Recently Read

And by recently, I mean "in 2010." There have been a lot of books I've read this year that I've wanted to write about but haven't had a chance. Maybe tonight I can at least jot down notes about a few of them.

Memento Mori by Muriel Spark. What a peculiar book. I mean that in the best way. Maud Newton's enthusiasm for this novel spurred me to read it. An assortment of elderly folks are being disturbed by anonymous phone calls—the caller's voice varies—addressing them by name and saying...