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Book of the Month – May 2009
To liven things up I decided to designate a book of the month well, each month, and to choose a book of the quarter each quarter, starting right now. As I surveyed the books reviewed this month I found an … Continue reading
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Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
All lucky streaks come to an end, although it would be very unfair to dub Gentlemen and Players a failure: it certainly reads well and keeps the reader turning the pages as the diabolical plot to destroy St. Oswald, an English … Continue reading
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Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson
A perfect package of funny (hilarious, even), goofy, and smart. Don’t be put off by the title (for which you will get an explanation in the book). Don’t be put off by the unlikely meeting of a one-armed woman sailing … Continue reading
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Human by Michael Gazzaniga
Do not be fooled by the picture on the cover: there are no pictures in this book, which proved to be a pain to follow some of the explanations about the external anterior cortex (I’m making this up, I think) … Continue reading
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