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A Review of Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite’s War of the Encyclopaedists (by Bethany)
I know – a novel written by a duo doesn’t sound very appealing, does it? That’s what I thought at first too, although I also remembered that I have enjoyed the work of co-authors before: Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason’s … Continue reading
A Review of Deborah Levy-Bertherat’s The Travels of Daniel Ascher (by Bethany)
As you may have noticed, I like to invent sub-genres, and it didn’t take me many chapters into The Travels of Daniel Ascher to figure out that this newly-translated French novel is part of the subgenre I like to call … Continue reading
Identity Theft, North Korean Style: Final Thoughts on Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son (by Bethany)
If I wanted to be cynical (and I often do, though not necessarily right now), I would say that anyone who wants to write fiction about North Korea should follow these four easy steps: Read 1984, Change some names around … Continue reading
A Review of T.C. Boyle’s The Harder They Come (by Jill)
Got this one from my boss a few weeks ago. When she gave it to me she said it was the best T.C. Boyle book she’s read, and I’m pretty sure she’s read most of them. I decided to read … Continue reading
Thoughts on Part I of Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son (by Bethany)
At first my plan was not to write a progress report on this book, since there are all kinds of complexities going on and I am not 100% sure what is “real” (within the framework of the fictional novel) and … Continue reading
Final Thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)
I finally finished it! And it was glorious. I skipped multiple opportunities to exercise over the past few days in favor of working through Dragonfly in Amber, and though I have a twinge of guilt about the hours of 2:30 … Continue reading
A Compelling Thorn: Final Thoughts on George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings (by Bethany)
I kicked and screamed my way through the last two hundred pages of A Clash of Kings, and guess what I did when I finished? I immediately picked up A Storm of Swords and began scanning through it – not … Continue reading
And now for something completely different… An actual progress report on Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)
This is akin to a miracle for my reading habits this year: I have actually had time to sit and read the past couple of days and have gotten pretty far in Dragonfly in Amber! I’m about two thirds of … Continue reading
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Sansa (And Absolutely No Other Thoughts About A Clash of Kings) (by Bethany)
I have nothing to say about A Clash of Kings tonight – but when good old Aunt Flo visited Sansa in the chapter I was reading before I went to bed last night, I knew that at the very least … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 