The Quiet Musings - by Darice de Cuba

Our Tragic Universe

Our Tragic Universe

Our Tragic Universe is Scarlett Thomas newest book. Revolving around Meg, a commercial fiction writer living in Dartmouth in Devon with her boyfriend. The mood settings resembles her previous book "The End of Mr. Y" a lot, only that one plays in a city and the other in a far less urban environment. Since discovering Scarlett Thomas I have realy...

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Play to Kill

Play To Kill

Play to Kill(UK title) by the mother daughter team, P.J. Tracy, is the latest book in their Monkeewrench series. I read the first book of the series, Want to Play?(UK title) about four years ago. A plot involving cops, internet and hackers is just my kind of thing being the geek that I am. Set in the cold city of...

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The Lost Symbol

The lost Symbol book cover

"The Lost Symbol" is the latest book by Dan Brown, bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code". The Lost Symbol had some high expectations and in my opinion it surpassed expectations. This book is controversial, not as much as The Da Vinci Code, Da Vinci Code directly questioned the Catholic church and all it stands for. In a world where...

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The Angel’s Game

The Angel's Game book cover

The Angel's Game(El Juego del Angel) is Carlos Ruiz Zafons second book to be translated after Shadow of the Wind(La Sombra del Viento). In a way The Angels Game is a prequel to Shadows of the wind, but the stories are not linked, only some characters, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books and Sempere bookshop. I read Shadows of the Wind...

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