Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown

I do a fair bit of reading while riding the ferry to town in the morning and back home in the evening, even carrying a small light in my bag against the dark of winter…

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Robert Hough and Final Confession

Almost a month since I’ve written, and less than a week ’til the end of the year round-up. So, I’m obviously sticking with the short and sweet (or quick and dirty?!) reviews. . . Robert…

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Three to Catch Up

This is not getting easier, this keeping up with recording some thoughts about my reading. I seem to get further and further behind. For example, although I finished it over a month ago, I haven’t…

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Ethel Wilson: Love and Salt Water

The only reason I’m not further behind (right now only about four titles, I think) in this reading log is that I’m not finding much more time to read than I am to write. But…

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Steven Galloway’s Cellist

Another quickie: Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo. I’ll admit that while this has been on my horizon for a couple of years, I was deterred somewhat by the positive response to a book about…

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