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Ayris Harlander _o_o_co_o_ — Hunted is the 5th book in the House of NIght series. I love these books. This seires is like a spin off of Twlight and Harry Potter combined. It reminds me of Harry Potter because its about a girl who gets "marked" to be a vampire and she has to go away to vampire school and it reminds me of Twilight because of the love story. Although Zoey has this issue where she seems to always fall in love more than one person. The style of the book is quick paced and leaves the reader wanting more at each of the books' endings. Each book ends in the middle of a confliting event and starts exactly where the book left off. So in five books only about a year in half's worth of time passed.

Fernando Almada fsalmada — Drawing a Blank or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams has a lot going for it. In addition to having a very straightforward, no holds barred, title Drawing a Blank also includes illustrations by Trevor Ristow. More surprising (to me) was that I was already familiar with the book's author, Daniel Ehrenhaft. In 2002 Ehrenhaft, writing under the pseudonym Daniel Parker, published the Wessex Papers trilogy. The three books (Trust Falls, Fallout, Outsmart) won the Edgar Award in 2003 for Best Young Adult Mystery. I didn't know any of that while reading the Wessex Papers (or this book), but am inclined to agree with the hype. Like the Wessex Papers the writing here is smart both in the sense that it is clever and that it leaves readers thinking. The story (as the full title explains) follows Carlton Dunne IV as he tries to rescue his father who is embroiled in an age-old family feud with another Scottish clan. In the process, Carlton runs away from his boarding school, visits the comic con from hell, meets a crazy girl who wants to be on "Cops" and continues working on his comic strip that runs in a local paper (thus the illustrations and the comic con debacle). As you might have guessed, Carlton wears many hats. Carlton is also a really fun character, likably neurotic he brings to mind the protagonist of the Wessex Papers. A fact that makes sense when you realize the novels were written by the same person. Although the book is a significant length, the chapters are short--averaging about three pages at a run. This is good because you can read them quickly. On the other hand, Ehrenhaft's preference to end chapters on a cliff hanger becomes redundant after the eightieth time. The story takes a while to get to the action, a fact Carlton himself acknowledges early on in a note at the front of the book. The time, however, is well-spent introducing memorable characters and explaining Carlton's personal history. Most of the book understandably takes place in Scotland, but the scenes at Carnegie Mansion--Carlton's boarding school--are a lot of fun even if they do more to set up the plot than actively set it in motion. I'd recommend Drawing a Blank for reluctant readers who don't read for lack of interest (even though the chapters are short with a fairly large font, the presence of footnotes and an involved plot might be daunting for readers who might read below level). Although this book is a bit more zany than any of the Wessex Papers, I'd also recommend it for fans of that series.

Antonis Samartzis samanton — I love short stories and these are some of the finest, most visceral, witty ones I have ever read. The most poignant story for me is "How To Talk To Your Mother (notes)". It is a year by year brief reflection on one's Mother memories from from the present back to birth. I lost my Mother to Alzheimer's early this year and I have been doing a lot of reflecting.Another of my favorites is "Amahl and the Night Visitors: A Guide to the Tenor of Love". One of the best opening lines ever. "Understand that your cat is a whore and can't help you." Brilliant. I shall track down more of Lorrie Moore's books to savor.