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author: Neal Stephenson
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 21638114 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:05:03 -0700
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2005
rating: 1
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]]> 21468976 Fri, 02 May 2008 11:52:05 -0700
author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 21051371 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:54:31 -0700
author: Richard Price
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> 20749930 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:57:24 -0700
author: Donald Ray Pollock
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> 19795540 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:34:40 -0700
It looks like Airth will revisit these people. I hope the next book features Probst, the German detective. He was interesting.

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author: Rennie Airth
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/09/08
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I thought the first half of the book was a bit slow -- maybe because every time we met a character from the first book, Airth had to remind us who they were and what their roles were in the earlier case. Did anyone else get tired of people worrying about Helen and how she'd react to John's involvement in another case? I did. It relegated Helen to the role of fearful wife and she's a better character than that.

It looks like Airth will revisit these people. I hope the next book features Probst, the German detective. He was interesting.


]]> 19555070 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:08:44 -0700
author: Denise Mina
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 18493329 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:33:12 -0700
author: Stewart O'Nan
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 18493323 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:32:47 -0700
author: James Leo Herlihy
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 18011038 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:55:32 -0700
author: Denise Mina
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 17545995 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:33:32 -0700
author: Ellen Glasgow
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1919
rating: 5
read at: 03/08
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I really liked this story of vengeance and its cost to your soul. It's set in the South in the late 1800's. Young Christopher Blake sets out to ruin a man who cheated his family and he does it by ruining the man's grandson. For a book published in 1904, it was remarkably free of stereotypes. The minor characters were at least as interesting as the major ones, especially Tom Spade's virtuous wife. I'll be looking for more by Glasgow.
]]> 17231128 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:26:22 -0800
author: W. Michael Gear
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 16900807 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:49:40 -0800
author: Tim LaHaye
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.59
book published: 1995
rating: 1
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]]> 16026491 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:12:33 -0800
author: Stewart O'Nan
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.12
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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date added: 02/21/08
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]]> 15622843 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:27:49 -0800
author: Brady Udall
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 15380162 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:26:01 -0800
In the first book -- The Rebel Angels -- Francis has died and that book is about the three people Francis chose as executors of his estate. Francis was an art collector.

In Bone, we learn that he was much more than an art collector. His story is told in detail by his "Daimon" and the Recording Angel.

I thought it was kinda sad that his friends and relatives will never know the "real" Francis. I liked the book. I learned a bit about art too.

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author: Robertson Davies
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at: 02/08
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The second book in the Cornish trilogy (Cornish is the name of a couple of the characters) was way more involving than the first. It's the life story of Francis Cornish, and what a life.

In the first book -- The Rebel Angels -- Francis has died and that book is about the three people Francis chose as executors of his estate. Francis was an art collector.

In Bone, we learn that he was much more than an art collector. His story is told in detail by his "Daimon" and the Recording Angel.

I thought it was kinda sad that his friends and relatives will never know the "real" Francis. I liked the book. I learned a bit about art too.


]]> 14856242 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:54:36 -0800
author: Robertson Davies
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1983
rating: 4
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/07/08
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I really like Davies' writing, even though sometimes the philosophical discourse makes me impatient for plot movement. In this book, nothing much happened until the final chapters. I almost gave up but I'm glad I didn't.
]]> 14631416 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:52:23 -0800
Quibbles: unrealistic dialogue, cliches to describe characters("domineering patriarch"), info dumping and exposition, use of the word "preternatural", saying that no one knew if Commonwealth was 50 or 100 miles from Seattle (I don't think so), the soldier saying "I'm an American soldier and I'm asking for help", Philip living with the Worthy family for just two years but referring to the family members as "father" and "sister", another character described as a "fecund intellectual" writing "disquisitive tomes".

Bah. There might be some good stuff in here about the epidemic and the Wobblies, but if I'm not going to suffer through Mullen's juvenile writing to find it.

A much better book on a similar subject is A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.]]>
author: Thomas Mullen
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/05/08
shelves: dumped
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I only managed a few chapters so it wouldn't be fair to assign a rating. The prologue had some muscle, but after that, it felt like Mullen had done some research on the epidemic and the labor troubles and thought they'd be good subjects for a novel. He was right about that, at least.

Quibbles: unrealistic dialogue, cliches to describe characters("domineering patriarch"), info dumping and exposition, use of the word "preternatural", saying that no one knew if Commonwealth was 50 or 100 miles from Seattle (I don't think so), the soldier saying "I'm an American soldier and I'm asking for help", Philip living with the Worthy family for just two years but referring to the family members as "father" and "sister", another character described as a "fecund intellectual" writing "disquisitive tomes".

