VIRGIL WANDERBOOK REVIEW I have the attention span of a fruit fly. Whether in a movie or book, pacing is important to me. When a movie is slow, I’ve been known to hit fast forward, then read the subtitles as I zoom to the end. Virgil Wanderstarts slowly, but I hung in through the first […]
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THE SILENCE OF BONAVENTURE ARROWBOOK REVIEW The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The novel is dripping with magical realism and reminded me (in a good way) of Leif Enger’s Peace Like a River, which I also loved. Set in New Orleans
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HOMEGOINGBOOK REVIEW With regard to racial strife in the US, have you ever wondered, “How in the world did we get here?” Written by Yaa Gyasi, the novel, Homegoing, provides one answer. The story traces the lives of two half sisters, Effia and Esi, born in the 1700’s in Ghana. Separated while young, they each
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THE TRESPASSERA BOOK REVIEW I’ve never liked crime novels, crime movies or even dressing up as a criminal on Halloween. However, this past year I’ve started reading Tana French. Last night, I finished The Trespasser. The main character, Detective Antoinette Conway, is a much-disliked member of the Dublin Murder Squad. To be fair, her
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LAB GIRLBOOK REVIEW When someone in my book club chose LAB GIRL for our next discussion, I didn’t rejoice. With what is happening in the world these days, all I want to do in my spare time is eat Snickers bars and watch The Office re-runs. I was wrong. This is a terrific read. LAB
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THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRYBOOK REVIEW Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a slow start, but I kept pushing through because my friend highly recommended the book. I’m glad I did. The story is about Harold Fry, a 65-year-old man who receives a letter from Queenie Hennessy, his work associate of
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STATION ELEVENA BOOK REVIEW STATION ELEVEN—THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT When a member of our book club suggested we read Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, I felt less than thrilled. I knew the book was about the collapse of civilization after a virus destroys 99% of people on earth. I
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PHI BETA KAPPA JOURNAL REVIEW OFCZARS AND CZARINAS Review by Sama Imran Ilyas Although it is categorized under children’s nonfiction, I found myself completely engrossed by Czars and Czarinas, a new ibook by Deborah Prum (ΦBK, University of Connecticut, ) released earlier this year. Prum is an award-winning author and founder of Still Mountain Bookworks.
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