The Hot Rock – 3/5 Stars A farcical kind of heist book. John Dortmunder is getting out of prision and his old pal immediately brings him a caper to work on. Together with three other specialists, the friends will be stealing an emerald from a museum that has cultural and sentimental value for two warring African nations. One of the nations currently possesses the emerald, while the other is hiring the thieves. Paid a salary, plus the promise of a large reward, Dortmunder begins to […]
November Odds and Ends
The Hot Rock by Donald Westlake
The Dark Tower by CS Lewis
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk
The Feathers of Death by Simon Raven
The Drowned Cities by Paulo Bacigalupi
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins