Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
Ripley's Game - 3/5 This is a reread of this one (I am rereading the whole series) and I liked it better the second time through. Two things happen early on in the book that are very important. First, Tom Ripley is asked to considered doing a murder for hire against two mafia enforcers, and next, … [Read more]
A Man and his Dog by Thomas Mann
Felix Krull by Thomas Mann
A Man and His Dog - 3/5 I am not sure here what the actual story is. But it's also like 70 pages, which seems pretty long for a novella, I am not sure what the actual story is, right? Specifically, we are dealing with a long description of a man getting a Pointer, which is vague, given that there … [Read more]
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
CBR Bingo: Recommended When I was in the early days of my summer of Irish fiction, I visited a couple friends in DC and one of them passed off her copy of this novel to me. "When you get a moment, I think you'll like it. It's an easy read, but not a dumb one--more like where you feel better at … [Read more]
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander, with photos by Frank Hurley
CBR 14 BINGO: Bodies, because the men on this ship were pushed physically beyond all reasonable limits, and also because one member of the expedition team lost all the toes on one foot. Also, it involves crossing bodies of water. BINGO: Snake, Shadow, Cold, Rec'd, Bodies In 2019, I read Alfred … [Read more]
Penguins and Other Seabirds by Matt Sewell
CBR14 BINGO: Cold, because penguins are usually found in cold places (but not always, like those crazy Galapagos penguins, hopping back and forth over the equator like they do). As I may have mentioned, I'm a big fan of penguins and books about penguins. Many people know this about me, so one day … [Read more]
Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
I don’t know how to feel about this book, but also it was utterly compelling and hard to put down. When Andy is caught with his pants down in a gay bar, he feels like his whole life is over - he’s lost his job with the San Francisco police department, lost his housing, and knew the cops who caught … [Read more]
