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Book 16 There was no Amazon Associates picture for Insiders Tour of the Pike Place Market, by Michael Yaeger, so I had to go back to the old way of posting for today. So I was wandering around Pike Place Market and saw some… Continue Reading “An Insider’s Tour of the Pike Place Public Market, by Michael Yaeger”
Book 15 Ragtime is the second book I have read by E.L. Doctorow and I must say that I love this guy. Despite the fact that the copy I found at the Used Book Store was underlined and contained notes from someone that was… Continue Reading “Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow”
Book 14 Utter_scoundrel recently recommended Die a Little, by Megan Abbott, and he is the master of all books that can be described as “noir” “pulp” and “hard boiled”. What the hell does “hard boiled” mean, anyway? It happened to be on my bookshelf.… Continue Reading “Die a Little, by Megan Abbott”
Book 13 I picked up Downtown Owl, because I read Chuck Klosterman’s Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs a couple of years ago and liked it a lot. Downtown Owl, however, is a novel about small town North Dakota. Not sure what my fascination is… Continue Reading “Downtown Owl, by Chuck Klosterman”
Book 12 There is an incredible number of Pride and Prejudice sequels out there and I understand most of them are garbage. I picked up this one because: Its focus was on Mary Bennet, the puritanical middle sister, rather than on the mythical children… Continue Reading “The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, by Colleen McCullough”
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