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    April Reading Challenge: Satin Island

    April 28, 2016 /

    I didn’t hate it. I wish I could be satisfied by saying just that, but of course this statement calls for some explanation. Tom McCarthy is noted as being the general secretary of the International Necronautical Society (INS), “a semi-fictitious avant-garde network,” which I’ll leave you to examine on your own. I haven’t read his other novels, so I dipped my toes, or at least tried to dip my toes, into Satin Island not totally knowing what to expect. The narrator, identified only as U., works as an anthropologist for a corporation. I was impressed by this position, as it transforms the science of marketing and advertising into something more humane. This, and a brief…

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    April Reading Challenge: An Introduction

    April 10, 2016 /

    Since most of my trouble and toil with the new site was related to its looks, the book I have chosen for April’s Reading Challenge is perfect: I checked it out of the library solely because of its looks. Yes, that’s right, I judged this book by its cover, and if it’s not colorful, indecisive, clearly planned out…well, I guess I’ll only be a tad bit disappointed. With words like “oozing plasma” and a character (I’m already speculating it’s a computer) titled “U.” in the jacket summary, you can say I am intrigued. I’m thinking it’s a Matrix-esque novel, so in other words, a genre I am not usually drawn to, but like…

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