Books

Deadlocked

I love my Kindle. I pre-ordered Charlaine Harris’ Deadlocked, the 12th book in the Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Mystery Series. On 4/30, at 9:45pm PDT, I got an email saying that my Amazon account was billed and that I could download the book. This is “a day early” for me since it was published May 1. […]

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A good story is hard to find

“Living had got to be such a habit with him that he couldn’t conceive of any other condition” This was the best line in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A late encounter with the enemy.” Via a Facebook exchange with a friend, it was said that David Sedaris liked Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard

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Tears of the Giraffe

The second book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is Tears of the Giraffe. When I finished the first book, I immediately queued this book for download when it was available. Did I mention that I read many of my books from the local library, using my Kindle? The story develops the characters and

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Barrel Fever

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays by David Sedaris was a recent read. I was accustomed to reading his non-fiction stories and for some reason I though this book would be more of the same. So during the first story, I was very confused. I finally figured out this was fiction. Each chapter was a short

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No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

In 2009, HBO aired the series “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” so I watched out of curiosity. I liked it and was disappointed when it wasn’t renewed for a second season. Strolling through the Kindle section of my library website, I saw the book that the HBO series was based on was available. It was

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