Why: The reason I chose this book was simple and uninteresting: it was on my Amazon reading list. I had actually tried to read this last summer, but ended up returning it – gasp – unread to the library. The …
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124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom. And thus starts one of the best, yet most devastating, novels I have picked up in a long while. Every time I returned to where I left off, picking the book up …
Bel Canto is a story about love, mostly. Love, music, language, terrorism, friendshipย – the bookย definitely doesn’t fail to deliver on those themes. Set in South America, the story (based on a true story) begins whenย a large roomful of mostly affluent …
Why:ย This is the second book that I requested from my library after Joli posted her books from the 1990s article. I was just going to read one of these beloved Dear America books, but then two caught my eye, and …
Why: This book choice was a direct byproduct of Joli’s post on books from the 1990s. I couldn’t help but search my library’s catalog for one (ok, I borrowed two…) of these childhood favorites. This particular title captured my attention …
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Review: Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin
by Whitby WhitThis book is non-fiction, a travelogue written by Rosecrans Baldwin about his experiences as an American ex-pat in Paris. Heโs a self-described Francophile, and jumps at the chance to work in Paris as a writer in an advertising agency. There …
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Review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
by Joliby JoliMagic. Pure magic. This book…I’m almost at a loss for words! If you haven’t yet read All the Light We Cannot See, it’s imperative that you put it on your TBR list this instant. Anthony Doerr’s brilliant and captivating style …
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Review: How Do I Begin? A Hmong American Literary Anthology
by Melby MelThis is two-for-one review for two books I read simultaneously: How Do I Begin? A Hmong American Literary Anthology, as well as the short educational essay, Hmong in Minnesota. How do I begin my song? Where do I enter the …
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Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Bekkyby BekkyThere are some books that should just be read aloud. Thatโs how weโre meant to hear stories — itโs etched into our linguistic history since we first tried to explain the phenomena around us with elaborate stories of gods, goddesses, …
What have I been doing with my life?! Why did I wait so long to read this book?! I have been aware of the existence of Geek Love for quite some time. My mother owned it. I remember its place …