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Isabel, Isabel, didn’t worry. Isabel didn’t scream or scurry: The Adventures of Isabel: An Epitome Apartments Mystery by Candas Jane Dorsey

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I don't often find a contemporary mystery novel that hits the spot. As I've mentioned before, I think that contemporary mysteries swing too far either to the cozy or the bleak. This is why, when I want a mystery fix, I always reach for the detective fiction from the Golden Age (the 1920s-40s). The authors … Continue reading Isabel, Isabel, didn’t worry. Isabel didn’t scream or scurry: The Adventures of Isabel: An Epitome Apartments Mystery by Candas Jane Dorsey

Mothers, Daughters, and Jellyfish: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

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I just finished reading Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, and I have emerged from its pages feeling sunburned. The novel is set in Almería, in southeast Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It's an unfriendly landscape, with blazing sun, burning sand, and harsh salt. There are sweltering plastic greenhouses, unlovely gas canisters lining the beach, and … Continue reading Mothers, Daughters, and Jellyfish: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

A Different Way of Connecting with the World: Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

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Do you ever read a book, and think to yourself, "I wish I'd written that"? Well, I just finished reading Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett, and it was absolutely everything I've ever wanted in a book. That is what writing is about for me, too, tapping into a sense of being, a magic rather than logic." … Continue reading A Different Way of Connecting with the World: Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett