Monday stream of consciousness from contributor Molly Broom
Monday Bargain from contributor Not Super But Cheap Heloise
I love to read and like to save money. Lucky for me, I found the following selections at the local Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree sells all items for a dollar including novels by well-known authors. I've found the books have the occasional typo or physical flaw, but if you can overlook a rare missing letter, it's a great way to get your read on while staying on budget.
My most recent finds:
This book was written by journalist David Ignatius who has extensively covered the CIA and the Middle East and does an enjoyable job fictionalizing the post-9/11 CIA and American diplomacy in the Middle East. It was a swift and action-packed read that plunked the reader right into the locales used as settings. The characters were hard to part with, and the suspense kept the pages flipping. Worth way more than a dollar even though it was released a few years ago.
This novel was a little gay, but not in a bad way. It may be the first novel I've read in which the main character is gay but that fact isn't allowed to define the entire work. The story is one of obsession, a love story, a travelogue, even a story of crime and intrigue. The character's sexual orientation was just a fact of the novel, not the apparent point of it. It probably won't win any major literature awards. It was just an interesting story. Yet it rates a mention in the KatoAnon Monday Mega-Edition's Monday Bargain for offering an interesting perspective, being an adequate companion while slacking and only costing $1.
Monday Mega-Edition Editorial Comment
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Hey, thanks for the compliment! Looks like the "big guys" in the blogosphere are taking notice of your excellent work - good job, chick!
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