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Joined 8 months, 1 week ago

Left goodreads a while back, nice to get organized with my reading again, especially as part of the #fediverse. Links to my mastodon account(s) and other stuff is at technicat.com/

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Ottessa Moshfegh: My year of rest and relaxation (2018)
Linda Lau Anusasananan: The Hakka cookbook (2012, University of California Press)
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Francesco Marciuliano: I Could Pee on This (2012, Chronicle Books)

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David McCullough: 1776 (2006, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks)
Anonymous, Joe Klein: Primary Colors (Paperback, 2006, Random House Trade Paperbacks)
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Kathleen Tracy: Morgan Freeman (2010, JR Books Limited)

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David McCullough: Truman (1993, Simon & Schuster)
Eric Ries: The Lean Startup (Paperback, 2011, Portfolio Penguin)
Ursula K. Le Guin: City of Illusions (1996, Vista)

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reviewed Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane: Since We Fell (2017, HarperCollins Publishers) 3 stars

Since We Fell is a psychological thriller novel by American author Dennis Lehane, published in …

Excellent writing, main character has a lot of depth, plenty of mystery and surprises

4 stars

As I was reading this I kept thinking I'm sure I read this book before, but somehow I only remembered certain plot points and not the writing, and it wasn't published that long ago. Maybe it's brain fog, but certainly not the writing, Dennis Lehane's prose reliably sweeps along and there are fascinating characters and twists and turns to this story.

reviewed Cold Service (Spenser) by Robert B. Parker

Robert B. Parker: Cold Service (Spenser) (Berkley) 3 stars

"Cold Service is one hot mystery."—The Washington PostWhen his closest ally, Hawk, is beaten and …

entertaining, brings back memories of Bostonians always commenting on race

3 stars

This is my first Spenser novel, and I vaguely remember the TV series, so I think I would actually like to see that show again. The characters and their banter are fun and the plot moves, but the very Bostonian level of race consciousness, albeit on a more progressive note, is exhausting, although rings authentic (along with all the other Boston scenery) because I spent some years in the Boston area and people would just say stuff like "You guys don't like Koreans, right?" and random strangers would ask me if I could speak English or hand me an ESL pamphlet. Like I say, exhausting. But maybe I'll try another book. Hawk is pretty cool.