I read books. Whatever strikes my fancy.
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In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners …
I'm about two thirds through. It's sad. It's interesting to learn about something new and different for me. It's making me feel old I keep feeling impressed with the accomplishments of these young kids.
Turkey has long been a safe haven for Jews, marriage between a high-ranking Muslim girl …
I didn't enjoy reading this but persisted out of a sense of obligation to the subject matter. Possibly the fact that this was a translation contributed to the stilted conversation and vague exposition. It's a good enough story I just kept noticing the way it was written.
If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need …
I didn't enjoy reading this but persisted out of a sense of obligation to the subject matter. Possibly the fact that this was a translation contributed to the stilted conversation and vague exposition.
The Gray House is an astounding tale of how what others understand as liabilities can …
wow I really wanted to like this book, but....
There a (very) many pretty words and images all strung together eloquently, but my mere mind struggled to make sense of them. I get the gist, but yeah, I struggled to enjoy and to get through this.
For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before …
From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican …
A 2018 book by Michael Wolff, detailing the behavior (and hatred) of U.S. President Donald Trump, the staff of his …
Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki …
They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when …
Good vacation read
Four stars for a book I thoroughly enjoyed and will recommend to others who like books about people who aren't quite right. Loved the twist but would have liked to have seen it fleshed out a bit more. Will definitely out more by this author.
Janne S. Drangsholt: The marvelous misadventures of Ingrid Winter (2018)
Ingrid Winter is desperately trying to hold it all together. A neurotic Norwegian mother of three small children and an …
Brian Freeman: The night bird (2017)
When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco, homicide detective Frost Eaton discovers a connection that leads him to …
