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ThomasHewlett

ThomasHewlett

Joined May 2016

Reader, Author & Gentleman Werewolf
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Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
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Stiletto: A Novel by Daniel O'Malley
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Stiletto: A Novel | Daniel O'Malley
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Finally got my hands on book two! Can't wait to start reading. This wild story continues...

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Pickpick

Good development for the series - and a really fun read! Stark is dealing with his past and becoming more of a detective and less of a brawler (extremely reluctantly). But the ending...damn...infuriatingly well done.

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Pickpick

A very L.A noir book, with a sly sense of humor. It's twisted, dark and fun. Much like Los Angeles itself...

todd Such a good post...interrogating a book. Love it! 💡💡💡 8y
ThomasHewlett @todd Yeah, I sweated that book until it cracked. (Sorry, couldn't resist...) 8y
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Who Done It? | Jon Scieszka
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My friend's 9 year old son brought a book to dinner and read through the meal. My wife and I talked favorite authors with him over dessert. It's such a joy watching young readers enter the book world.

DitrieMarieBowie Good for him! 8y
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The Best American Poetry 2015 | Sherman Alexie, David Lehman
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To walk these dirty streets reading poetry out loud is to risk a 5150 but I don't care because the words feel too good on my tongue to keep them inside.

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Liking this book a lot. Darvelle's a very L.A. character: a perfect mix of jaded cynicism and f*ck-it-all enthusiasm.

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Sometimes in the middle of reading a novel I'll take a short break and read some poetry. A poetic intermission while I head to the concession stand.

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Already Dead: A Novel | Charlie Huston
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TBT to a book that changed my life. I read it during a real dark point and it inspired me to get back into writing - which brought me back to life. And it's a great read! Vampire -noir, hard boiled all the way and no sparkly vamps included.

DiruVamp This sounds right up my alley! 8y
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Mehso-so

Detailed world-building and humanely drawn inhuman characters make this a smart, easy to get lost in monster book. But the main character's damsel-in-distress act goes on way too long. Harkness mollycoddles her characters for 300 pages instead of dragging their butts through Hell.

Loreen That was my take on this book when I read it years ago. I wanted to like more than I did. 8y
Bookgirl I enjoyed this but the sequel was distressingly bad 8y
DiruVamp I'm about halfway through and am having a major issue with one of the characters so I'm really struggling. 8y
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Bookendsandbindings I really enjoyed this one, the second in the series I found to be way too drawn out, and had too many unnecessary characters. 8y
ThomasHewlett @Loreen Yeah, I'd hoped for more 8y
ThomasHewlett @Bookgirl I won't be reading the sequel. Like most people on here, my TBR stack is too high already 8y
ThomasHewlett @DiruVamp I'm not surprised... 8y
ThomasHewlett @BookendsAndBindings I can't take on the sequel. Glad you enjoyed this one though. Any recs for books like it? I like multiple-monster narratives. 8y
CynCruz23 @ThomasHewlett I agree. The first third of the book was so promising then it fell flat. Hope you find something great to bounce back from this 👍 8y
Bookendsandbindings @ThomasHewlett try Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ThomasHewlett Have you read the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher or Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I read all three of these in the original series, the beginning of the first was a bit to Twilighty for me. The second was a bit drawn out with lots of historical bits. I then read the third just for the conclusion. I did inwardly groan when I read she was writing another, set in the past. 8y
ThomasHewlett @CynCruz23 Thanks! There's some good leads in this thread already. 8y
ThomasHewlett @BookendsAndBindings Just read the blurb and I'm definitely in. Looks good! 8y
ThomasHewlett @Riveted Reader Melissa I love the Dresden series but hadn't heard about Kate Daniel. I just put "Magic Bites" on hold. Thanks! 8y
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Every time I see Fforde's Thursday Next novels on the shelves, I pretend for a moment that I'm standing in the Great Library of the Bookworld.

LianneB I have got to read him!!!! 8y
CherylC I love Thursday Next! 8y
ThomasHewlett @LianneB he writes for readers - you won't be disappointed! 8y
ThomasHewlett @CherylC Me too! One of my favorite characters 8y
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Murphy | Samuel Beckett
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Surprise portrait of Samuel Beckett from a previous (and talented) library patron.

GuiltyFeat @Marginalia One for you? 8y
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