really six stories, …
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When I read Bel Canto a few months ago with Reading Buddies and strongly disliked the ending, I told myself I’d give Ann Patchett another chance before I made up my mind about her novels. When I found out Hope Davis, whose narration of Jennifer Donnelly’s A Northern Light was absolutely fantastic, did State of …
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