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Small Books, Quick Thoughts

November 29, 2019

This post may include Amazon links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I was going to call this post Short and Sweet, but the title is not quite right for these three novels. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, literary, mini-reviews, social issues, women

December Library Checkout

December 30, 2016

december

Happy last day of 2016! Suffice it to say I’m ready to wash my hands of this year. Actually, not the entire year. I had some great personal experiences earlier in 2016 but the second half has been ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: Atria Books, book clubs, contemporary life, lists, mini-reviews, Pantheon, Putnam, thriller

The Mare: A Novel

December 21, 2016

mare

  The Mare by Mary Gaitskill begins when Velvet, a Dominican girl living in NYC, is eleven and ends when she thirteen, but her life experiences go far beyond her age. Through the Fresh Air Fund, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, family, Vintage

How to Set a Fire and Why

July 5, 2016

how to set a fire

You may be wondering why I am giving you this account. Well, I don’t know really. A bunch of things happened and I’m just putting them in order. I’m doing it for myself. You are just a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, literary, Pantheon, teen years

Version Control

February 26, 2016

version control

  Author Dexter Palmer eases the reader into his new novel Version Control with an unspecified time in the future where we have cool things like cars that drive themselves so that even if your ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, Pantheon, science fiction

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