LingLass finished reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
Migrating from GoodReads (though still maintaining my LibraryThing presence.) Poetry, Sci-Fi, Mysteries, Travel, Biographies and Fiction. Looking forward to comparing notes!
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at …
Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for …
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, …
The daring, dazzling, and highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Song Of Achilles that briliantly reimagines …
This is an autobiography in free-verse vignettes that presents the author’s family and her childhood in Ohio, South Carolina, and New York City. It presents a child’s first-hand view of larger events such as the civil rights activism occurring across America in the 60s and 70s. But also details her personal growth in making friends, bonding with relatives, learning to read, and learning to love writing. I’m from the same generation as Woodson, so the child’s perspective on the cultural events she described resonated perfectly with me. I also recognize the magic of visiting grandparents in the country, enjoying summer nights, home grown vegetables, and neighborly interactions. The book is a lovely mix of recollections of moments both national and individual that shaped the author. While it’s marketed for middle schoolers, probably because of the age of the narrator, the story would be appealing to adult readers, too.
woman lived where the railway tracks met the saltpan, on the Ahri side of the shadowline. In the old days, …