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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
Early thoughts on Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries
The first time I saw this book in real life I already knew it had won the 2013 Man Booker Prize and had read a bit about it. It sounded excellent. And then I met it in all its … Continue reading
Thoughts on Karen Joy Fowler’s We are all completely beside ourselves, with a digression into my undergraduate life.
I have read a couple of Karen Joy Fowlers’s earlier books, The Sweetheart Season and The Jane Austen Book Club, both of which I enjoyed, but didn’t love. I liked The Sweetheart Season because it reminded me of the movie … Continue reading
A Review of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch
What a fascinating enigma this book is. It’s almost eight hundred pages long. Its first-person narrator and its plot are compelling. It’s at times unspeakably sad. It’s not especially well written. It’s about art and growing up and friendship and … Continue reading
A review of Louise Erdrich’s The Round House
I was first introduced to Louise Erdrich in 2010, thanks to my boss. She was absolutely horrified when I told her I had never heard of Erdrich so she brought me several of her books. At first I was reluctant—who … Continue reading
Ah, beautiful nonsense…. Jill’s review of John Banville’s The Sea
Here’s something you probably don’t know about my boss: she must read books that make the longlist, the shortlist, and win the Man Booker Prize. So I’m pretty sure that’s why she purchased John Banville’s The Sea. It won the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter (by Bethany)
The Optimist’s Daughter is one of the books that I am assigned to read for a workshop I’m taking in February. I can’t quite believe I’m about to admit this on the internet, but I had never read Eudora Welty … Continue reading
A Review of Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead (by Bethany)
A couple of months ago I read Ender’s Game on the recommendation of a ten year-old whose taste I have come to trust. He said it was his second-favorite book, right after The Swiss Family Robinson. I read it over … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 