false 26 14 8 true 7082545 read 2 true 7082544 currently-reading 4 true 7082543 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77634173 to: New Stories from the South 2009 (Paperback) by Madison Smartt Bell
What are the odds that I would read first -- picking at random -- the three second-person stories in this collection? A little creepy, in some ways, how I zeroed in on them like that, as if each of them was indeed speaking to me, though (of course) not to me, and yet.... Really great stories each, those three, by Tayari Jones, Michael Knight and Stephanie Soileau, each of whose work I've greatly admired elsewhere. Made me want to write a second-person story myself. And (as a reader) a great way of having entered another great installment of this series. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78361953 The Poisoner's Handbook (Hardcover) by Deborah Blum
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75357595 to: Inherent Vice (Hardcover) by Thomas Pynchon
Would've given this three stars, but with Pynchon, I'm often afraid that the fault is mine. A nice take on the traditional hard-boiled detective story but somehow doesn't add up to me. And maybe empathizing with Sportello, I found myself with some brand of Doper's Memory. Each time characters reappeared, I had trouble remembering who they were and how they fit into the larger scheme. Still, a fun read in so many ways. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77192170 to: Cotton Comes to Harlem (Paperback) by Chester Himes
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76642092 Nat Turner (Paperback) by Kyle Baker
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76642019 The Confessions of Nat Turner (Paperback) by William Styron
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75477522 The Woman in White (Penguin Classics) by Wilkie Collins
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