Month: October 2022
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Book Review: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I’m not sure what I can say about this book that hasn’t been said before. It’s a story that has meant so much to so many people for centuries…
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Catching up
I don’t think I’ve made a post like this before, but I wanted to post an update to say that I’ll be back to regular posting either later this week or at the beginning of next. I was away last week and had a lot of time for reading but not so much for writing…
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Book Review: Third Act by Kevin Mori
Third Act: A Novel of Buster Keaton takes us back to the good old days of Hollywood… or were they? What many of us think of as the Golden Age of Hollywood was at one point considered to be the modernization of motion pictures. Buster Keaton, a once-renowned silent film star, isn’t quite sure where he…
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Book Review: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Immersive, personal, and adventuresome, Jon Krakauer brings his readers to Mount Everest to recount his disastrous trek up the infamous mountain in 1996…
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Book Review: The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Having felt somewhat let down by the ending of the first book after so much build-up, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself liking this book even more…
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Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Though a great definition of a psychological thriller, The Silent Patient missed the mark for me in several ways…
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Book Review: When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner
Hands down, When We Had Wings is the best WWII novel I have read this year. Based on the real-life experiences of the Angels of Bataan, this book is both heartbreaking and inspiring…
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Book Review: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Though I wouldn’t quite label this Orwellian, The Memory Police certainly was haunting…