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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Telex From Cuba
Telex From Cuba by Rachel Kushner 2008/322 pages rating 8.5 / historical fiction This is Kushner’s first book which I decided to read after falling in love with her second, The Flamethrowers (2013). To an extent we have the same … Continue reading
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The Richest Woman in America:
The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age by Janet Wallach 2012/ 304 pages Rating 7 /biography Hetty Green is a fascinating character – at least I’m fascinated. She was born very well off and was the … Continue reading
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Hetty
Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America’s First Female Tycoon by Charles Slack 2004/288 pages Rating: 8 / biography What a fun book! I really didn’t expect it to be so entertaining. And Hetty is a rather surprising woman in some … Continue reading
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The Burgess Boys
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout 2013/ 320 pages Rating 8.5 / contemp fiction Every once in awhile a book comes along which just amazes me – how do authors do this – grab some thread of an idea and … Continue reading
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The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner 2013/400 pages Rating 10 /contemp fiction (notes /spoilers —–>) Oh my what an excellent book! I was not prepared at all for this from a woman author – (shame on me). What I mean … Continue reading
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Love Medicine
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 1984/4o0 pages (rev. 1993, 2009) Rating: 8.5 / contemp Native American fiction Heck of a good book! I’ve read several of Erdrich’s novel’s and I think this is the best of the lot so … Continue reading
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The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (England) (J.K. Rowling) 2013/464 pages Read by Robert Glenister 15 h. 54m. Rating: A- / Crime After losing a leg in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is currently semi-employed as a private investigator. It looks … Continue reading
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The Blue Fox
The Blue Fox by Sjon (Iceland) 2003/117 pages (Kindle) Rating 9 /magical realism This is a very short but dense and complex book – on top of that it’s beautifully written. The word minimalist fits perfectly. Perhaps also magical … Continue reading
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The Unwinding
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer 2013/437 pages (Kindle) Rating: ? /contemp. US non-fiction This book got hugely positive reviews and it was chosen as the book for the All-Nonfiction reading group for September. What is Packer’s main … Continue reading
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To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (England) 1927/122 pages Rating: 10 / classic This is a reread for me. I loved it the first time but this time seemed kind of a slog, at least for the first few chapters. … Continue reading
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I caved –
I’m doomed. In my last post I wrote about how I couldn’t decide what to read next, whether to tackle the books on the tbr shelf, listen to a couple of Audible books or just go ahead and read … Continue reading
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Between Books –
Oh dear, except for one really long history book, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace, I seem to have caught up on the reading. At least I’ve finished the “group reads” scheduled. Now … Continue reading
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The Bellini Card
The Bellini Card (#3 in Yashim the Ottoman series) by Jason Goodwin 2008 / 304 pages read by Steven Hove 10h 24m Rating B+/ historical crime In the mid-15th century a Turkish sultan named Mehmed conquered Constantinople and much of the rest … Continue reading
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The Shell Game
The Shell Game by Steve Alten 2009 / 488p. Rating: A- /dystopian I read this on the recommendation of my son-shine, Isaac. He warned me that it was definitely 9/11 conspiracy-theory type stuff, but said he enjoyed it … Continue reading
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Villette
Villette by Charlotte Bronte (England) 1853 / 432 pages rating: 9.5 / classic I truly enjoy reading classics – they provide a peak into the past from the viewpoint of that past. Yes, it takes a bit of work … Continue reading
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Thoughts about historical fiction
It’s probably apparent from my reading choices and ratings that I really enjoy and appreciate good historical fiction but what does that mean, “good”? I know it when I read it? (LOL!) Pretty much. It can mean … Continue reading
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Mr. Churchill’s Secretary
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal 2012/ 384 pages read by Wanda McCadden 9 h. 48m. Rating: D / historical crime/spy I’m still wondering just what this book is – is it historical fiction, feminist fiction, a mystery or a … Continue reading
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