Started Season 4 of the Two Month Review: The Physics of Sorrow and I'm really liking this Bulgarian novel by Georgi Gospodinov.
This week the "Deal Me In" card is the Ace of Spades and the story is On the Steppe by Samanta Schweblin (in The Future is Not Ours). So far, this one of the best stories from my 2018 Roster.
from the library...
The Island (A Grand & Batchelor Victorian Mystery Series, #4) by M.J. Trow
A stand alone run-of-the-mill mystery. Rather disjointed, several red-herrings, Mark Twain tossed in for no particular reason, muddy motives, too many characters...etc.
from my shelves...
Never Any End to Paris by Enrique Vila-Matas; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean
No, there really isn't any end to Paris and no Paris is like any other Paris. I like this "fictional memoir" of Vila-Matas.
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
The life of two fighters at the lower end of the 1950s boxing world. One is a has been who works as a laborer in the fields and orchards in order to survive. The other is an up-and-coming youth, who works in a gas-station. This classic is set in Stockton California. Excellent! How did I miss reading this years ago?
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