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Month: June, 2009

The Wonder Singer

30 June, 2009 (16:41) | books | By: Amy

Mercè Casals is an international opera star and the subject of The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa, but she is dead before we have the chance to meet her. Instead the reader follows the efforts of Mark Lockwood, ghostwriter for Señora Casals, as he tries to piece together hundreds of hours of interviews for [...]

coming attractions, part two.

12 June, 2009 (16:35) | books | By: Amy

The list of what’s next: books that have been so generously provided by authors and / or publishers for review. I haven’t been nearly as quick with reading them as I would like, and if any of those kind souls are paying attention, I really am sorry. But don’t worry, it won’t [...]

coming attractions, part one.

11 June, 2009 (17:13) | books | By: Amy

So, yeah, it’s been a while. After not reading much of anything for a month and a half, I’ve thrown myself at my stack of books — I just haven’t been so great with the reviewing. I’m hoping to commit to a review every other day in order to catch up. Here’s [...]