Doug's musings

Books

[2008-08-06] The Sociopath Next Door ::

Yesterday and today I read The Sociopath Next Door. ...

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[2006-12-13] Until I Find You ::

I picked up John Irving’s Until I Find You in Ithaca right after Thanksgiving and dove in on the flight home a few days later, just finishing last night. ...

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[2005-01-07] The Night Men ::

I love Keith Snyder’s mystery novels. Maybe it’s because I know him, know that he’s a funny guy, and that that humor permeates the descriptions. Maybe it’s because the protagonist, Jason Keltner, like Keith, is a musician, and musicians have a unique perspective on the world (or ... is there a word for perspective involving listening instead of seeing?). I put Keith’s The Night Men on my Amazon wish list sometime in the past year and was most pleasantly surprised when my mom gave it to me for Christmas. I just came to this delighting sentence: ...

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