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Inveterate reader - Usually have several books going at once. Loyal library patron and independent (used and new) bookstore customer.

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reviewed Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas

Firoozeh Dumas: Funny in Farsi (Paperback, 2004, Random House Trade Paperbacks)

In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to …

Review of 'Funny in Farsi' on 'Storygraph'

A gentle memoir. She portrays her family with love and admiration. Reminds us that the immigrant experience varies (her family first lived in US in 1972).

Especially liked reading about extended family (her father and his siblings all live close by even now). Her experiences are so unlike my West Coast, far from relatives, life.

reviewed Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Margaret Rogerson: Sorcery of Thorns (AudiobookFormat, 2019, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio)

Review of 'Sorcery of Thorns' on 'Storygraph'

A book lover on a quest with a wizard! the descriptions that made me choose this book were: “heroine who is unabashedly bookish, intellectually curious, and has enough self-awareness to admit when sheʼs wrong…she doesnʼt let injustice grind her down” well constructed plot “slyly amusing”

and the book does have great characters and some intriguing magic and obstacles. It is FINE!

reviewed Winter Counts by Darrell Dennis

Darrell Dennis, David Heska Wanbli Weiden: Winter Counts (AudiobookFormat, 2020, Harpercollins, HarperCollins)

A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a …

Review of 'Winter Counts' on 'Storygraph'

So glad my library had a copy on the New Books shelf. This is a thriller written by and about Sicangu Lakota people.
The plot involves a hard-boiled fellow who discovers what really matters. And in a year like this one, Iʼm happy to read about people finding comfort in community and ceremony.

reviewed All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

Louise Penny, Robert Bathurst: All the Devils Are Here (AudiobookFormat, 2020, Macmillan Audio)

Review of 'All the Devils Are Here' on 'Storygraph'

I am thoroughly enjoying this. Mysterious, historical (even David Thompson). And she wrote a moment that shows the true meaning of "East is East and West is West....when two strong men stand face to face" (Kipling, often shortened of its veracity)

reviewed A story like the wind by Laurens van der Post (A Harvest/HBJ book)

Laurens van der Post: A story like the wind (1978, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)

Review of 'A story like the wind' on 'Storygraph'

followed a recommendation and Iʼm glad I did. The description of life in Africa for a young man is fascinating, even idyllic.

reviewed Right Jack by Margaret Maron

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Margaret Maron: Right Jack (2013, Oconee Spirit Press)

Review of 'Right Jack' on 'Storygraph'

What a delicious present! Someone assembled all the books in this series (some original paperbacks, several new on-demand reprints, a couple of hardbacks). So I am reading this modern procedural with female lead set in NYC quite comfortably.

reviewed Seven Second Delay by Tom Easton

Tom Easton: Seven Second Delay (2014, Andersen Press Ltd)

Review of 'Seven Second Delay' on 'Storygraph'

The premise has stuck with me years after I read this. Dystopian future, refugee, uses her only advantage (the video feed is delayed by 7 seconds) to survive (maybe win?).