With few distractions and a lot of unsupervised time, I’ve been burning through stuff pretty fast. We’ll see how well that holds, but so far, I’ve read almost half again as many books as I set out to at the beginning of the year — which is fine with me, but does lead to some lengthy book round-ups. So:
Read MoreOkay, I knew I was going to do these on the Facebook page, but I haven’t done that, and I’m under a great deal of time pressure right now — I had to get a replacement phone yesterday, and in 12 days begin my first class intended to be a completely online class. So…yeah. Let’s jump in to the seventeen books I’ve read thus far this year.
Read MoreWe’re starting early on the book round-ups.
Read MoreI also tend to do much smaller book challenges than Edgar does, specifically so I can spend more time ruminating on things. Of course, this means that I don’t explore quite as much, and often end up picking through the remainder of their omnivorous ranging for my own reading.
Read MoreWhat I'm getting at here isn't just the juxtaposition of a classic mystery genre with the weird but something that emerges from that juxtaposition, and what it says about us and the world that we live in.
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