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Laura

I manage receiving, data, and internet resources at Bookworks, and have worked here for two years. I'm a professional violist, having just finished my M.M. at UNM, and I perform with groups like Santa Fe Pro Musica, Opera Southwest, and other artists around Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The number of books I own is growing exponentially the longer I work here, and I've started building a nice collection of current-ish fiction.
Right now, I'm reading The Confessions of Edward Day, by Valerie Martin
Favorite authors in no specific order:
John Irving
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jose Saramago
Evelyn Waugh
Umberto Eco
Margaret Atwood
Kate Christensen
Joshua Ferris
Laura's recent recommendations listed below:
Tongue (Paperback)
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Published: Bloomsbury USA, 06/01/2009
Her first novel to be translated from Korean, Tongue is the story of a professional chef's heartbreak and eventual revenge on her ex-boyfriend, who dumped her for a model taking his girlfriend's cooking classes. Quoting from Jessa Crispin's NPR piece, "Although Tongue is filled with cooking techniques and food trivia — and even includes a history of restaurants — it's really about living in the wake of disappointment and about how people's lives are reflected in their eating." Great, creepy read.
Recommended by Laura
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback)
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Published: Picador, 02/01/2009
Tokyo Fiancee (Paperback)
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Published: Europa Editions, 12/01/2008
War Dances (Hardcover)
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Published: Grove Press, 10/01/2009
My first ever Sherman Alexie book, a collection of short stories that will be featured at his signing in October 09. Having never read Alexie before, I was struck by both how cleverly constructed his stories are and his ear for the combining of words, phrases, sentences. He's irreverent, and his writing - whether funny or heartbreaking - sparkles (I don't know about that verb, but there it is!). I can't believe I've never read anything of Alexie's before, and I know that this won't the last.
Recommended by Laura
The City of Dreaming Books (Paperback)
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Published: Overlook Press, 09/01/2008
Recommended by Laura

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