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Category Archives: Abandoned
2017
Apathy. Complete and utter apathy. That’s the only thing I can bring myself to feel about 2017 by Olga Slavnikova, winner of Russia’s equivalent of the Booker Prize in 2006 and translated into English this year by Marian Schwartz. I’ve … Continue reading
The City & The City (abandoned)
I’ve fallen a bit behind on blogging — and on reading, too, actually — in the past week or so. That’s partly because this is the busiest time of year for me, between students’ final projects, papers, presentations, and exams, … Continue reading
Posted in Abandoned, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
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The Boy Who Reversed Himself (abandoned)
This book has been sitting around on my shelf since I got it from Bookmooch ages ago. William Sleator is one of the great science fiction writers for young adults — The Green Futures of Tycho and Interstellar Pig, just … Continue reading
101 Best Scenes Ever Written
101 Best Scenes Ever Written: A Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers would perhaps be better titled How to Write a Great Scene: The Barnaby Conrad Way! The first title belongs to a fun book about books. The second, … Continue reading
Posted in Abandoned, Nonfiction
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A Very Private Enterprise
Set in India, A Very Private Enterprise opens with the murder of Hugo Fencham, a British civil servant. George Sinclair is called in from London to investigate. What ensues is very much a traditional whodunit. Sinclair interviews the various characters, checks out … Continue reading
Posted in Abandoned, Mysteries/Crime
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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Okay, folks. Mark your calendars because this is a monumental day. I am abandoning a book!!!! Unlike most book bloggers out there, I usually read only one book at a time, and I do not give up on books. They have … Continue reading
Posted in Abandoned, Fiction
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The Terror
I first noticed The Terror when I was in the bookstore. I have a weakness for ghost stories and books about the supernatural (M.R. James, Robert Aickman, writers of that sort, rather than the slasher genre), and I also have … Continue reading
Posted in Abandoned, Fiction, Travel/ Exploration
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What the Dead Know (abandoned)
I read about a hundred pages of Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know before I gave up. I’d never heard of her before, but this appears to be my fault: she’s written ten books or so, most of which are … Continue reading
Posted in Abandoned, Mysteries/Crime
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Shelf Love 