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Patricia Evangelista: Some People Need Killing (2023, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated)
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F. H. Batacan: Accidents Happen (2024, Soho Press, Incorporated)
Milan Kundera: Jacques and his master (1985, Harper & Row)

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Ayobami Adebayo: Stay with Me (Paperback, 2018, Vintage)
Laurent Binet, Sam Taylorhas: Civilizations (Paperback, Picador)
Sally Rooney, Sally Rooney: Normal People (Paperback, 2018, Faber & Faber)

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reviewed Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet

Laurent Binet: Perspective(s) (French language, 2023)

Florence, 1557. Le peintre Pontormo est retrouvé assassiné au pied des fresques auxquelles il travaillait …

Silly Fun in Medieval Europe

I enjoyed this book and read it super quick. The story was engaging, the language sounded authentic (to my ignorant ears) and distinct for each character, and it was just funny overall. Telling a story of real people from the 1500s through correspondence and managing to make it interesting is already impressive, but to make it a murder mystery of sorts? I can't help but like Laurent Binet's works, it seems.

reviewed Going Into Town by Roz Chast

Roz Chast: Going Into Town (Paperback, 2019, Bloomsbury Publishing)

"For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees!?) …

Funny and Helpful

This love letter to New York was both touching and funny while also being helpful. I plan to go to New York this year, and I certainly wrote down the author's tips and things I learned about Manhattan.

reviewed Murder Book by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell: Murder Book (2021, Andrews McMeel Publishing)

Too Long and Disjointed

This review title pretty much describes the whole book. While it was fun to read and learn about famous murderers in the US because it was presented in comic form, it wasn't enjoyable to keep going back every chapter to the author's reasons for liking true crime.

reviewed Three-Body Problem Series by Ken Liu

Ken Liu, Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen: Three-Body Problem Series (2017, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Interesting but Needs Better Characterization

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