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Typhoid Mary By Anthony Bourdain (52 Books,11 Down, 41 To Go)

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Chris
on April 25, 2009
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I figured that this would be something I would dig, since I do love Bourdain’s No Reservations show on the Travel Channel. Well, this small volume is interesting enough. I suppose it is difficult to make typhoid interesting. The only real problem I had with the book is that Bourdain fills in a few too many of the gaps with his own value judgments….”Surely in this situation Mary must have felt….” is the type of statement that comes up pretty often. Only recommended if you are a Bourdain fanatic.
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Tooth And Nail (52 Books, 4 Down, 48 To Go)

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Chris
on January 20, 2009
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I started reading Rankin’s Rebus novels late last year, far later than I should have. Having worked in bookstores for years, I can assure you…you can judge a book by it’s cover. There was something about Rankin that I sensed was good. Then came a connection….I found out that Rankin and I shared a love for Pynchon. Then the appearance on one of my favorite TV shows, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. It was finally time to check him out.

Tooth and Nail is the third in Rankin’s Rebus series. Like the first two in the series, it is funny and literate, not your typical mass-market fare. I’ve still got another 15 or so Rebus novels in front of me, and for that, I am thankful.

Tooth And Nail takes Inspector John Rebus from Edinburgh to London, where, as a supposed expert on serial killers, he is brought in to help solve the murders committed by the Wolfman. Rebus is as irascible as always, and Rankin starts to do for London what he has already done for Edinburgh. Highly reccommended.