Catching up on my reading and review writing after two weeks of spring break here. The holiday started off a little weak as we've all been sick. The Friday before was a scramble of Who can take Rose to the doctor's office? as Peter and I were both working that day, but we figured it… Continue reading Life & Travel: Spring Break 2019
American War - Omar El Akkad (McClelland & Stewart, 2017) American War is a dystopian-style novel set in the near future of the United States. The very near future, as in 2074. For me, this was one of the most disconcerting and powerful aspects of the novel. In 2074 I'll be eighty-nine. It's not unreasonable… Continue reading Book Review: American War by Omar El Akkad
READ: Southern Lady Code - Helen Ellis (Doubleday, 2019) The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Tin Man - Sarah Winman (Viking, 2017) The Waiting Hours - Shandi Mitchell (Viking, 2019) Lanny - Max Porter (Strange Light, 2019) A Room With a View - E.M. Forster (Penguin Books, 1978) American War - Omar… Continue reading What I Read – March 2019
Lanny - Max Porter (Strange Light, 2019) Where to start with a book like Lanny? Creepy. Mythical. Magical. Beautiful. Horrifying. Poetic. Tragic. True. All of these are words that come to mind as I think back to reading Max Porter's very weird, poetic novel. It's fantastical - one of the characters is a mythical, shape-shifting,… Continue reading Book Review: Lanny by Max Porter
You Will Be Safe Here - Damian Barr (Anansi International, 2019) I received an Advance Reader's Copy of this book. It's publication date is May 7, 2019. All opinions are my own. Let's start with the positives. This novel is set in South Africa and the Boer War plays a major role in it. A… Continue reading Book Review: You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr
The Waiting Hours - Shandi Mitchell (Viking, 2019) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. It is scheduled for publication on April 30, 2019. All opinions are my own. The Waiting Hours is the story (or maybe stories is more accurate) of those who work behind the scenes, those who work in the… Continue reading Book Review: The Waiting Hours by Shandi Mitchell
I've been wanting to write something on this season of Lent that we are currently in. Although I grew up with a faint understanding of Lent as a part of the church calendar it was more about giving up chocolate and waiting for Easter than any sort of spiritual discipline. It wasn't until 2014 when… Continue reading What I Believe: On Lent and the Season of Rebirth
Tin Man - Sarah Winman (Viking, 2017) Michael and Ellis were best friends. Meeting at twelve-years-old, bonding over abusive fathers and a love of art and beauty in an era when boys should be paying attention to other things. They grew up to be best friends, spending all their time together, sharing nearly every aspect… Continue reading Book Review: Tin Man by Sarah Winman
If you could find out the exact date of your death, would you? And if you did, what would you do with this knowledge? This is the question that informs The Immortalists. The Gold siblings are barely teenagers when they seek out a fortune teller who can allegedly tell you the day you die. One… Continue reading Book Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Transcription - Kate Atkinson (Little Brown & Company, 2018) This was the second book I've read in the past year that deals with England in the post-World War Two period and touches on the subject of spies and secrets. (Warlight by Michael Ondaatje was the other.) And while there are a lot of books written… Continue reading Book Review: Transcription by Kate Atkinson
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