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Thoughts on the First 14% of Diana Gabaldon’s Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (by Bethany)
This is going to be a quick post – I am scrambling to finish a freelance editing job that’s due on Wednesday, and my weekend was busy with Father’s Day activities on both Saturday and Sunday, so I haven’t read … Continue reading
Harper Lee, Satirist, Part One (by Bethany)
I reread To Kill a Mockingbird a few years ago, after reading it several times in school. Now I’m reading it again. It’s good, of course, although I don’t think I will ever love it in the way some people … Continue reading
Update on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
So a million years ago, or in 2011, my friend Martha directed me to a website wherein a guy named Mark does play-by-play summaries and commentaries of various books. Super-detailed ones. And he once read The Book Thief. I read … Continue reading
And a new reading challenge begins: Early thoughts on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is my first book in our Numbers Challenge. This book was released to marked fanfare in 2005. I remember seeing it in the bookstores at the time and being infinitely disappointed that a book called … Continue reading
In which Jill discovers why exactly a plot-driven Dickensian novel won the 2013 Man Booker Prize. Final thoughts on Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries
I finished The Luminaries last night. I feel so accomplished. I really enjoyed this book, every single page. Even the weird ones at the end that I just told Bethany the book would have been better without. The weirdness … Continue reading
Kindle or Paper? (by Bethany)
The last installment in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series is coming out tomorrow, and I still haven’t decided whether to buy in on my Kindle or in hardback. My general rule is that if I want to buy new novels, short … Continue reading
Update on Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries, Parts II – III
I’m officially completely wrapped up in this book. I have read almost two hundred pages today. Granted, it was a hot and lazy Saturday afternoon and neither the husband nor I wanted to go anywhere or do anything, but still. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Part I of Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries
I finally managed to get into The Luminaries. It only took like a hundred and fifty pages. Fortunately, that’s not a huge chunk of this book. Part one was three hundred sixty pages. It actually took that long to … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 