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Apr 01, 2014 08:02AM
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It's about a woman working as a stenographer for the New York Police Department in 1923.
I just finished " The Emperor of Paris, " by CS Richardson, which was a nice, short read.I am still struggling with " Villa Triste," by Lucretia Grindle, which is an intriguing book but she is so long winded about everything and writes everything in minute detail that a good story has turned tedious. I have read so many books in between reading this one, and I have contemplated giving up on " The Villa Triste," but of course, I have to know what happens!
I just started The Last Battle, non-fiction about 1945 end of the war where American GIs work with the Wehrmacht to free political prisoners in a castle prison in Austria before the Nazis murder them. Very smooth reading so far. I am deliberately avoiding the footnotes otherwise I will be reading it until June. Suddenly I am wondering why I never read the Game of Thrones book series. However, I am now told that Maurice Druon's series "The Accursed Kings" inspired George R.R. Martin to write his series. Where to start I have no idea.
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I'm now reading The Cellist of Sarajevo.
that would be very interesting, if the internet crashed. Tell us some consequences!I finally finished the Villa Triste, and I although I thought this book would never end, it closed up nicely. Its amazing what people had to do to survive WW2. Even unforgivable acts.
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-cats being forced to be cute on demand
-people using actual bulletin boards
-Twitter fans starting to speak in 140 character sentences
Re: your comments on Villa Triste, the theme of "how people survive in war time" is also a major part of The Cellist of Sarajevo.
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