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“For the old Kentucky home far away”

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

January 20, 2020 by Vern Leave a Comment

I had skipped Jojo Moyes’ previous outings and did not immediately recognize the author without her telltale font when I selected this for my Book of the Month club pick. The Giver of Stars is about the Kentucky pack horse librarians who, through a grant during the Great Depression, brought books and reading materials to the more isolated regions of eastern Kentucky. The story centers on Alice, an Englishwoman who is wooed by a Kentuckian abroad and brought back to live with him and his […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: books about reading, jojo moyes, kentucky

Vern's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: books about reading, jojo moyes, kentucky ·
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Bad books make for a good read

Bad Book Club by Robin Ince

January 30, 2019 by TheShitWizard 4 Comments

Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club is a funny and interesting tour through some of the books you will never find in Waterstones, hidden as they are inside charity and secondhand shops. Robin Ince has made a habit of collecting these books – the more esoteric or eccentric, the better – and reading them so that we don’t have to. Taking us into a world of ‘celebrity’ autobiographies (with those on the lower end of the fame scale and yet high on ego providing the more […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: books about reading, comedy, Literature, robin ince

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: books about reading, comedy, Literature, robin ince ·
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