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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000H2N2IS&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 41 I forget where I found Macintosh…The Naked Truth. Some book sale or another, so long ago. I’ve been thinking for awhile that my next computer might be a Mac and I’ve been doing a bit of homework. Kelby is a magazine guy/blogger… Continue Reading “Macintosh…The Naked Truth, by Scott Kelby”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=159308045X&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 40 Finally, finally. It’s not that this was a bad book. It just has so many layers. The plot was fascinating and I was continually frustrated by the fact that it wouldn’t move when I wanted to know what happens next. One father,… Continue Reading “The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky”
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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0719564565&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 37 That article the other day used a term I’d never heard before. “Lit-lit.” “…lit-lit novels name-drop dead authors obsessively and are built around an epiphany in which one or another character recognizes the transformative power of literature” Mr. Pip, by Lloyd Jones,… Continue Reading “Mr. Pip, by Lloyd Jones”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1894917723&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 36 I found The Year She Left, by Kerry Kelly, in that awesome used book store next to The World’s Biggest Book Store in Toronto. Local author, souvenir book. And it was pretty good. Each chapter is a month that follows two people. … Continue Reading “The Year She Left, by Kerry Kelly”
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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0758217013&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 34 As a result of Googling Jane Pratt, I found that her former assistant, Karen Yampolsky, wrote a roman a clef about the rise and fall of Sassy and Jane magazines. But she did it from Jane’s point of view. It is total chick lit.… Continue Reading “Falling Out of Fashion, by Karen Yampolsky”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001VEW4OE&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 33 I spent the last day of my vacation reading Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris – the third Sookie Stackhouse book. The one where we are introduced to the werewolves. Ugh. In the eternal struggle between vampires and werewolves, I am clearly on… Continue Reading “Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0061624772&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 32 I pulled The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry out of a pile of donations to price at the Used Book Store and I don’t know why the heck I started reading it. The heroine begins by outing herself as a liar, which… Continue Reading “The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry”
The Next Dark Age 