Category Archives: Fiction

The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day One and The Wise Man’s Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day Two, both by Patrick Rothfuss

Posted on May 3, 2012 by meyoung
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Normally I wouldn’t have chosen to read this book, but a good friend, whose reading taste overlaps with my own to a large enough degree, highly recommended it and, in fact, urged me to read it. She’d never urged me … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips

Posted on April 29, 2012 by meyoung
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What if your dad gave you a MegaMillions lotto ticket when the jackpot had been ramped up to a bjillion dollars? What if it was the only winning ticket? What if your dad is a master forger? That is just … Continue reading →

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Against the Day

Posted on April 4, 2012 by meyoung
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If you were a vector, mademoiselle, you would begin in the ‘real’ world, change you length, enter an ‘imaginary’ reference system, rotate up to three different ways, and return to ‘reality’ a new person. Or vector. The Anarchists and Socialists … Continue reading →

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Book Club Review: Ask The Dust by John Fante

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jules
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For November, our book club read Ask The Dust by John Fante. Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s … Continue reading →

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Book Club Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Jules
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In honor of Banned Books Week back in September, for October Book Club read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Mostly serious comments about the book: I picked this book because it’s an all-time banned book, and it’s one of those … Continue reading →

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Book Club Review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Jules
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In September, Book Club read Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Comments related to the semi=serious discussion about the book: I loved the romance, so sweet.  Lots of barriers, but, at the core, they just get each other. I … Continue reading →

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Book Club Review: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jules
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Way behind in posting the Book Club Reviews. I haz shame face. So, here we go.  Way back in August, Book Club read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.  It was on many of our TBR lists and we had … Continue reading →

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