Marion: I’m about one third of the way through Matthew Pearl’s 18-year-old novel The Bookaneer, which I’m liking more now that our narrator has arrived in Samoa and we’ve met Robert Louis Stevenson and his family.
Bill: Since our last update I read:
- The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence: sure to be on my Best of ‘23 list
- The Essential Peter S. Beagle: Volumes I and II by Peter S. Beagle: an excellent (no surprise) collection of Beagle’s short stories
- Witch King by Martha Wells: A good fantasy with an intriguing set of characters
- The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell: admittedly a bit disappointing though enjoyed parts
- For the Love of Mars by Matthew Shindell: an interesting look at our changing thoughts about the Red Planet over time
- The Ugly History of Beautiful Things,
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COMMENT Book #3 of this trilogy is very much a heist story, and I quite enjoyed it!
Pirate stories and heist stories... Do we ever get enough of them?
Very interesting, Ulrich! Thanks for clueing me in!
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