Pajiba’s Cannonball Read V commences 1/1/13. I’m in for my fourth Half Cannonball, aiming to read, and review at least 26 books. Follow @hauspa Tumblr (3.0; @mrssmithreads)http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/ Before Testimony, the only other Anita Shreve novel I had read was The Pilot’s Wife, which I...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/47744739176http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/47744739176Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:09:40 -04008 CBR5 2013 In The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton, Elizabeth Speller attempts to bring back the English manor...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/46339429364http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/46339429364Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:14:48 -04007 CBR5 2013 Strangely, I wanted to read Going Clear, not because it’s about the crazytown that is...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/45797442102http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/45797442102Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:41:00 -04006 CBR5 2013 Before Where the Bodies Are Buried, I had never read anything by Christopher Brookmyer but it seems...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/44641671656http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/44641671656Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:04:20 -05005 CBR5 2013 Remember TARP? The Auto Bailouts? Neil Barofsky has written an enlightening book about his time as...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/44074290625http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/44074290625Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:43:00 -05004 2013 CBR5 Depression-era North Carolina was a hard place. In the Western part of the state most people worked...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/43036215470http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/43036215470Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:57:35 -05003 2013 CBR5 I’m not sure there is much more I can say about Gone Girl that hasn’t already been put...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/42792544119http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/42792544119Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:13:48 -05002 CBR5 2013 Performance art as book. “Fascinating.                               book,”          ...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/42382923771http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/42382923771Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:55:53 -05001 CBR5 2013 Le Déjeuner des Canotiers by Pierre-August Renoir (Charles Ephrussi is the gentleman in the...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/39498980347http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/39498980347Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:00:00 -050026 2012 CBR4 Nordic Mystery, Icelandic edition. Silence of the Grave is Arnaldur Indridason’s second novel...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/37855731732http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/37855731732Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:29:00 -050025 2012 CBR4“There is more than one kind of freedom. In the days of anarchy, it was ‘freedom to.’ Now,...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/36030635342http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/36030635342Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:57:00 -050024 2012 CBR4 Looking at the reviews of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, I feel a little out of sync. It seems...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/35486655254http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/35486655254Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:29:31 -050023 2012 CBR4 Performance art. It’s a tough gig. Most people don’t get it, even fewer ever see it and...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/33235746765http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/33235746765Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:24:05 -040022 2012 CBR4 I wanted so badly to love True Believers. I’ve liked Kurt Andersen since the old Spy days,...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/30881282579http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/30881282579Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:05:23 -040021 2012 CBR4 I’ve decided that Alif the Unseen will be the book that everyone reads next year. I...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/29090195248http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/29090195248Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:04:30 -040020 2012 CBR4 Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria aka Vasyl Vyshyvanyi or, Basil the Embroidered The Red Prince is...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/28144204899http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/28144204899Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:55:00 -040019 2012 CBR4 Motherless Brooklyn is a detective story with an interesting detective and a not so interesting...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/26280810071http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/26280810071Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:20:27 -040018 2012 CBR4 I’m pretty sure I’ve read most, if not all of the Scarpetta novels over the years, so...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/25327283089http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/25327283089Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:13:54 -040017 2012 CBR4 Cecilia Beaux, Mrs Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (Edith Minturn), 1898 When telling the story of Edith...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/24427546477http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/24427546477Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:13:14 -040016 2012 CBR4 I’m combining three book reviews plus a documentary review into one post as they all deal...http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/23196582662http://mrssmithreads.tumblr.com/post/23196582662Wed, 16 May 2012 20:18:00 -040013 2012 CBR414 2012 CBR415 2012 CBR4