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Low Town: A Novel
by Daniel Polansky
Low Town (6/2/2011)
Low Town presented itself as a mystery/lite sci-fi /adventure story. Daniel Polansky does a masterful job of describing both the look and the feel of Low Town and does the same with all of the characters involved with the story. It was an excellent read that I hope will bemore
The False Friend
by Myla Goldberg
The False Friend (8/4/2010)
Memories "light the corners of my mind" until they suddenly rip into real life to send you on a search of what really happened. "Misty, water-colored" become murky and dark as the journey toward the truth takes many twists and turns. "The way we were" is not necessarily themore
The Book of God and Physics: A Novel of the Voynich Mystery
by Enrique Joven
The Book of God and Physics (6/20/2009)
Fact and fiction,history and present day and an unsolved manuscript - it's all a reader could ask for. This is not a beach book however. It takes some time and effort to sort through the explanations of who's who, who was who and who tutored who, in the age when astrologymore
The Crow Road
by Iain Banks
The Crow Road (9/17/2008)
I have never read Iain Banks and at first had a difficult time with the Scottish dialect. I found myself having to go back and reread sections to be sure I really understood what it meant.

I admit I found the book slow going and a challenge, but it was full of interestingmore
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