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Working Stiff by Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Claire Ady

Well, I have not enjoyed a book as much as I enjoyed this one in a long time. But then, I have not read any non-fiction for a long time, so there might be a lesson in there. This was … Continue reading →

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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Claire Ady

I read this for a book club. Otherwise there was no way I would have finished this. That and it being only 147 pages long. This is the story of a dysfunctional American family sent at some time in the … Continue reading →

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The Quarry by Iain Banks

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Claire Ady

This is the last novel to be written by a writer I have loved for my entire adult life. I first discovered him with The Crow Road in the early 90s and have read a lot of his contemporary fiction, … Continue reading →

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