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The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries
The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman (Navajo Mysteries, #1-3) by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Technically a re-read, as I first picked them...
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Talking God
Talking God by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Clearly I’m skipping around in this series. But that’s kind of the mark of a good writer, right? One who doesn’t make you feel as if you’ve...
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Sacred Clowns
Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Again, totally reading these out of order. Or should I say, re-reading them, as I read most if not all of them in my early 20s. More than the...
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Rule 34
Rule 34 by Charles Stross My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not sure why I didn’t like this one quite as much as Halting State; it had much of the same pacing, certainly also told in second person (which as...
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The Fallen Man
The Fallen Man by Tony Hillerman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I like books that contain a little practical information about something I would never, ever do – like rock-climbing something precarious from...
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Coyote Waits
Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was another one where I very much enjoyed the character making a choice between what his immediate reaction was, what the law said he should...
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People of Darkness
People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Again, reading out of order – so it was interesting to see the beginnings of Jim Chee, having already read most of the others. Young,...
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The Dark Wind
The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars As many other reviewers have already said, Hillerman is a master of respectfully describing cultural differences, and the storyline of the...
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The Ghostway
The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have to be honest, this was probably my least favorite of the books – but only because I don’t care for the character of Mary Landon and at this...
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A Ticket to the Boneyard
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block My rating: 3 of 5 stars When over at my aunt and uncle’s house one night, waiting for Game of Thrones to start, they had a pile of books to give away. This...
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13 1/2
13½ by Nevada Barr My rating: 3 of 5 stars A woman with a past she’d like to forget meets a man with a past he can’t remember, and hovering around the edges is a man who’d like to keep one of them to...
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