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pscot

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28. Hi Hermetic
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 09:32 PM
Nov 2020

I finally finished Wars of the Roses and a bleak, violent and depressing read it was.
I read Charcoal Joe by Walter Moseley. Easy Rollins is back from the dead and has gone into the detective business. Moseley flashes his old form. Not his best but still good.
I also read Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuuomainen. This is Tuuomainen's 6th book. He notes that the first 5 were somewhat dour and offers this one as a change of pace. Finns apparently have a sense of humor. It probably arises from living next door to the Russians.

I'm about halfway through The City We Became by N.K. Jemison. I guess this can be categorized as science fiction, sub-category alien invasion/monsters among us. This is the 1st thing I've read by Jemison and it's quite good. She writes in trilogies so there's lots to explore here. I'm looking forward to it.

Cheers.

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