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Three Novellas: Hardy, von Kleist and Gogol 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Although each novella is worthy of a post all its own, I'm afraid I might never get caught up if I keep making plans to write them (and then don't). So, my last three Melville House novellas read are...
Short Story Sunday: Last Persephone Stories 26 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
I've spent the better part of this year reading Persephone Books #100, The Persephone Book of Short Stories. It would have been fitting had there been one hundred stories, but even with only thirty I...
A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King 24 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
With mystery novels it is often a toss up which I like best (or which works best in a particular story)--the mystery, the atmosphere and setting or the characters. Of course the best mysteries have a...
This Week's Reading (or, More Notes) 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Once again it's a little too warm and I am a little too tired to think very hard. So tomorrow Laurie King's A Grave Talent and today let me share what I'm reading at the moment. At the beginning of ...
August 21: Reading Notes 22 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Just miscellaneous reading notes today--in no particular order. After the really lovely autumn-like teaser we've had for the last few weeks, summer has decided it is not after all finished, so it is ...
The Stubborn Season by Lauren B. Davis 21 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
"Wasn't it Eliot who talked about a stubborn season?" remarks Harry Madison to Irene MacNeil upon the painful and emotionally draining death of her father. Harry is handsome, smart, maybe even a litt...
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban 20 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Sometimes you don't realize how much you have been enjoying a book until you turn the last page and there is no more story left. And the thought of not being able to pick it up and continue on leaves...
Short Story Sunday: The Woman Novelist and What a Lovely Surprise 19 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
My reading this weekend has been quite varied. I've spent time with my Persephone Book of Short Stories (and a few other books, too) as well as with the rather massive September issue of Vogue Magazi...
Lost in the Stacks: Girl in May 17 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Picking a lost in the stacks book is a lot like choosing a sweet from a chocolate box. You never quite know what you're going to get. A delectable violet cream or a chewy nougat or maybe a chocolate...
Reading by Subscription: Summer Selections 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Thank goodness for my Art of the Novella subscription or I might not be getting in any classics this year at all! Has it really been since last April that I shared any of my Art of the Novella or NYR...
