The 27th Kingdom by Alice Thomas Ellis - beautifully written with interesting characters and with humour as well, but with a disappointing ending (to me).
Bon Voyage, Mr President and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - I normally avoid this author because I don't like magic realism. However the first 3 stories were enjoyable and stuck (reasonably closely) to realistic possibilities. The 4th didn't so I didn't enjoy that one.
I thought I had only 4 books to go, but David (who knows about sums) tells me that to achieve an average of one book a day, I have to read 6 by the end of tomorrow (or 5 by the end of today). Fortunately I still have a collection of very short books.
'I also specifically picked a pet-free preference': 29-year-old grad
student opted for a no-pet apartment, but ends up with a cat for a roommate
and a lease full of drama
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This incoming grad student found herself in a bit of a lease litter box
dilemma. She carefully picked a no-pet unit and made it clear she preferred
a pet...
2 hours ago