Bah. There might be some good stuff in here about the epidemic and the Wobblies, but if I'm not going to suffer through Mullen's juvenile writing to find it.

A much better book on a similar subject is A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.
]]> 14407225 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:31:37 -0800
author: Diane Baker Mason
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 14110825 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:38:02 -0800
author: Pat Barker
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.33
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 14110815 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:37:52 -0800
author: Pat Barker
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 13842445 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:05:41 -0800
author: Randall Boyll
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> 13266393 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:14:56 -0800
The parts of the book where Edgar talks about the artistic process are beautifully written and insightful. King's written about the artistic process before, but he's on another level here.

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I'm about 150 pages in and praise be, there's no smucking!

I'm really enjoying it. I think King's done an especially good job with the main character. He's strong without being arrogant, and in pain without being tormented and full of angst. His relationship with his daughter feels natural and real.

I've read all King's stuff -- some of it just because it was King's stuff. Some of it I've forced myself to like just because it was King's stuff. This book feels like something I'd like if it was written by someone else. I'd be thinking "I'm gonna look for more of this guy's stuff."

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author: Stephen King
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/25/08
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I've finished the book -- I think it's one of the best he's done in a long time. King blends a ripping good supernatural story with what must have been his own experience in recovering from a horrific accident. It felt very personal without being self-indulgent. I think King is getting some distance from his accident, but he's seeing clearly.

The parts of the book where Edgar talks about the artistic process are beautifully written and insightful. King's written about the artistic process before, but he's on another level here.

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I'm about 150 pages in and praise be, there's no smucking!

I'm really enjoying it. I think King's done an especially good job with the main character. He's strong without being arrogant, and in pain without being tormented and full of angst. His relationship with his daughter feels natural and real.

I've read all King's stuff -- some of it just because it was King's stuff. Some of it I've forced myself to like just because it was King's stuff. This book feels like something I'd like if it was written by someone else. I'd be thinking "I'm gonna look for more of this guy's stuff."


]]> 13011342 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:11:39 -0800
author: Kirsten Bakis
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.51
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 6062669 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:58 -0800
I appreciate that Dana wants to change things -- like teaching Carrie and Nigel to read -- but on the other hand I thought it was foolhardy to put them in danger. Dana is a bit too full of herself and superior at times -- also understandable -- but I wonder if she would have put herself out like that if she didn't know that she'd be going back to 1976 when things got tough for her.

I like the book's insights, especially with Kevin, and how Dana almost resented him when they were on the plantation. He didn't treat her any differently, but she seemed to think he did. I thought that was interesting.]]>
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 03/08
date added: 01/19/08
shelves: on-loan
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What I learned from this book? That we can accommodate ourselves to just about anything -- abusive relationships, jobs we hate, systems that tyrannize the weak.

I appreciate that Dana wants to change things -- like teaching Carrie and Nigel to read -- but on the other hand I thought it was foolhardy to put them in danger. Dana is a bit too full of herself and superior at times -- also understandable -- but I wonder if she would have put herself out like that if she didn't know that she'd be going back to 1976 when things got tough for her.

I like the book's insights, especially with Kevin, and how Dana almost resented him when they were on the plantation. He didn't treat her any differently, but she seemed to think he did. I thought that was interesting.
]]> 5310224 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:18:46 -0800
author: Steven Erikson
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 01/08
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This book was a lot easier to follow than previous Malazan books. It was easier for me to keep the characters straight, and the political machinations were also easier to follow. I particularly appreciated the humor -- Tehol and Bugg were a hoot!
]]> 8033114 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:16:37 -0800
The book is on some classic lists, and I even saw it on a list of best horror novels. I'm thinking someone expanded the definition of horror. But it's early yet -- maybe there will be a Therese Raquin type of psychological torture later.

Edit: Finished the book. I didn't find any horror, unless not realizing your dreams and ambitions is horror. Maybe it is. There aren't a lot of people to like in this book, but it's worth reading for the insight into 19th century publishing and the lives of impoverished writers.

We've all read Austen and Dickens, but Gissing shows us a different class of 19th century people -- intelligent, ambitious, literate, but outside of society because of their poverty and lack of success.]]>
author: George Gissing
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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I bought this book a couple years ago, when I was on a 19th-century naturalism binge. As near as I can tell, the book is about writing for money, as opposed to writing as art. One character is totally opposed to reading and education in general. He thinks it's unnatural, and that we should all be out exercising and working, building our bodies rather than our minds.

