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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
Tour de Force (12/30/2007)
Just finished this book and so enjoyed it. Great characters, a compelling plot, and for the most part, beautifully written. I found myself quickly drawn in to Blue's life and her struggles to fit in and to become her own person. I did develop an inkling near the end of themore
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
A Dissapointment! (12/30/2007)
Although horror isn't my usual genre (much is poorly written and plots are creaky) the reputation of this book as a literary take on horror convinced me to read it. It was a real slog. The plot dragged, the book needed an editor (cut 200 plus pages perhaps?) and it was alsomore
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