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Reading journal: Ringing in 2016

This year, I've decided to post snippets from my ongoing reading journal that aren't full reviews, just thoughts about what I'm reading and what I want to read. This will possibly be terribly dull; I'll let you decide. Here's what I've been reading since the start of the year -- a lot of short books! … Continue reading Reading journal: Ringing in 2016

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January 10, 2016May 22, 20172016, amreading, Big books, Black Sun, Dashiell Hammett, deserts, Dorothy B Hughes, Edward Abbey, Noir, Paolo Bacigalupi, Reading, Short novels, Southwestern fiction, The End Is Now, The Expendable Man, The Maltese Falcon, The Water Knife, zombiesLeave a comment
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Recommended reading: The Expendable Man

This week I'm recommending The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes, a crime noir classic recently reissued by New York Review Books. A young doctor driving from California to a family wedding in Phoenix, Arizona, sees a teenage girl hitchhiking on a desert road and stops to pick her up, setting in motion a chain of events that … Continue reading Recommended reading: The Expendable Man

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January 9, 2016July 15, 2016Classics, Dorothy B Hughes, New York Review Books, Noir, The Expendable ManLeave a comment

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