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Deja Dead, by Kathy Reichs
People have been telling me for years that Reichs' forensic thrillers are smart, exciting, and hard to put down, but I sort of blew them off. Then [livejournal.com profile] eeyorerin reiterated it and reminded me that they are set in Montreal, my much beloved ex-hometown, and I finally caved. Yay! All those people were right. Not brilliant literature, but more than enough fun to keep me reading them for the foreseeable future.
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The Well of Shades, by Juliet Marillier
I was mildly disappointed by the predictability of the romance angle in this conclusion to Marillier's historical fantasy trilogy, but it was well played-out - and the rest of the story was very tasty indeed. She handles so many different aspects of history and mysticism so deftly, sort of like several different favorite authors rolled into one delicious bundle.
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The Best American Essays 2005, edited by Susan Orlean and Robert Atwan
This anthology series has never done me wrong, but either this was a particularly good year for essays or Susan Orlean has particularly impressive taste. I don't remember disliking any of these pieces, and there were several exceptionally strong entries that I'd never seen before from authors that I make a point of reading. Excellent.
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