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Monthly Archives: June 2013
100 books! (omg)
At some point last week I realized I had some time on my hands before July 1 when I could start on my next scheduled reads – (see READING NEXT). I was real tired of crime novels. I also realized I had … Continue reading
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Poppa John
Poppa John by Larry Woiwode (US) 1980/204 pages rating: 8 – literary Christian These days Larry Woiwode, North Dakota’s poet laureate, lives west of Jamestown, ND where he raises horses. In the late 1960s and early ’70s he lived … Continue reading
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Waiting For the Barbarians
Waiting For the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee (South Africa/Australia) 1980/152 pages Rating: 8.5 – 20th century political fiction In an Empire there arise border disputes with the barbarians who live in the forests and deserts outside the gates. … Continue reading
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Fly Away Peter
Fly Away Peter by David Malouf (Australia) 1982 / 134 pages rating: 7.5 / historical fiction This stayed on my tbr shelf for so long because for some reason I thought it was by O.E. Rolvaag and the third of … Continue reading
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The Zen Teachings of Jesus
The Zen Teachings of Jesus by Kenneth S. Leong 1998 /239 pages rating: 5 religion I’ve had this on my shelves for a long time – probably a decade. I know I bought it fully intending to read it … Continue reading
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Scenes From Village Life
Scenes From Village Life by Amos Oz (Israel) 2009 / 192 pages Rating: 9 /literary -short stories In the fictional village of Tel Ilan, situated in the hills of Menashe south and east of Haifa, times are changing – actually … Continue reading
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Stagecoach Heyday
Stagecoach Heyday in the San Joaquin Valley 1853-1876 by William Harland Boyd (US) 1983 / 74 pages Rating 5 / history This is a real honest-to-god hard-cover little book published by the Kern County Historical Society. I have no … Continue reading
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A Brief History of Finland
A Brief History of Finland by Matti Klinge (Finland) 1994 / 164 pages Rating 7.5 / history Another book from the TBR shelf- I bought this when I was in Finland and have always meant to read it as my … Continue reading
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