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When I get to the end of a book, I'm always surprised how much of it I've already forgotten.

This is especially the case with spy thrillers and whodunnits, where long chains of incidents are used to keep the plot moving and never referred to again once they've achieved their immediate purpose: to find the next clue, interrogate the next suspect. In these genres the skilled reader probably doesn't e Read more of this blog post »

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	The Delight of Boxes and other stories 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arcana: Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Bitten by Ed Cooke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dorothy Davies (Editor), Rie Sheridan Rose (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Body by Ed Cooke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sarah Doebereiner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rie Sheridan Rose (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elf Love: An Anthology by Josie E. Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michelle Markey Butler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rose Mambert (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In A Flash by Anusha V.R. (Goodreads Author), Barry Rosenberg (Goodreads Author), Brian Barnett (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colour Me Dead by Dorothy Davies (Editor), A.J. Humpage (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Proctor Williams (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Vacations by Rich Dodgin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Brian Barnett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirit Legends: Of Ghosts and Gods by Christopher Ficco (Editor), Lauren Givens (Editor), Anne Marie (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography

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Serpent's Blood (Genesys, #1)

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Goodlands

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