The antidote to Cormac McCarthy

I do like Cormac McCarthy, but can you imagine living with him? His vision of the world is unremittingly grim. His characters are are either sociopaths or simply motivated by greed or any number of unenviable human traits. I’ve read Outer Dark and The Road and recently watched and then dreamt about the film [...]

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The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle

Based on the books I’ve read and liked, Librarything suggested that I might like The God of Animals. I’ve just finished and I have to say, I really loathed this book.
It is a well-written, compelling story of a girl growing up on a barely-making-it horse farm in a desert valley. She has no friends and [...]

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