2013-08-01

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2013-08-01 12:31 pm
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2013 Book #92: Incidences of the Number Three

Title: Instances of the Number Three
Author: Salley Vickers
Genre: Literary fiction
Thingummies: 3

Synopsis: A widow strikes up a surprising friendship with her husband's mistress and a young man he had befriended.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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2013-08-01 12:37 pm
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2013 Book Review #93: The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon

Title: The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon
Author: Brian Thompson
Genre: Biography (Victorian)
Thingummies: 3

Synopsis: Girl from a family with aristocratic pretensions tries to pull a Vanity Fair; due to an amazing energy, voice, and capacity for self-delusion ends up instead running an orphanage into the ground, making a pet and then an enemy of one of the leading composers of the day, nearly getting institutionalized, and bringing 25 lawsuits.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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2013-08-01 01:23 pm
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2014 Book Review #94: Clockwork Fairy Tales

Title: Clockwork Fairy Tales
Editors: Stephen L. Antczak and James C. Bassett
Genre: Steampunk anthology
Thigummies: 3.5

Synopsis: Classic fairytales with a steampunk twist

Thoughts:So, what did you think? )