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A Review of Armistead Maupin’s The Days of Anna Madrigal (by Jill)
It’s really very unfortunate that this is the ninth book in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series, and also the first one I’ve ever talked about on the blog. I started reading this series when I was but … Continue reading
A Brief Update on a Short Book: Progress Report on Armistead Maupin’s The Days of Anna Madrigal (by Jill)
I’m going to be done with The Days of Anna Madrigal sooner rather than later, but I don’t think that I’ll have enough to say about it to warrant two full posts, and today was kind of a long day at … Continue reading
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Another notch in my book belt finally added! Final Thoughts on Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement (by Jill)
After a somewhat, let’s say, meandering first couple hundred pages of the story, the pace picked up quite a bit once the focus shifted to Violet’s mother, Lucretia/Lucia/Lulu Minturn-Danner. Finally getting to see her through her own eyes rather … Continue reading
Meanwhile, in Woodland….
Apparently being tired is going around at Postcards from Purgatory, because I am wiped out. I didn’t leave work until nine o’clock tonight. That would make my day a fourteen hour day. And I’ve gotta go back tomorrow to do … Continue reading
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Progress Report on The Valley of Amazement and some other random stuff (by Jill)
I got some reading done yesterday, but not as much as I would have liked. I had to do “adulting” things like vacuum the floors and organize the linen closet, as well as procure my birthday “gift” from Panera … Continue reading
More Progress on Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement (by Jill)
Seriously, you guys, Violet Minturn is the unluckiest courtesan in all of Shanghai. It’s just too much. She becomes a courtesan. Then she falls in love with an American named Edward. They have a child. They’re living together and … Continue reading
Progress Report on Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement (by Jill)
And…. There’s a very good chance I was right in my last post about The Valley of Amazement when I said that when I saw the length of this book I was worried about Amy Tan having a poor … Continue reading
A Brief Introduction to Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement (by Jill)
My first thought when I picked up Amy Tan’s latest novel (her first since 2005 and was published in 2013, yes, yes, I’m way behind on my “high priority” pile) off the top of the pile a few days … Continue reading
Review of Lev Grossman’s Codex, part 2 (by Jill)
Where was I on Thursday before Pat Conroy had to die and throw a wrench in my blogging plans? Oh yes, I was complaining about Codex. I felt bad about that after I posted it, but the good news … Continue reading
In which PfP says goodbye to Pat Conroy, 1945 – 2016
How does one eulogize a writer whose work you have adored for more than half your life? I don’t even know where to begin, and I sort of wish I’d just elected to write the second half of my post … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 