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Welcome, Reading Buddies! Just a reminder that next month, for our last RB read (at least for now), we’ll be tackling Possession by A.S. Byatt. Hope you can join in for a last hurrah! As always, spoilers are fair game here. I’ll get into some major ones later on, but I’ll warn again . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies Wrap-Up: “Year of Wonders” by Geraldine Brooks Welcome, Reading Buddies! (If you missed my announcement last week, be sure to check it out.) Year of Wonders is the first novel by Geraldine Brooks I’ve actually stuck with. I tried People of the Book a couple of years ago and just couldn’t get into it. I’m happy to report Year of . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies Discussion: “Year of Wonders” by Geraldine Brooks Just a reminder that there’s still plenty of time to jump on board for our June read, which is Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. I started it last night, and I’m definitely interested already. It’s my first of Brooks’ books.
July’s book won with a landslide! We’ll be reading . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies: July Pick and an Announcement The Last Nude by Ellis Avery came to me through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. It came out last month. About the Book: Young Rafaela Fano is struggling to carve out a life for herself in 1920s Paris when painter Tamara de Lempika spots her out walking one day and recruits her as a . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “The Last Nude” by Ellis Avery I received a copy of Original Sins by Peg Kingman from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. About the Book: The year is 1840. Slavery is in full swing in the South and the abolitionist movement is gaining momentum. Grace MacDonald Pollocke is a newcomer to America, having grown up in Scotland, India, and China. . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Original Sins” by Peg Kingman I received a copy of and read Road from the West by Rosanne Lortz as part of a tour for Historical Fiction Virtual Blog Tours. About the Book: Tancred has been raised a knight. So when he turns away from a crucial battle, his fellow knights are puzzled. Tancred will not be swayed, . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Road from the West” by Rosanne Lortz Just a quick note: Be sure to vote for your November Reading Buddies pick in the sidebar if you haven’t done so already! I’ll be announcing November’s book next Friday. Now, on with the Reading Buddies wrap-up for Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh! It was certainly a long book, and it took . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies Wrap-Up: “Sea of Poppies” by Amitav Ghosh Welcome to the Reading Buddies discussion for Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh! This book has been on my list ever since a bookstore patron at my old store recommended it to me very strongly. I’ve even had a copy for the past year and a half; it was one of the literary . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies Discussion: “Sea of Poppies” by Amitav Ghosh About the Book: It’s 1906, and Mattie Gokey lives in the Adirondacks of New York State with her father and younger sisters. Her mother is has recently passed away, and it’s up to Mattie to run the household while her father tries to keep the family farm alive. Mattie dreams of attending college . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “A Northern Light” by Jennifer Donnelly (Audiobook) I read The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham on my Sony Reader, thanks to NetGalley. About the Book: Dick Coad, like his father before him, is a solicitor in the small town of Monument, Ireland. When we meet him, he is contemplating the will of his life-long friend, Ismay (Iz) Shaw. . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “The Sea and the Silence” by Peter Cunningham |
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