Monthly Archives: October 2024

Mrs Fredericka Mandelbaum came to the US from Germany with her husband Wolf but it wasn’t all that easy to make money in New York in 1850. So she decided she needed to become an entrepreneur and started selling the goods her … Continue reading →

Maybe I wasn’t in the mood, but it really took me some time to get into this book. Or maybe I’ve been reading a bit too much lately.  ???  And then this one got a bit too gritty in places. … Continue reading →

Minor Detail is a 2017 novel by the Palestinian author Adania Shibli. It was translated into English by Elisabeth Jaquette in 2023 and nominated for a National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2020, longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2021, and won the LiBeraturpreis [de] in 2023. … Continue reading →

Becky spells the Month in Books for October 2024 Linkup The original from Reviews from the Stacks < https://reviewsfromthestacks.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/spell-the-month-in-books-october-2024-linkup/#more-24362.&gt; is a pretty straightforward monthly linkup. Find a book title that starts with each letter in the month’s name, make a … Continue reading →

This is Burke’s latest book and it’s a stand alone.  I tried to like it.  I’ve enjoyed every single book he’s written and I don’t think I’ve missed many.  Burke has said this one is his best and I did … Continue reading →