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This is the latest in a series of occasional posts featuring books I read years ago about which I was wildly enthusiastic at the time, wanting to press a copy in as many hands as I could. This is an unusual one for me. As regular readers know, I rarely read thrillers but there was […]
Blasts from the Past: Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon (1997) Read More »
Six Degrees of Separation is a meme hosted by Kate over at Books Are My Favourite and Best. It works like this: each month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six others to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the titles on the list,
Six Degrees of Separation – From Fleishman is in Trouble to Oh Pure and Radiant Heart Read More »
I was attracted to TaraShea Nesbit’s debut as much for its location as for its subject. My attention’s snagged by anything set against the stunning landscape of the American South West – recommendations gratefully received. It looked like a handy antidote to Richard Powers’ cerebral Orfeo but turned out to be very much more than
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit: An accomplished, unconventional first novel Read More »