Month: January 2019

Culture, fiction, reading, social psychology

Mean Dudes in Fiction… Trying to Narrow it Down

A few months ago, I posted about mean girls in fiction. My writing buddy, Carole, retired nurse and cozy mystery writer took me to task. “What about bad guys?” she said. “Sure, girls are mean but the guys can be evil and they’re everywhere.” How to narrow it down? The scope ranges from the rather nasty and self-absorbed Dorian Gray, the catalog of Dean Koontz characters to … Continue reading Mean Dudes in Fiction… Trying to Narrow it Down

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To All the Books I’ve Loved… 2018 Edition

We are what we eat. Also, what we READ. Inspired by Pat, who catalogs all the books she’s read, I sat down and did an inventory a few years ago. I’ve continued this over the past few years. Revisiting these lists, which Amazon and Audible as well as the Albuquerque Public Library are good enough to keep for me, is like communing with old friends and … Continue reading To All the Books I’ve Loved… 2018 Edition

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