The book is on some classic lists, and I even saw it on a list of best horror novels. I'm thinking someone expanded the definition of horror. But it's early yet -- maybe there will be a Therese Raquin type of psychological torture later.

Edit: Finished the book. I didn't find any horror, unless not realizing your dreams and ambitions is horror. Maybe it is. There aren't a lot of people to like in this book, but it's worth reading for the insight into 19th century publishing and the lives of impoverished writers.

We've all read Austen and Dickens, but Gissing shows us a different class of 19th century people -- intelligent, ambitious, literate, but outside of society because of their poverty and lack of success.
]]> 12588138 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:11:43 -0800
It's about a miserable, angry, unlikable man who encounters an alien race while he's on the run from the law.

Saying much more might spoil the story, so I'll simply recommend it -- to anyone, not just SF readers.]]>
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/17/08
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I don't read much SF, not since I was a teenager. I only bought the book because George R. R. Martin is one of the authors.

It's about a miserable, angry, unlikable man who encounters an alien race while he's on the run from the law.

Saying much more might spoil the story, so I'll simply recommend it -- to anyone, not just SF readers.
]]> 12116395 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:40:09 -0800
author: Jack Cady
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 12116386 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:40:03 -0800
author: Jack Cady
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 11560684 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:45:05 -0800
author: Rafael Alvarez
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> 11559511 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:40:09 -0800
The book is harsh and at times hard to read -- I wanted to close my eyes in some parts, just like in a movie -- but it's stuff we need to think about. ]]>
author: Kate Grenville
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 01/03/08
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What I liked best about this book is that Grenville didn't sentimentalize her characters, or the situation. She didn't preach. This book and English Passengers by Matthew Kneale made me think about colonialism. As a descendant of people who didn't stay where they were born, I appreciate that they emigrated to the US, but it doesn't make up for the fact that the Native American people were destroyed in the process.

The book is harsh and at times hard to read -- I wanted to close my eyes in some parts, just like in a movie -- but it's stuff we need to think about.
]]> 9853053 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:17:20 -0800
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 12/24/07
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I like that Rothfuss started this book when Kvothe was down on his luck. If I had met the character at the start of his adventures, I wouldn't have liked him. He's pretty arrogant and full of himself. The book might have all the stereotypes but it's still quite engaging.
]]> 9489277 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:00:53 -0800
It's a good read -- just too short.]]>
author: Michael Chabon
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 11/07
date added: 11/24/07
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Short book. I didn't count the words but I'm thinking it's novella length. There's nothing wrong with that, but the book reads like an excerpt from something longer.

It's a good read -- just too short.
]]> 9234184 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:58:04 -0800
author: Michael Flynn
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 11/17/07
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A researcher investigating the disappearance of a Bavarian village (Eifelheim) in 1349 learns that a spaceship crashed in the area several months before the area was abandoned. It sounds preposterous but it's absolutely wonderful.
]]> 8632667 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:14:10 -0700
author: A. Lee Martinez
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 8130043 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:52:36 -0700
author: Per Petterson
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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date added: 10/23/07
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]]> 8129909 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:49:38 -0700
author: Per Petterson
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 5479961 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:06:40 -0700
author: Charles Stross
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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date added: 10/18/07
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]]> 6062428 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:02:18 -0700
Edited to add: Finished, and will wait awhile before reading Parable of the Talents. Guess I've reached my dystopia level, after The Road, and World War Z. Aren't there any happy post-apocalypse books? I need to write one. It'd have me and Jimmy Smits as the only survivors. I think we'd get along.

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author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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I've been hearing about this book for years. I love post-apocalypse fiction, so I don't know why I waited this long to read it. I've barely started, but already I know that I like Butler's style. It's easy to imagine living in that world. Makes me want to stock the pantry.

Edited to add: Finished, and will wait awhile before reading Parable of the Talents. Guess I've reached my dystopia level, after The Road, and World War Z. Aren't there any happy post-apocalypse books? I need to write one. It'd have me and Jimmy Smits as the only survivors. I think we'd get along.


]]> 5655180 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:40:05 -0700
author: David Lozell Martin
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 10/09/07
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Is it wrong that parts of this book made me laugh? Not the gutted bodies -- they weren't funny -- but the narrator's comments about Canadians. She cracked me up!
]]> 7315473 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:38:37 -0700
author: Philip Pullman
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 6909122 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:01:39 -0700
author: Mark J. Ferrari
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> 6343639 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:01:32 -0700
It's a coming of age story that takes Joby from age 9 to almost 40. The author blends the Biblical story of Job with the Arthurian legend -- sounds like it could have been a mess but it wasn't.

