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The Red Hot Typewriter – The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald by Hugh Merrill
Why this book: I’ve read several of MacDonald’s popular Travis McGee series and really liked them – and wanted to know more about the author whose views are expressed through his character McGee. Summary in 4 Sentences: A relatively short … Continue reading
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Tagged book-reviews, fiction, mystery-detective-novels, travis-mcgee, writing
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The Quick Red Fox, by John D. MacDonald
Why this book: I was ready for another Travis McGee novel – as a break from more “serious” reading. I like the author’s style and the character McGee and the other characters in his books. Summary in 3 Sentences: A … Continue reading
The Dreadful Lemon Sky, by John D. MacDonald
Why this book; I was looking for something “light” and fun to read, and I had enjoyed my previous two John D MacDonald-Travis McGee novels: A Purple Place for Dying and The Deep Blue Good-bye. I listened to Lemon Sky … Continue reading
Reeds in the Wind, by Grazia Deledda
Why this book: On a recommended reading list of books to read before my impending visit to Sardinia. I looked at google and it said that Reeds in the Wind was first published 1913 and Deledda won the Nobel Prize … Continue reading
Accabadora, by Michel Murgia
Why this book; Recommended as a book to read before my upcoming trip to Sardinia. Summary in 4 Sentences: We learn early on what a “soul-child” is in Sardinia – a child who is given up to another adult – … Continue reading
The Unlikely Occultist – a Biographical Novel of Alice A. Bailey, by Isobel Blackthorn
Why this book: I had read Tom Murphy’s Beyond the Trident which referred to Alice Bailey and her telepathic “coach” being a Tibetan Monk – I was intrigued. Isobel Blackthorn wrote a full biography of Alice Bailey after writing this … Continue reading
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The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht
Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group. Summary in 3 Sentences: This book is hard to summarize, as there are multiple subplots going on in different time windows, with different characters in different places. The setting is in the … Continue reading
The French Lieutenant’s Woman, by John Fowles
Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group. Also, I’ve had my wife’s copy on my bookshelf, unread by me, for decades. Summary in 4 Sentences: An upper class English gentleman in the late 1860s, has made a good … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, existential-crisis, fiction, movies, victorian-morality
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Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby van Pelt
Why this book: I listened to a preview of it on audible, in the voice of an octopus in a tank in an aquarium. Since reading Soul of an Octopus and watching the movie My Octopus Teacher, I’ve been very … Continue reading
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Tagged book-reviews, fiction, octopuses, pacific-northwest, small-town-living
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The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx
Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group – several had already read it and wanted to read it again. It is one of a handful of novels that won the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in … Continue reading
