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righterofwords.com | ||
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writingatlarge.com
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| | | | | Set in 1958 this tightly plotted, precise and polished mystery/detective story is very set in its time. Tokyo Express by Seich? Matsumoto, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is a masterwork of minimalist craftsmanship. No detail is extraneous. No scene could be cut. The setting starts as a thriller more than a murder mystery, but... | |
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michelleardillo.com
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| | | | | If you know me at all, you will know that Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout changed me, as a reader, as a writer, and as a person. Olive Kitteridge was the first book I read that looked like a novel, but was instead a series of short stories that were woven together such that it... | |
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catherinerosegunther.com
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| | | | | The Kamogawa Food Detectives was a wonderful first novel read of 2024. Reminiscent of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, these series of connected short stories, broken into dishes, rather than chapters, is love letter to food and the memories and nostalgia it can evoke in our lives. | |
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afondnessforreading.com
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| | | Here's a quote from a fun little book I read for the Readers Imbibing Peril -XVI challenge. The book, Poison for Breakfast, by Daniel Handler, was the first Lemony Snicket book I've read, and it made me laugh out loud and kept me highly entertained throughout. This quote, though, struck a particularly familiar chord with... | ||
