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TABLE FOR TWO: Fictionsby Amor Towles WOMEN! IN! PERIL! by Jessie Ren Marshall THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo THE WIVES: A Memoirby Simone Gorrindo LIKE HAPPINESSby Ursula Villarreal-Moura SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS by Sy Montgomery
I read and enjoyed Jean Hanff Korelitz's book The Plot back in 2021 (my review), but by the time this sequel came along, I had to refresh my memory: A professor of writing steals a killer plot from a dead student to write his own bestseller, and trouble ensues because the plot wasn...
Demon Copperhead is a highly-regarded bestseller. It won the Pulitzer for fiction in 2023. Based on that, I would say that I liked it, but a little less than most readers.Leave a commentfrom → book, book list 2024, book review, book reviews, books, fiction, john irving...
and synchronicity but the generous transformation of these peripheral workers, over the course of decades, into confidants, equals and, finally, friends. With them around, a life sentence in these gilded halls might make Rostov the luckiest man in Russia.”—The New York Times Book Review ...
Heller’s writing is gorgeous; for another, he has created two characters that are as real as any you’ll meet on the page. The last lines of theDenver Postreview are “I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful”, and I couldn’t agree more....
Rules of Civilityby Amor Towles:My book group’s pick for August. My review ishere. Killers of the Flower Moonby David Grann: Fascinating and disturbing non-fiction. My review ishere. Young Jane Youngby Gabrielle Zevin: The highlight of my week! My review ishere. ...
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein.Review The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco.Review Travel reading can be tedious affair. To quote Dominique Browning, travel writer for the New York Times: “Of course, one can stoop too low. Junk food may be what is needed on a plane trip...
Heller’s writing is gorgeous; for another, he has created two characters that are as real as any you’ll meet on the page. The last lines of theDenver Postreview are “I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful”, and I couldn’t agree more....
Heller’s writing is gorgeous; for another, he has created two characters that are as real as any you’ll meet on the page. The last lines of theDenver Postreview are “I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful”, and I couldn’t agree more....