Notes on Books & Life
I received a copy of The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai on audio for review from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. About the Book: Lucy Hull is a 20-something children’s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri. Her favorite patron is a ten-year-old boy named Ian, and Lucy happily helps Ian smuggle books deemed inappropriate by his conservative evangelist …
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When I read Bel Canto a few months ago with Reading Buddies and strongly disliked the ending, I told myself I’d give Ann Patchett another chance before I made up my mind about her novels. When I found out Hope Davis, whose narration of Jennifer Donnelly’s A Northern Light was absolutely fantastic, did State of …
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Simon Van Booy’s Love Begins in Winter is the short story collection that made me realize there are short stories out there I very much enjoy reading. When I heard Van Booy had a novel coming out, I was anxious to read it. I received a digital galley through NetGalley. About the Book: Raised in …
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The Snow Whale by John Minichillo was sent to me for review by Atticus Books. It will be published on July 30, 2011. About the Book: John Jacobs is stuck in a dead end job, selling corporate knickknacks out of a cubicle. Meanwhile, his wife, Jessica, divides her time between spending their money, teaching ballroom …
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I received The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. About the Book: Jo March has grown up planning a summer camp with her parents and brother, watching her Evangelical preacher uncle on TV, and anxiously waiting for her grandmother to stop home between mission trips. Jo has never wavered on …
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