The Patrick Melrose Novels, So Painful, So Funny. . .

I haven’t only been reading mysteries recently, although I’ve been lucky enough to have borrowed a number of good ones from the library these past several weeks. I’ve also read the first four Patrick Melrose novels…

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Toni Morrison’s Home

So where was I? Ah, yes, I’ve managed to move my catch-up from First, to Second. . . and that only took me three weeks. Time to get to Third base here, and that’s the…

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Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse

Much as I got swept up by so much of Richard Wagamese’s latest novel, Indian Horse (read on my Kobo), I had reservations about it long before the ending. I loved his descriptions of the landscape,…

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Together Again: Wagamese and Richards . . . and Wharton?

If I don’t catch up by combining several short blurbs in one post, I’ll never get to talk about a book while it’s fresh with me. So, here goes, three from May: 1. I read…

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