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The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery

Stitches by Anne Lamott

Poetic Justice by Amanda Cross

Insurrecto by Gina Apostelo

The Grass Dancer by Susan Power

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth

August 13, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Hummingbird’s Gift – 4/5 Stars Mostly a published long essay, but still a compelling story about hummingbirds in general, but specifically those hummingbirds that become abandoned, injured, lost, or otherwise in need of human care to be rehabilitated and brought up to health enough to be part of natural life again. In this book, we find out that hummingbirds exist upon a series of contrasts. They are quite small, but fierce fighters. In the descriptions of the fighting from this book, two birds locked […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amanda Cross, Anne Lamott, Gina Apostelo, John Berendt, Pat Barker, philip roth, Susan Power, sy montgomery

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:347 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amanda Cross, Anne Lamott, Gina Apostelo, John Berendt, Pat Barker, philip roth, Susan Power, sy montgomery ·
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In a gadda da vida, baby

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

August 11, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

A non fiction book that reads partly like a travelogue and partly like a novel, it’s easy to see why Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has become known as a true crime classic. I devoured this almost whole, and even managed to forget that it was about a crime until I got half way through and the deed occurred, immersed as I was in getting to know Savannah’s society. Author John Berendt had visited Savannah and fallen in love, and so decided […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: John Berendt, non fiction, old south, true crime

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: John Berendt, non fiction, old south, true crime ·
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A little slice of Savannah.

March 28, 2015 by narfna 5 Comments

I’d been looking forward to reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil for quite some time. Ever since I read Capote’s In Cold Blood, I’ve been really interested in well-written true crime books, particularly ones written in the form of a non-fiction novel, a form that Capote pioneered. What I ended up getting was one but not really the other. This book isn’t really true-crime, although it has elements of that genre, and there is a murder at the heart of the narrative. But that’s not what […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: John Berendt, midnight in the garden of good and evil, narfna, narrative non-fiction, non fiction, savannah, true crime

narfna's CBR7 Review No:44 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: John Berendt, midnight in the garden of good and evil, narfna, narrative non-fiction, non fiction, savannah, true crime ·
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Badkittyuno’s Review #6: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

January 18, 2014 by badkittyuno 4 Comments

“Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That’s when things happen. That’s when you find out everything you want to know.” Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is probably the best of the (six) books I’ve read so far this year. I’m hardly surprised, since I loved The City of Falling Angels by Berendt as well. He has a great writing style that makes his stories easy to read, and hard to remember that they’re not fiction. The events of Midnight in […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: badkittyuno, John Berendt

badkittyuno's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: badkittyuno, John Berendt ·
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