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The Shore: A Novel by Sara Taylor

February 15, 2017

shore

  The Shore by Sara Taylor may qualify as one of the most unusually formatted books I’ve read in a long time. Take a family tree composed of over fifty members, stretching from the 1850s to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family saga, historical fiction, Hogarth, literary, social issues, Southern life

Perfect Little World: A Novel

February 8, 2017

perfect little world

  On Monday I wrote about Swimming Lessons, a novel with prose that evinced an emotional response from me, even when the story did not work so well. Today’s review is about a book that is almost ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, ecco, family, social issues

January Reading Wrap-Up

January 30, 2017

january

  Well, all righty, the first month of 2017 is wrapping up. I’ve already noted that my reading is still in an odd place, but I’m working very hard to get my head and heart back into the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Reading Tagged: book clubs, historical fiction, literary, mini-reviews, Russia, social issues, WWII

Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman

January 25, 2017

girlchild

  Well, well, well…finally, after two months of all-right-but-not-great reading I’ve been knocked off my feet. Not by a new release, but by a 2013 novel from my Goodreads to-read list. I’m not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, coming-of-age, contemporary life, literary, Picador, social issues

Lucky Boy: A Novel

January 11, 2017

lucky boy

  Despite its upbeat sounding title Lucky Boy is a novel saturated in desperation. Desperation for a better life, desperation for a child, for success…for happiness. Solimar is eighteen, lives ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, literary, marriage, Putnam, San Francisco, social issues

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