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The “Mom, I Don’t Like To Read” Quest (and a Mini Review of Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld)

October 16, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s really quite a strange thing.
My older son (who, by the way, would be cranky if he knew I was blogging about him, so please keep this under your hats) has always insisted that he’s not a reader.
“Mom, I don’t like to read” is a recurring refrain around here. We’ve all been hearing some variation [...]

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Review: The City and The City, by China Miéville

August 24, 2009 Books and Reading

In the European city of Beszel, the body of a murdered woman is found; Inspector Tyador Borlú is assigned the case, but further investigation leads him to believe that the murder is not as routine as it looks at first glance: the woman appears to have connections with the city of Ul Qoma.
This complicates [...]

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