It's Monday, what are you reading?
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Finished Patricia Highsmith's "Those who walk away", a story about two men, chasing each other in the streets of Venice. Ray's wife has commited sucide and her father Ed has conviced himself that Ray is guilty and therefore deserves to be killed. I had bought it maybe 20 years ago and only now did I find the right mood to read it. Love this lady's twitted mind.
Then, as I have been reading so many very serious books this year I really felt like something light so I started "Irish Girls about Town", a short stories collection from several female irish writers. Most stories are really ultralight, though I did enjoy "the 28th day" about a woman having PMT, and "Your place or mine" and "the cup runneth" had an unexpected twist. As for the love stories, a bit too chick littish for my taste, I just find these happy endings so contrived, or maybe I'm just getting cynical.
Finished Patricia Highsmith's "Those who walk away", a story about two men, chasing each other in the streets of Venice. Ray's wife has commited sucide and her father Ed has conviced himself that Ray is guilty and therefore deserves to be killed. I had bought it maybe 20 years ago and only now did I find the right mood to read it. Love this lady's twitted mind.
Then, as I have been reading so many very serious books this year I really felt like something light so I started "Irish Girls about Town", a short stories collection from several female irish writers. Most stories are really ultralight, though I did enjoy "the 28th day" about a woman having PMT, and "Your place or mine" and "the cup runneth" had an unexpected twist. As for the love stories, a bit too chick littish for my taste, I just find these happy endings so contrived, or maybe I'm just getting cynical.