A coworker of mine knew that I had been reading a couple of books about various religions and movements earlier in the year and asked what I knew about Mormonism, his religion. Admitting that I didn't know much, I asked for a book recommendation. To read the resulting review, head over to my blog... … [Read more]
The Golden Hour
The main problem is the narrator and main character, Giovanna. While early in the book, Giovanna tries to convince the reader that she is brave and courageous because of that one time she carried a hawk, at no point do her actions in 1943-45 ever make her seem any of those things. Instead she comes … [Read more]
The Tiring of Popcultureboy 2: Tiring Harder
I don't quite know why I'm doing the Booker Longlist Challenge, since it's really become a forced march of books I haven't really enjoyed reading that much. I had high hopes for The Lowland, since the synopsis sounds aces, but it just didn't do it for me. I found it a mostly frustrating read, … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:6 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Booker prize, Fiction, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland ·
From the sublime to the ridiculous
Reviews 3 and 4. up. 3: … [Read more]
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Laurie Halse Anderson is probably the reason I became an adult YA fiction lover. I took a class in YA Lit in college and her book, … [Read more]
The perils of reading a free ARC book
Let me begin by saying that I received an ARC of this book from Random House in exchange for my review. And it was a hard copy! I love that. I was so pleased to actually receive pages with a cover instead of the usual e-book. And that … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:6 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Maddie Dawson, Scootsa1000, The Opposite of Maybe ·