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Originally Posted by caleb72
Next up is an odd little indie number called Under the Looking Glass by Alisa Tangredi. I reviewed one of her books very favourably on my site last year and I was happy to look at another of her works.
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I really enjoyed this novel. It was creative, quite surreal and also shocking. It jumps all over the place dropping bits and pieces of narrative and dialogue as it jolts and stutters onwards until I started pulling some of those pieces together. The final picture was a surprise.
It uses the side effects of insomnia, medications and various psychiatric practices/theories to take the reader and the main character "down the rabbit hole".
This is the second book I've read from this author and I've been impressed both times.
Now, another watery novel awaits. This time it's the classic adventure
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne. I am really looking forward to this as it is, in some ways, a revisit to that time when my interest in reading was sparked - when my Mother bought me abridged versions of some of the classic adventure stories like
Treasure Island. I decided late last year that I was determined to read the unabridged versions of all those books that started my reading passion and this is the first in that effort.
It's also the book club read for March - apologies to all those who didn't appreciate my nomination.
