Emergency Skin
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Emergency Skin

Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I got Emergency Skin as a free Prime read. It’s a long short story, part of the Forward collection, excellent sci fi. The meeting…

Washington Square
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Washington Square

Washington Square by Henry James My rating: 3 of 5 stars I selected Washington Square for diversion with an edifying thread. Unfortunately, it was a tragedy. Caroline did not overcome her weakness and her father…

Louisa May Alcott

Reading has always brought me pleasure, but I came to enjoy writing only after many years. It fascinates me how writers came to their calling. On Amazon Prime the other night, I watched the American…

Nemesis
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Nemesis

Because polio strikes mysteriously, most everyone formulates theories based on superstitions. Roth uses the capriciousness of the disease as an avenue to question God's role in daily life, to question our role, to denote the…