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Ghadeer Abdin ghadeerabd1221 — For Dawn Powell, "Good taste is the consolation for people who have nothing else." Her rapier wit stabs deeply into the pretensions of NYC publishing and its distasteful social whirlpools. Central figure Amanda Keeler is a malign, albeit beautiful, careerist who knows "there are so many things to be gained by trading on sex, and she thought so little of the process," yes -- she must use it again. After marrying the publisher of 16 newspapers she manages and manipulates him as he does her. The result: a mass of misunderstandings and misinformation, but let's not worry: there's another dinner party tonight for the "somebody's" and every smile, every hello must have its payoff. The only thing that can hurt is anonymity. Amanda pretends to welcome a girlhood friend from Ohio in order to reignite a pash w a "nobody" studlet whose ladder for climbing upward is propped against nothing. The confused fella, a sometime editor, believes that "any one foolish enough to make the world his oyster is courting ptomaine." These players are always staggered by "the slightest evidence of human civility." The New Face from Ohio, a reluctant virgin at 26, is ready to be plucked. Praising Dawn Powell, Edmund Wilson wrote that she died (1965), mostly unread, because women could not identify with her characters.Her ingenue is a simpleton, her fella is a moral weakling and Amanda - inspired, it's said, by Clare Boothe Luce - is a monster. If so, this is the book's problem: Amanda lacks the dangerous charm that radiated from Mrs L like nuclear energy. Powell's writing has been likened to that of Muriel Spark: deadly,deadpan and without sentiment. When a ditzed deb tells mum that her fiance is "a terrible bore," the ambitious parent cautions, "You mustnt say things like that -- not until you're married!"

Enrica Di enrica_dimassa — Blew my mind.

Lisa Scadron _isa_cadron — Great alternate history/Sci Fi.

Ashley Fouyolle _shley_ouyolle — Just getting into this.. for the book club that wasnt :-(

Nicole Lopuz niclopz — Mortal Obligation by author Nichole Chase, is an enjoyable young adult paranormal book. The story follows the plight of Ree and her friends coming to terms with their new found powers. Ree and the gang are an interesting and diverse group of characters. This is a good adventure with some twists that I didn't see coming. I thought it was a little bit slow in the begining, but it picks up and is worth the read. I'm looking forward to more of this story.

Joost Dirix _oost_irix — There's lots I really enjoyed about this novel of two girls taking a road trip from California to Alabama with their grandmother, the titular Mare. And most of it centers on Mare herself - as the trip proceeds, she begins to tell the girls bits of her life story, leading up to when she ran away from home at seventeen to join the W.A.C. The book alternates between the contemporary/road trip action and historical scenes from Mare's life during World War II. Without question, the historical story is the best bits of the book. Mare's story is vivid and well-done and just really super interesting. If the book were just this part fleshed out, I'm pretty sure it would've risen a lot higher in my estimation, because frankly I just wanted lots more of her - not just the wartime experiences, but some post-war life too. In contrast, the contemporary bits, narrated by granddaughter Octavia, just fall flat. It's hard to get a real sense of their characters - they're pretty generic and there's really very little that distinguishes them or feels real and/or noteworthy. They're basically a vehicle for Mare's story and even the contemporary Mare runs awfully close to kooky-grandma-character territory. It's not bad, per se, just really ho-hum and, unfortunately, it brings down the book as a whole and prevents me from being unequivocally enthusiastic. That being said, I really liked it overall and historical Mare I loved. Davis has definitely caught my attention and I look forward to reading more from her in the future.