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2022 Wrap-Up

January 5, 2023

2022

I started 2023 strong with The Light Pirate, a book I found riveting, but before I go full bore into the year, I need to wrap up 2022 as I read a lot more books (180 to be exact) and never reviewed ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: book clubs, historical fiction, literary, mini-reviews

Ten Best Books of 2019

December 20, 2019

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  Well, what do you know. Rather than being my usual contrarian self, I actually have ten books I consider to be the best of 2019. Of course, that doesn’t include the eight debut novels I ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: book clubs, favorite books, lists, literary

If You Want to Make God Laugh: A Novel

July 22, 2019

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Delilah hasn’t been home in forty years, but when she arrives on her family’s farm in South Africa it’s to find her sister Ruth drunk on the couch and getting ready to sell the place. The sisters are ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, cultural, literary, Putnam, racism, South Africa, women

It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews

August 25, 2017

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Plausibility is a subjective concept, especially in reading. There are premises, plots, and characters in novels I love that make other readers put the book down. Today’s mini-reviews exemplify the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, Africa, childhood, mini-reviews, Pegasus, Putnam

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