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Dark Fiction: Waiting for Eden

December 3, 2018

waiting

  Much of Elliot Ackerman’s Waiting for Eden takes place in a hospital room. A room where Eden Malcolm has been in a coma for three years. He was a young man so full of life that He treated ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Iraq, Knopf, literary, marriage, war

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

February 14, 2018

asymmetry

  Asymmetry is a novel split into three separate and seemingly unrelated parts. I know, sounds like short stories, but there is supposed to be a thread connecting the three. The question is ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, debut, family, Iraq, literary, Manhattan, relationships, Simon & Schuster

It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews

June 24, 2016

it's

  Happy summer, book lovers! I hope you're all getting to enjoy nice weather, sunshine, and, of course, some great reading. In an effort to help, I'm back with three books that left me ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Fiction Tagged: Atria Books, contemporary fiction, Doubleday, Farrar Straus Giroux, historical fiction, Iraq, London, war

Cara Hoffman- A Letter

April 4, 2014

cara hoffman

By and large this blog is composed of book reviews, author events, anything bookish. I don’t extend myself into the political or economic arenas because I’m not always savvy enough to know what I’m ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature Tagged: authors, Iraq, social issues, war

Be Safe I Love You

April 2, 2014

be safe i love you

Even before she decides to go to Iraq Lauren Clay is fighting a war. A war created by two parents who, for different reasons, are unable to care for her and her nine-year-old brother, Daniel. Instead, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, combat, contemporary fiction, Iraq, Simon & Schuster, war

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