R.E. VanNewkirk |@sotsogm@mstdn.social/bsky.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Retired Public Defender. Knows a little guitar. Trying to relearn bass. Married with cat. If I notice you paid for a blue check, I'll block you on principle.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: (Penguin Orange Collection)
Shirley JacksonR.E. VanNewkirk |@sotsogm@mstdn.social/bsky.socialFinally reading Shirley Jackson's early novels, and finding it fascinating the ways in which the prose is there but she just doesn't quite have the power that went into her masterpieces, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived In the Castle.
Paperback, 2016
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The Lottery
Shirley JacksonR.E. VanNewkirk |@sotsogm@mstdn.social/bsky.socialIn case you thought Americans were somehow better or smarter people 80 years ago, here's Shirley Jackson writing about public response to "The Lottery": https://t.co/vrBfvIAKYh
Hardcover, 2008
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Agent Running in the Field
John Le CarréR.E. VanNewkirk |@sotsogm@mstdn.social/bsky.socialMy last thought before actually getting into bed is that I would've been in bed two whole hours ago except there wasn't *that* much left to go in John Le Carré's AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD and I wound up finishing it.
Paperback, 2020
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