Notes on Books & Life
I received The Absent Traveler Randall DeVallance for review from Atticus Books. About the Book: The Absent Traveler features one novella (the title work) and eight short stories. The novella tells the story of Charles Lime, a twenty-something stuck in a dead-end retail job in his hometown. Unwilling to move back into his old bedroom …
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The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. Last night I finished Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. It’s kind of an exciting classic for me, for two reasons. First, after starting and abandoning Pride and Prejudice at …
A Cup of Friendship is a new novel by Deborah Rodriguez, author of the memoir Kabul Beauty School. It will be published on January 25th. I received an advanced copy through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. About the Book: Sunny, an American, has built a life for herself in Afghanistan. She owns a successful coffeehouse in …
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The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. Gilgamesh is one of the world’s oldest narrative texts. How old? Like, over three thousand years old. Older than The Bible, The Iliad, and Beowulf. Written in cuneiform on …
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After enjoying Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood on audio, I decided to try another of hers, so I picked up The Blind Assassin from my library. About the Book: Near the end of her life, Iris Chase Griffin has decided to set the record straight. She’s undertaken a …
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