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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Jay Brandon My initial response is the Maples, Joan and Richard, John Updike's fictional couple he chronicled through many stories, starting with young and in lov…moreMy initial response is the Maples, Joan and Richard, John Updike's fictional couple he chronicled through many stories, starting with young and in love, then through unfaithful marriage ("Your Lover Just Called" is one of the titles), finally divorced but with an ongoing relationship in which they obviously still care about each other. It seemed like a very honest portrayal of an adult, sophisticated relationship. Not my own experience of marriage (30 years, no longer counting), but my post-marriage relationship, now ended, was like that. Updike, one of my favorite authors, died too young, at age 71, the same age as my mother and another of my favorite writers, Donald Westlake. I also have to say one of my favorite fictional couples is my own Chris Sinclair and Anne Greenwald, in five novels. For a couple of them I had an editor who did very close edits, but I notice that when I came to a scene about Anne, his editing stopped. I told him, "I think you're in love with Anne." He replied, "All I can say is, if she's based on your wife, you're a lucky man." Alas, that was not the case.(less)

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Jay Brandon I'm reading LAMB, by Christopher Moore. It's both hilarious and strangely profound. (Don't try it if you're easily offended in the religious realm.) I…moreI'm reading LAMB, by Christopher Moore. It's both hilarious and strangely profound. (Don't try it if you're easily offended in the religious realm.) I want to read book number 2 in the series by Tana French (Irish detectives) and Elena Ferrante (the Neapolitan quartet). And another novel by Nick Hornsby, because I loved his HOW TO BE GOOD.(less)

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	Local Rules 3.66 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fade the Heat 3.40 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1990 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loose Among the Lambs 3.67 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1989 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Against the Law (Edward Hall #1) 4.09 avg rating — 94 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rules of Evidence 3.55 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Executive Privilege 3.71 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defiance County 3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afterimage 3.50 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel of Death 3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trip Wire 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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