Midu Reads

Words that I Learned:

 

Words that I Loved:

Nautch (girls) as in dancing (girls)
Attar (of roses) as in perfume (of roses)

Words that Stayed with Me:

(About Suttee) “Which district officer in the land did not pray that he would never encounter it?”

“Manny used to say we loved each other, but how the fuck do I know. I feel happier when she’s around, that’s all I know. She doesn’t have any teeth and her left arm’s gone and they’ve taken both of her ovaries, but I like her. She makes me laugh.”

“…several Japanese giant monster films have Frankenstein forced into their titles for German release, since Frankenstein is a generic term for monster in Germany.”

Review:

A Complete Woman by Roberta Lannes:

Last Call for the Sons of Shock by David J. Schow:
Blank Frank, the Count, and the Wolfman all get together to reminisce. ✮ ✮

 Chandira by Brian Mooney:
A pre-partition story set in the Indian subcontinent about a rishi who loved all his wives a little too much. ✮ ✮ ✮

 Completist Heaven by Kim Newman:
A completist decides to catalog all the movies he watches. His dish antenna starts making more work for him by creating more of them! ✮

The Temptation of Dr. Stein by Paul J. McAuley:
A doctor has a run in with another doctor, Dr. Pretorious. ✮ ✮

To Receive is Better by Michael Marshall Smith:
Evil science clones kids for a very wrong reason. ✮ ✮ ✮

The Dead End by David Case:
Another Frankenstein tries to play god but this one is way dastardlier than Victor ever was! ✮✮ 

Frankenstein by Jo Fletcher:
A poem about Frankenstein and the monster he created. ✮