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Friday, March 8, 2013

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (#3, Fiction)

This is by an Australian author, and was extremely sexually charged (even though the central incident involves a child).  Two recurring themes from this book:
1) men are incapable of monogamy (specifically men living in Australia of Greek descent)
2) Australians hate Americans too....?  

A good read overall.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (#2, Fiction)

Loved this book.  The author not only uses foreshadowing, but flat-out tells you what is going to happen at the end.  But that didn't make it any easier to take.