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I don't write traditional book reviews, especially for classics. I feel that I cannot make a contribution that others have not already. I am more interested in how each book adds something to who I am and I how I see the world and my life. Of course, with my keen interest in literature, I may throw out an observation, insight, or criticism, usually brief, occassionally snarky.

I love classic literature, literary fiction, and poetry. Well done sci-fi and fantasy will also find it's way into my hands. When I want the literary equivalent or junk food, I gorge on horror. My strongest interest is in books written between the world wars. WWI changed everything - I wish I had been around to take part.

Wallace Stevens changed my life. That's why I am the Blackbird.

7:00 pm 28 September 2014

Don't you just love a good collection of short stories? The standouts for me were The Axeman's Shift, Psalm of the Emu, and something really really bad happens in O, Isle Spinners. I don't know what a kilmoo is, but I hope I don't have one.

The thing about reading Randy Thornhorn is that you come across all kinds of words that are definitely not in your Kindle's dictionary. But that's okay because I find that this forces me to engage with the book with something more than just my mind.

I enjoyed this collection as an addition to the Thornhorn-verse. The worst part about it is that I am now finished with everything published so far about it. Impatiently awaiting Daddy Brass.

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