I'd really recommend this book for teens, maybe even younger. People die, and they have sex, but it's not explicit or prurient, although some might consider it a bit subversive -- God's instruction to love includes *making* love. ]]>
author: Mark J. Ferrari
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 09/27/07
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This book will undoubtedly make my Best of 2007 list. I was only mildly disappointed that despite the dragon on the cover, there was no dragon inside.

It's a coming of age story that takes Joby from age 9 to almost 40. The author blends the Biblical story of Job with the Arthurian legend -- sounds like it could have been a mess but it wasn't.

I'd really recommend this book for teens, maybe even younger. People die, and they have sex, but it's not explicit or prurient, although some might consider it a bit subversive -- God's instruction to love includes *making* love.
]]> 6343821 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:38:23 -0700
I'm liking the book. Nesser has been compared to Henning Mankell. I've only read one Mankell -- Faceless Killers -- which I also liked, but Nesser's book has some humor, and I didn't find any in the Mankell.

Edited after finishing -- no complaints, and a very satisfying reveal. Some of the dialogue sounded a bit off, but I think that can be attributed to the translation. Plus, we don't all talk the same.]]>
author: Håkan Nesser
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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The English title is Borkmann's Point, but Goodreads doesn't list the English title, just the Swedish titles.

I'm liking the book. Nesser has been compared to Henning Mankell. I've only read one Mankell -- Faceless Killers -- which I also liked, but Nesser's book has some humor, and I didn't find any in the Mankell.

Edited after finishing -- no complaints, and a very satisfying reveal. Some of the dialogue sounded a bit off, but I think that can be attributed to the translation. Plus, we don't all talk the same.
]]> 6062710 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:38:42 -0700
author: Evan Wright
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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date added: 09/11/07
shelves: on-loan
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]]> 6062635 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:37:54 -0700
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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date added: 09/11/07
shelves: piled-by-the-bed
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]]> 5509966 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:01:53 -0700
author: Peter Straub
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 2.50
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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I haven't managed to finish this, hence the 3 stars for a 5 star writer. It's just too confusing. Somebody tell me that it eventually comes together and I'll finish the damn thing!
]]> 5584058 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:00:35 -0700
Then there's the issue with Koontz's writing style (he tells too much) and unnecessary characters. What ticks me off most about Koontz is that I think he could be really, really good, but he writes and publishes too fast -- tighten, polish, edit, lose the subplots that go nowhere -- there could be masterpieces!]]>
author: Dean R. Koontz
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2000
rating: 1
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A friend who loves Koontz mailed me this book and insisted that I read it. She's still my friend, but I hated this book. The first part was quite good, with that surprise murder, but the ending was rushed and unsatisfying.

Then there's the issue with Koontz's writing style (he tells too much) and unnecessary characters. What ticks me off most about Koontz is that I think he could be really, really good, but he writes and publishes too fast -- tighten, polish, edit, lose the subplots that go nowhere -- there could be masterpieces!
]]> 5946811 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:58:06 -0700
author: Kent Haruf
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> 5946802 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:57:55 -0700
author: Kent Haruf
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> 5609876 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:57:34 -0700
author: Kent Haruf
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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I'll read just about any book that takes place in the Midwest/Great Plains. It seems that there are more than usual using this location lately. We don't have oceans, swamps, mountains, or great forests, but we have lots of sky, and I think that does something to you, when you can see forever.
]]> 5735952 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:55:07 -0700
author: Jonathan Strahan
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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date added: 09/09/07
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I can't just sit and read a collection all at once, so I'm managing about one story a week. So far, they've been quite good, especially the Cory Doctorow story about artificial intelligence.
]]> 5735972 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:54:30 -0700
author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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date added: 09/08/07
shelves: piled-by-the-bed
review:
I really like these stories. Chekhov is a master of character, isn't he? Good stuff. But does he have issues with women?
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author: Tim Willocks
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 09/08/07
shelves: piled-by-the-bed
review:
I stopped reading this one after a graphic rape scene early on. I guess I'm losing my taste for violence. I'm hoping someone else has read this and can tell me it's not full of blood and guts.
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I like books with sickos and serial killers though, so maybe my revulsion was because I wasn't expecting it. I'm not sure if I'll try again with this one or not.]]>
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Auntiepam
average rating: 3.54
book published: 200