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Tag Archives: Joseph Mitchell
Current Reading, August 17 – 23, 2015
I finished both The Human Division and The End of All Things by John Scalzi (covers shown in last week’s post), the two latest novels in his Old Man’s War universe. While I liked them both, I thought the newest book was the weaker … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading, Mystery, Non-fiction
Tagged Ed McBain, Henning Mankell, Joseph Mitchell, Mouse Guard, Thomas Kunkel
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Current Reading, August 10 – 16, 2015
Suddenly, lots of books. As listed last week, from the library came Liaden Universe Constellations Volume 3, the recently published collection of science fiction short stories by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee. I was about half way through it when John Scalzi’s latest, The End of … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading, Mystery
Tagged Henning Mankell, John Scalzi, Joseph Mitchell, Old Man's War universe, Thomas Kunkel, V.M. Giambanco
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ffb: The Bottom of the Harbor
this is the 177th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Bottom of the Harbor by Joseph Mitchell – original © date 1944, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959 – Pantheon Books 2008 hardcover, non-fiction – portraits of people and … Continue reading