Book 51: The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson
I’m not sure how to review this book. I’m surprised I’ve not heard more about it, but simultaneously not in […]
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Fiction
Book 50: Bastard Out of Carolina – Dorothy Allison
Bastard Out of Carolina is the story of Ruth Anne “Bone” Cartwright. It’s a story about survival and about perseverance.
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Book 49: The Warlock – Michael Scott
[For an updated response from when I re-read the book in 2016, click here.] The Warlock is the fifth book (plus
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Book 48: The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington – Brian Francis
When I picked up this novel the back cover read as follows, “Peter Paddington is your typical thirteen-year-old paperboy with
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Book 47: The Help – Kathryn Stockett
After hearing Emma Donoghue recommend this book, I of course immediately added it to my list of books to read.
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Book 46: Hero – Perry Moore
Let’s just say that any book that assumes superpowers are commonplace in society is already off to a good start.
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Book 45: The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
You can always tell the books I enjoyed more based on the length of the blog and my voice in
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Book 43: A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
What a peculiar novel. I had to slog through this book and at various times was convinced it was repeating
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Book 42: Gilead – Marilynne Robinson
I purchased this book with the 13 or 14 others at the Boston Book Festival last year in a bag
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