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I really hope that all New Yorkers aren’t like the ones in this book. Thoughts on Candace Bushnell’s Sex and the City (by Jill)
Sex and the City was my August Numbers Challenge selection. I put it in my list for several reasons, not the least of which was that I actually wanted to read the book that the HBO series was based on. … Continue reading
Final thoughts on Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings (by Jill)
I was fortunate enough this weekend to have four days off and to get to see one of my dearest friends and her family. It was a lovely visit, only made better by the two hour drive to get to … Continue reading
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A Review of Laurence Cossé’s Bitter Almonds (by Bethany)
This is the best book I have ever read about a woman sitting at her dining room table and teaching another woman to read. The protagonist is Édith, a French woman living in Paris. She works from home as a … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction - general, Laurence Cossé, Reviews by Bethany
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Thoughts on Orson Scott Card’s Xenocide (by Bethany)
I’ve been so steeped in series lately. This kind of reading pattern is unusual for me – if you look through all of the book lists I’ve posted, you’ll see that I rarely read two books by the same author … Continue reading
Final Thoughts on Robinson Crusoe (by Bethany)
When I was about thirty pages away from the ending, my boss saw me reading Robinson Crusoe and asked if I thought her eleven year-old son would like it. I didn’t even take a moment to think when I … Continue reading
Update on Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings (by Jill)
This is another selection from my boss’s Kindle. This book has been on my radar since it first came out in hardcover last year. It’s a story of six friends who meet at summer camp in 1974 and details their … Continue reading
Final thoughts on Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings (by Jill)
So here is a downside of e-readers. Remember on Saturday night when I thought I was 80% of the way through this book? It was more like 95% of the way through the actual novel, and the rest of the … Continue reading
Progress Report on Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings (by Jill)
I am going to keep this brief because I would really like to finish this book before I go back to work tomorrow morning. And based on my mental calculations, I can finish the book, or write a real … Continue reading
At long last, it gives me great pleasure to type the following: Final Thoughts on Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (by Jill)
I finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay today! It was an amazing book, and I still can’t find anything to complain about in Chabon’s writing style. It was a fantastic, well-plotted, well-characterized historical fiction novel. I laughed, I … Continue reading
A Review of Norman F. Cantor’s In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made (by Bethany)
The interconnection of history and science is one of my favorite topics to read about. I took a memorable interdisciplinary course in college called ‘Plagues, Science, and the Humanistic Vision,” and I’ve also taken a fair number of literature classes … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 