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Books Read (click on titles for review):
Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman
History of the Millennium (So Far) by Dave Barry (9/30/12) [208 pages]
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
History of the Millennium (So Far) by Dave Barry (9/30/12) [208 pages]
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
Currently Reading:
Murder at the MLA by D J H Jones: As a Chicago homicide
detective, Boaz Dixon has just about seen it all--or so he thinks until
corpses begin accumulating at the Hotel Fairfax during the annual
meeting of the Modern Language Association. The investigation takes him
into a world unlike any he has ever encountered--the byzantine milieu of
the contemporary academy, with its arcane jargon, endless posturings,
power struggles, and puzzling factionalisms.To get to the bottom of
these murders, Boaz decides to enlist some assistance. Enter Nancy Cook,
a bright and resourceful assistant prof from Yale, whom Boaz quickly
recruits as his guide and translator to help Boaz and his fellow cops confront the baffling
questions in the case. Why had the Wellesley department chair, Susan
Engleton, collapsed in her hotel suite?
And Michael Alcott, the University of Arizona's formidable purveyor of
the latest trends in critical theory: why had his body plummeted ten
floors to the atrium lobby? Was this the work of a disgruntled hotel staff
member, out to get even with his employer? Or could the culprit--or
culprits--come from the ranks of the assembled academics? And, the most
disturbing question of all: will the mayhem continue?
Books that spark my interest:
11/22/63 by Stephen King (I suppose I ought to just start on this chunky "little" novel and stop adding it to the list every week....)
The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime by Michael Sims (ed)
Lake of Sorrows by Erin Hart
Star Trek & Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant by Jason T Eberl & Kevin S Decker (eds)
I love Margaret Truman's series!
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading!