Read this one in June and thought it would make a good book review for a spookier season. Did not write said book review in June and now that it is October am struggling to remember a lot. Raxter School for Girls is under quarantine. Disease is ravaging the students and teachers who have been… Continue reading (Point Form) Book Review: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot
Most of the time when I'm reading a book, I don't like to read a lot of other reviews. At least not until I write my own. Don't get me wrong, I like reading book reviews (obviously) and I love chatting books with other readers, but most of the time I like the chance to… Continue reading Book Review: The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot
Book Review: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Translated from Spanish to English by Edith Grossman What does it mean that my thrifted copy of Of Love and Other Demons had a photograph of a dog tucked into it? The photo has a white border and features a semi-rotund husky type dog in the centre, its eyes glowing in the flash of the… Continue reading Book Review: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What I Read – September 2023
Read: My Soul Twin - Nino Haratischvili (translated from German by Charlotte Collins) (Scribe, 2022) The Glass Blowers - Daphne du Maurier (The Reprint Society, 1964) Weather - Jenny Offill (Random House, 2020) Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld (Books on Tape, 2023) The Imposters - Tom Rachman (Bond Street Books, 2023) Soucouyant - David Chariandy… Continue reading What I Read – September 2023
(Kind of a) Book Review: I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel
I received an advance e-copy of this book thanks to the publisher and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. DNFed at 51%. This wasn't unreadable but it was boring. I read as far as I did, hoping that more would happen but it didn't and I finally admitted to myself that I wasn't enjoying the… Continue reading (Kind of a) Book Review: I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel
Book Review: Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Alina is a young woman, a teacher, in the 1970s, living in the Socialist Republic of Romania, under a restrictive Communist regime. She and her husband, Liviu are generally happy and in love but when Liviu's brother defects, both of them fall under suspicion and her increasingly threatened with surveillance and interrogation. As the stress… Continue reading Book Review: Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Book Review: I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
I received an advanced e-copy of this book thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley. All opinions are my own. This is such a weird book. I often like weird in my books and I'm often okay with a meandering, non-linear plot but I'm not sure who the audience is for a book like this.… Continue reading Book Review: I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
What I Read – August 2023
Read: Eagle & Crane - Suzanne Rindell (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Tom Lake - Ann Patchett (Harper Collins, 2023) The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht (Random House, 2011) Night Theater - Vikram Paralkar (Catapult, 2020) Bottled Goods - Sophie van Llewyn (Harper Perennial, 2020) Did Not Finish: Cursed Bread - Sophie Mackintosh Sun House -… Continue reading What I Read – August 2023
(Point Form) Book Review: The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Point Form Book Reviews are my way of catching up on book reviews where maybe too much time has passed or I don't have a whole lot to say about a book but still want to share some thoughts. I actually don't have a lot of thoughts about this book. It wont the Giller Prize… Continue reading (Point Form) Book Review: The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
What I Read – July 2023
Read: I am Homeless if This is Not My Home - Lorrie Moore (Bond Street Books, 2023) The Whole Animal - Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023) The Parables of Grace - Robert Farrar Capon (Wiliam B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1990) Bad Cree - Jessica Johns (Harper Collins, 2023) Travels with my Aunt - Graham… Continue reading What I Read – July 2023
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