From the monthly archives:
Just a few days ago, a barrage of emails were sent back and forth between me and my old college roommates planning our next reunion. As with the planning of any Housequake reunion, we inevitably started discussing the selection for this year’s Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Marathon. Which movies would make the cut this year? There is the [...]
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This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.