Category Archives: mystery

The Female Detective, by Andrew Forrester

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

I requested Andrew Forrester’s The Female Detective from my library after a Twitter conversation with lawless about an obituary of Sue Grafton that implied she more or less invented the female private eye. Forrester’s detective–whom I vaguely remembered from my dissertation-writing days, when … Continue reading →

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Recent(ish) Reading List

Posted on December 22, 2017 by

My grades are in, my wrapping is done (much earlier than usual!), I’m nearly done updating my course schedule for next term, my stockings are hung by the chimney with care. Time to catch up on blogging! I’m thinking about … Continue reading →

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Ah, September

Posted on October 7, 2017 by

A month ago I finished Reservoir 13. Reading (most of) the Man Booker longlist had really restored my reading mojo. I was reading a lot, I was able to immerse myself in reading again, nothing would stop me now! Yeah. Since then I have … Continue reading →

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The Marsh King’s Daughter, by Karen Dionne

Posted on August 10, 2017 by

After History of Wolves I wanted a little Booker break, and I had Karen Dionne’s The Marsh King’s Daughter in my library pile. I enjoyed this thriller but it was exactly the wrong choice of palate cleanser after Wolves, because they share many elements–it made for … Continue reading →

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Rambling and/on Reading

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

This weekend, three of our family took an overnight trip to Seattle (leaving son in charge of the pets–everyone lived and nothing burned down! guess we did OK at parenting). Our daughter had long been hatching a plant to meet … Continue reading →

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