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Ladies and Gentlemen, the (reading) Weekend…

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R. Delany

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration)

Widespread Panic by James Ellroy

Quarry's Cut by Max Allan Collins

June 20, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read a variety of books close to and over the weekend. Let’s check it out… Bleeding Edge **** This is a 2021 reread and it’s better than I remember. The ending disappoints but it’s still an entertaining, prescient novel. Pynchon warned us about Too Online culture and yet, here we are.   Times Square Red, Times Square Blue **** I don’t know what I expected but it wasn’t this. And I liked it! Mostly. This is like a tale of two books. It’s two essays […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #history, 9/11, Bleeding Edge, conspiracy, essays, Freddie Otash, gentrification, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, homosexuality, James Ellroy, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Max Allan Collins, Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration), mystery, New York City, pornography, Quarry, Quarry's Cut, Queer: A Graphic History, Queerness, Samuel R Delany, Thomas Pynchon, Times Square, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Widespread Panic

Jake's CBR13 Review No:92 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #history, 9/11, Bleeding Edge, conspiracy, essays, Freddie Otash, gentrification, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, homosexuality, James Ellroy, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Max Allan Collins, Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration), mystery, New York City, pornography, Quarry, Quarry's Cut, Queer: A Graphic History, Queerness, Samuel R Delany, Thomas Pynchon, Times Square, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Widespread Panic ·
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