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March

26

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer, L.J. Ganser

January 2018

19

finished reading:

The Master and Margarita - Diana Burgin, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita Diana Burgin, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Mikhail Bulgakov

January 2018

05

reviewed: The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose

Quite extraordinary.

The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose - Alice Munro

July 2017

22

reviewed: We So Seldom Look on Love

A mixed bag- some stories glitter (e.g. the title story and "Ninety-Three Million Miles"), while others fade.

We So Seldom Look on Love - Barbara Gowdy

finished reading:

We So Seldom Look on Love - Barbara Gowdy

We So Seldom Look on Love Barbara Gowdy

March 2017

31

reviewed: Little Deaths: A Novel

3.5 stars

Little Deaths: A Novel - Emma Flint

finished reading:

Little Deaths: A Novel - Emma Flint

Little Deaths: A Novel Emma Flint

February 2017

12

reviewed: Loves Music, Loves to Dance

Enjoyable fluff and creepy in parts like everything else MHC has written. The killer was suitably deranged, though easy to su...

Loves Music, Loves to Dance - Mary Higgins Clark

reviewed: Goodnight, Irene

I liked the scenes with Frank and the cat. Otherwise, it's a plodding mystery with forgettable dialogue and characters.

Goodnight, Irene - Jan Burke

February 2017

5

finished reading:

A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir - Zoë Sharp, Charlie Huston, Vicki Hendricks, Rebecca Pawel, S.J. Rozan, Sandra Scoppettone, Christa Faust, Megan Abbott, Naomi Hirahara, Ken Bruen, Daniel Woodrell, Vin Packer, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Allan Guthrie, Sara Gran, Eddie Muller, Donna Moore, Sarah Weinman, Aliso

A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir Zoë Sharp, Charlie Huston, Vicki Hendricks, Rebecca Pawel, S.J. Rozan, Sandra Scoppettone, Christa Faust, Megan Abbott, Naomi Hirahara, Ken Bruen, Daniel Woodrell, Vin Packer, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Allan Guthrie, Sara Gran, Eddie Muller, Donna Moore, Sarah Weinman, Aliso

January 2017

27

finished reading:

Queenpin - Megan Abbott

Queenpin Megan Abbott

January 2017

25

reviewed: Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition

Disillusioned indeed. Fascinating premise, but Angela Carter does this better.

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition - Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert

finished reading:

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition - Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert

December 2016

06

reviewed: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

This book is such a treat. It's a feminist, erotic retelling of a selection of popular fairytales like Bluebeard, Beauty and ...

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter

finished reading:

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys

November 2016

6

finished reading:

Villette - A.S. Byatt, Charlotte Brontë, Ignes Sodre

Villette A.S. Byatt, Charlotte Brontë, Ignes Sodre

October 2016

23

finished reading:

Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction - John Sutherland

Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction John Sutherland

September 2016

17

reviewed: The Handmaid's Tale

More of a live blog than speculative fiction these days :/

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

July 2016

24

reviewed: A Spool of Blue Thread

My god it was dull. I get that it's supposed to be one of those insightful sketches of Ordinary Realistic Families (TM), but ...

A Spool of Blue Thread - Anne Tyler

June 2016

19

reviewed: Lord of the Flies

An utterly chilling take on the dark(er) side of playground squabbles. I'm usually loath to describe any book as having any i...

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

October 2015

13

finished reading:

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie - Kathryn Harkup

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie Kathryn Harkup

September 2015

02

reviewed: The Murder Room

Dull dull dull. A formulaic tale of the police interviewing one bland suspect after another, the appearance of each one metic...

The Murder Room - P.D. James

reviewed: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

It is tolerable, but not good enough. And it is only tolerable because a) most of the novel is just the original Austen and b...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith

April 2015

13

reviewed: An Experiment in Love

Hilary Mantel's portrayal of the highly-charged interactions among young women contains traces of Tudor politics: powerplay, ...

An Experiment in Love - Hilary Mantel

April 2015

11

reviewed: The Luminaries

Disappointing. At first, a gold rush & a murder sounded intriguing. I liked that the chapter lengths resembled a waning moon....

The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton

April 2015

09

reviewed: Gone Girl

I enjoyed the tortuous narrative and needle sharp portrayal of NY yuppie life. Most impressive was the characterization of Am...

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

reviewed: The Sense of an Ending

Something is lacking. The prose is technically pristine, but bloodless. I have no strong emotions towards the characters and ...

The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes

reviewed: Charlotte's Web

A rare example of a book that deserves the rather overused label of 'children's classic.' Charlotte's Web was first read out ...

Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, Garth Williams, Rosemary Wells

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