I am becoming a huge huge fan of this writer. I began with The Secret Magdalene and then skipped this one and went right to Houdini Heart. Both knocked my socks off. Then I came back to this one. Off to find my socks again. Then I jumped to her latest book, Walks Away Woman. I guess I'll ha...
This book was suggested to me because I have read House of Leaves. I read the synopsis of Houdini Heart and was intrigued; I wasn't expecting anything like House of Leaves, but I do love a good horror story involving a house and a cast of haunted characters. When I finished this novel yesterday, ...
I don't think I've read a better portrayal of a black woman by a white woman than I found in this fast-paced very clever novel. Dido is not the central character but she acts like it. I loved the idea of a cold-hearted good time girl who could sing hot-blooded songs. I loved her honesty and her...
This is the first in a new series of noir Private Eye cases centered on Sam Russo, a kid from a horror of a Staten Island orphanage right after the Second World War. The mysteries are mysterious (I didn't figure out one of them - so far), the lead is funny and whimsical and self-deprecating whos...
Mariamne. Queen Bee. John the Less. Magdal-eder.Daughter. Prophet. Student. Apostle.Woman. Man. Heart. Rock. Beloved.Many names, many roles, many titles.Only one human being. Mary MadgaleneThis book is wonderful, and I am so glad of being able to read it. I am always being a "fan" of Mary Magdal...
I told time by the Derby. I wish I could say I was born the year Man ‘O War won, but since he didn’t start in the big race, I couldn’t. A horse called Paul Jones won. I’d tried hard not to be bitter, but being born in the year of Paul Jones got my goat. I made up for it a little bit by my firs...