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Thoughts on Colm Tóibín’s Nora Webster (by Jill)
I didn’t think I was going to finish Nora Webster today, but I am pleased to report that I did. I started the morning with forty percent still to go (I read it on my boss’s Kindle), and managed to … Continue reading
Final Thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)
I finally finished it! And it was glorious. I skipped multiple opportunities to exercise over the past few days in favor of working through Dragonfly in Amber, and though I have a twinge of guilt about the hours of 2:30 … Continue reading
And now for something completely different… An actual progress report on Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)
This is akin to a miracle for my reading habits this year: I have actually had time to sit and read the past couple of days and have gotten pretty far in Dragonfly in Amber! I’m about two thirds of … Continue reading
Progress Report on Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)
I love Diana Gabaldon books. I spent all day today reading (okay and napping and doing laundry) and I really felt like I made good progress! I’m on page 300! And that’s not even a third of the way through … Continue reading
Early thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)
I’m so pleased to be back in Claire and Jamie’s world! I love it here. I must admit to “cheating” a bit with this series of books. I’ve read about all of them on Wikipedia and elsewhere, and I’ve devoured … Continue reading
Final Thoughts on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (by Jill)
So. The Narrow Road to the Deep North won the Man Booker Prize in 2014. After finishing it I understand why. It’s a big novel, but it is also a small one. It has a cast of thousands (not … Continue reading
Final Thoughts on Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant (by Bethany)
This review considers all aspects of this novel, including its ending. Please do not read this review if you want to avoid “spoilers.” I closed my thoughts on the first half of this novel with a series of questions, and … Continue reading
Progress Report on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (by Jill)
I’m getting a late start tonight, so I’m going to keep this short. Flanagan won the Man Booker Prize in 2014 for this novel, and I hadn’t heard of it till the Longlist came out. 2014 was the first year … Continue reading
Thoughts on the First Half of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant (by Bethany)
This novel is about that time in the sixth century A.D. when the whole world got Alzheimer’s. I’ll explain: this novel opens at an underground warren somewhere in the geographical region we would call the British Isles. The warren is … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 