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William Tecumsah Sherman (1)

The Memoirs of William T Sherman Volume 1 by William T Sherman

The Memoirs of William T Sherman Volume 2 by William T Sherman

February 22, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“According to Cothren, in his ‘History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut,’ the Sherman family came from Dedham, Essex County, England.” I read the Ulysses S Grant memoirs not that long ago, which he wrote while he was dying of mouth cancer as a way to secure a financial legacy for his family. Those memoirs were almost exclusively war-centered, as you’d guess for them, and were heavily researched and documented as much as possible. One of the most interesting takeaways I had with them was that Grant […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: William T Sherman

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:124 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: William T Sherman ·
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Some Shorts (Evelyn Waugh (1); Italo Calvino (1); Henry James (1); Stephen Graham Jones (1); Cassandra Khaw(1); John Grisham (1); CW Longbottom (1)

The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Henry James by A Tragedy of Error

Midnight Caller by Stephen Graham Jones

Don't Turn on the Lights by Cassandra Khaw

The Tumor by John Grisham

Tears of the Anaren by CW Longbottom

Village of Islands by Jim Shepard

February 21, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Loved One “All the day the heat had been barely supportable but at evening a breeze arose in the west, blowing from the heart of the setting sun and from the ocean” I rented the first disc of Six Feet Under from Blockbuster just as soon as the dvds of the first season came out. I remember that one of the first scenes of the show, and the first season of the show was weird, like the ways that the first season of Sex […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Tragedy of Error, Cassandra Khaw, CW Longbottom, Evelyn Waugh, Italo Calvino, Jim Shepard, John Grisham, Stephen Graham Jones

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:122 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Tragedy of Error, Cassandra Khaw, CW Longbottom, Evelyn Waugh, Italo Calvino, Jim Shepard, John Grisham, Stephen Graham Jones ·
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Fay Weldon

The Life and Loves of a She Devil by Fay Weldon

February 21, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“Mary Fisher lives in a High Tower, on the edge of the sea: she writes a great deal about the nature of love. She tells lies.” Another reread for me from grad school. For whatever reason I watched the movie version of this book several times as a kid. It had Roseanne Barr as the title character, with Meryl Streep as Mary Fisher and Ed Begley as Bobbo. In the novel, Ruth’s husband Bobbo is going to leave her for Mary Fisher. Mary Fisher is […]

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vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:114 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: fay weldon ·
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Natalie Haynes (4)

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

February 21, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

” I see you. I see all who men call monsters.” This is the newest novel by Natalie Haynes, whose other recent books A Thousand Ships and Pandora’s Jar I also read this year. This is a novel and is structured more or less like A Thousand Ships, which takes on the broadest view of a given myth (in that book The Iliad) and tells it from multiple perspectives, not necessarily tackling the narrative in strict order. You can guess from the title and the […]

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vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:113 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Natalie Haynes ·
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Daphne du Maurier (1)

Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

February 19, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“‘Don’t look now,’ John said to his wife, ‘but there are a couple of old girls two tables who are trying to hypnotize me.’” This collection of stories from Daphne du Maurier was originally called “Not After Midnight and Other Stories” but changed after the 1973 film version of the title story came out. The title story “Don’t Look Now” start with that absolutely tremendous opening line. John and his wife are vacationing in Venice some time after one of children has died. They have […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Daphne Du Maurier

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Daphne Du Maurier ·
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Georges Simenon (5-8)

Maigret's Anger by Georges Simenon

Maigret's Patience by Georges Simenon

Maigret's Revolver by Georges Simenon

Maigret in Vichy by Georges Simenon

February 19, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Maigret’s Anger “It was 12.15 when Maigret went through the permanently cool archyway and out of the gate flanked by two policemen who were hugging the walls to get a little shade.” Sometimes it doesn’t feel like Maigret is a cop. He always seems fairly human, and one of the strengths of this series of detective novels is that Maigret feels real and the cases never feel too terribly wild. So the end result is that Maigret solves a mystery using mostly good police work, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: georges simenon

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:111 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: georges simenon ·
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