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The Title Game - Part Deux
The Queen of the Nutters: And Other Odd Short Stories by Scott BaronI bought this just for the title- It's one of my many nicknames- and wound up picking up several other collections by this author. He appeals to my warped sense of humor.
Mickey wrote: "Fatally Frosted by Jessica BeckTed, you come up with some seriously interesting titles!"
lol. with the help of GR add book/author search option.
Mickey wrote: "Cast Iron Cover-Up by Jessica BeckI've read & enjoyed several of Beck's culinary themed mysteries."
By Its Cover by Donna Leon
The Demon Lover: On the Sexuality of Terrorism by Robin Morgan(I used this book as research for my first Master's thesis; at the time it was first published--1989-- law enforcement believed, for the most part, that women couldn't be involved in terrorism.)
D. H. Lawrence: A Collection of Critical Essays by Mark Spilka(I picked this up at a used book fair. While it contains some interesting thoughts on the works of D.H. Lawrence, it is sooo boring. My eyelids grow heavy each time I hold the book in my hands.)
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
The Witches of Eastwick by John UpdikeThis is one of those rare cases where I think I actually liked the movie better than the book!
Witches, Sirens and Soothsayers bySusannah Marriott(I'm currently reading this book. It's a survey of myths, legends, quotations and art associated with "evil" and "devious" women.)
Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy by Denise LittleI used to love the anthologies this publisher put out. I don't know if they stopped, or I just haven't seen any lately because I mostly read mysteries now.
I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano(If you know a cat, you can relate to the poems in this small volume.)
Catka wrote: "The Red Tent by Anita DiamantReading it at the moment and am surprised how nice it is so far"
Catka, that's good to know; I've looked at the book several times and just wasn't sure it would be worth the time.
Now my addition:
The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun
(I picked up my first The Cat Who book--I think there's about 30 of them--in an airport in 1986 and have been a fan of LJB's light, friendly style ever since.)
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal(Frans de Waal has done some really great research into the intellect of animals and how they experience empathy. I included some of his theories on 'herd mentality' in an analytic paper.)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami(I started out enjoying this but in the end it got too depressing to be considered enjoyable. But Murakami's prose is beautiful.)
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