The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud This book makes September 11 anti-climatic. It is pretentious, is written using the most convoluted grammar I’ve ever seen, and was about unexceptional, yet self-righteous and stuck-up, characters. This is by far the worst book I’ve read this year. I would gladly read Perfect Match again without complaining just [...]
Off to Denver
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I’m heading out to Denver on business this afternoon for a few days. I’m hoping to fully catch up on my reviews and get even closer to the 52 book mark. I still haven’t finished Bel Canto, but that’s not because I’m not enjoying it. For the past month I’ve either been packing or unpacking [...]
#43 ~ The Virgin’s Lover
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The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory Your Attention, Please! Until Gregory’s novel about Mary, Queen of Scots (entitled The Other Queen) is published next year, I can now officially say that I have read every book in her Tudor series! YES!!!! I read my first in March and, as of October 24, I read the [...]
#42 ~ The Madonnas of Leningrad
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The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean What happens to the elderly people while they are experiencing dementia or suffering from Alzheimer’s disease? Debra Dean explores this question in her debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad. It tells the story of Marina, an elderly woman who emigrated to the United States from Russia after World [...]
New Places I Love
2 Nov By 5 Comments
Throughout this year my WWW view of books and reading has expanded a great deal. It’s not long after you start righting about the books you’ve read that you start wandering looking for others who might be like you. I’ve found two great places to go this year that I would love to share with [...]
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