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#150 Top ten posts of 2021

Posted on December 31, 2021 by M J Dees

10. Reading Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Adapted into a successful film, the tenth most popular post of the year was my review of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. The book examines memories and old age as well … Continue reading →

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#144 Reading Pinball 1973 Haruki Murakami

Posted on February 9, 2021 by M J Dees

Whenever I’m not reading books to help me with research for a novel I like to get stuck into a nice piece of literary fiction, preferably involving a degree of weirdness. On this occasion it was Haruki Murakami’s second novel … Continue reading →

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#143 Reading Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Posted on January 28, 2021 by M J Dees

I have always liked anyone called David Mitchell, whether they are a popular TV comedian or an award winning author. Today I’m talking about the latter, whose eighth novel tells the story of the fictional 1960s British rock band Utopia … Continue reading →

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