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Category Archives: book review
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
This was the book club selection for May. We met last night. I’m happy to tell you that it was a popular selection! It was published in 1913 and maybe you’ve already read it–if not, here’s why you should:
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I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
This book was on my summer reading list a few years ago and I put it off til just recently . . .
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A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Three Agathas in a row! Who said it couldn’t be done? I had been waiting for my new trade paperback copy to arrive—even tho I had started reading it in my old yellowed pulp copy . . .
At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
To keep myself from reading A Murder Is Announced before my nice new copy arrived, I caved in and selected a different “agatha”. I chose
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Sometimes you just need a book that provides a comfortable escape. I have read almost all of Agatha Christie’s mysteries and I’d guess this particular one about four times. By now I know the plot . . .
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Published in 1945, this book was a runaway hit selling over a million copies in its first year. I’m typing up the review in the hopes that Stefanie at So Many Books blog will read it because she has just started to … Continue reading
The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
I chose to read this novella because I’ve enjoyed other writings by Tobias Wolff, namely Old School and This Boy’s Life. My copy has 101 pages.
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is the monthly selection of my book club for April. I have read it before — but since that was in April 1965, somehow not all the details come to mind!
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The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín
The Empty Family –hm. Collection of nine short stories published in 2011. (Just after Brooklyn) Starts with an interesting anecdote by Henry James . . .
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Primary Colors by Alexander Theroux–yellow!
I have finished the second essay in the book–yellow! I won’t type my review in yellow because you won’t be able to see it! But . . .