Synopsis:
The son of a wealthy industrialist enters Jungian therapy to discover why he feels that his life is at a point of crisis.
Review:
In The Manticore, Robertson Davies continues the story he began in his masterful Fifth Business, turning his acute eye for the majesty of the quotidian on David, the son of Boy Staunton, a [...]
Popularity: 32% [?]
Tags: Canadian Literature
Synopsis:
The unicorns have all disappeared from the world, save one, who cannot accept that she is the last.
Review:
I know I said no fantasy for a while, but The Last Unicorn is a children’s books so it doesn’t count. I have long been a fan of the Rankin/Bass animated movie, but never read the book. [...]
Popularity: 20% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
Despite being both beautiful and smart, former teen beauty Sasha’s love life is a shambles, and–even worse–she’s approaching 30 with rapid speed.
Review:
I usually don’t say blank is the new blank, but I’ve never been more glad that 30 is the new 20 than after reading this depressing book. When I was in my 20s, [...]
Popularity: 31% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
The epic battle for control of Pandemia converges on Thume, a peaceful enclave that’s hidden from sight for two millenia.
Review:
I’m sort of relieved to be finished The Living God, thus concluding the four-part series by Dave Duncan called A Handful of Men. I loved every minute of this series, which is a sequel to [...]
Popularity: 33% [?]
Tags: Canadian Literature
Synopsis:
The fate of Pandemia rests upon the shoulders of Imperor Shandie and his friends, who have spread to the far corners of the world in the hopes of uniting all the races against a common foe. Plus, did somebody say that the dragons are rising?
Review:
In The Stricken Field, the third of four books in [...]
Popularity: 30% [?]
Tags: Canadian Literature
Synopsis:
A despotic sorcerer has torn the Impire apart through a ruthless program of magical slavery, and imperor Shandie’s small cadre of loyal supporters are forced to travel to the farthest corners of Pandemia in order to save the world.
Review:
Upland Outlaws is Part Two of the Handful of Men series, and I’m sort of running out [...]
Popularity: 26% [?]
Tags: Canadian Literature
Synopsis:
Seventeen years after the conclusion of A Man Of His Word, Pandemia finds itself on the brink of a civilization-destroying calamity, and former sorcerer Rap is pulled from his peaceful family life in Krasnegar to play the hero once again.
Review:
The Cutting Edge kicks of a four-book follow up to the series that began with Magic [...]
Popularity: 30% [?]
Tags: Canadian Literature
Synopsis:
A look at sexual mores in the age of AIDS.
Review:
I like a good polemic as much as the next person, particularly when it involves people having lots of sex, mostly because I always feel like that’s nice work if you can get it. Last Night in Paradise isn’t hard-hitting investigative journalism as much as [...]
Popularity: 35% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Synopsis:
An English society family is thrown into turmoil when one of their own marries a shifty Italian, and they’ll do anything to see that their child is raised properly–that is, in England.
Review:
EM Forster has been my latest classic discovery. I’d never read anything of his before last year, and I’m completely in love. [...]
Popularity: 22% [?]
Tags: British Literature
Synopsis:
A long ago summer idyll at a manor-turned-commune ended in tragedy, and the recent discovery of the bones of a woman and a baby threaten the secrets carefully guarded by the young man who inherited the home.
Review:
It may be a lesser Barbara Vine, but A Fatal Inversion is still an above average read.
Popularity: 43% [?]
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Popularity: 43% [?]
Tags: British Literature
