The Chancellor and I were trying to decide how we heard of this novel. Eventually, we agreed that we saw it at Barnes and Noble as part of a Black History Month display, and then he'd added it on Goodreads, which meant *I* added it on Goodreads. Man, we're book dorks. Anyway, it's been part of a … [Read more]
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House Made of Words
House Made of Dawn is considered to be N. Scott Momaday's best work (and it was granted a Pulitzer), so I thought that after my interesting experience with The Ancient Child, it might be best to go to his most acclaimed work. This is a hard novel to recap, because it relies so heavily on images … [Read more]
As a sidenote, I am now a Time Lord!
First things first: a little shameless self-promotion. I'm a doctor now!!!!!! I passed my dissertation defense on Wednesday. It was a rigorous experience, but I am incredibly glad to have gone through it. I'm excited about getting my work ready for publication, and even more excited that I never … [Read more]
Your Murder Is Shedding On The Floor
Life's full of regrets, mistakes, lost opportunities and bad memories. Sometimes you can see them in someone's eyes or the way they act, but sometimes they're hidden under nonchalance and a bright smile. But imagine if you couldn't hide it-if everyone could see your past sins in a physical form? … [Read more]
Careful What You Wish For
In my last review of book 4 in this series I suggested that it was impossible for all the major characters to hold up so long, often in such wildly impossible scenarios and that surely at least one of them should have died. Well...I guess I should play the lottery or something because it appears … [Read more]
My first Maigret
I know, I know. Why has it taken me this long to get around to reading Georges Simenon's great series about the formidable Detective Chief Inspector Maigret? Too many books and so little time, perhaps. Well, I am going to be taking care of that tout suite. This book is the 4th Maigret book, part of … [Read more]