Go Set a Watchman | by Harper Lee | 278 pgs. | Rating: 5/5 Summary from the dust jacket: “Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch – “Scout” – returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming…
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Book Review: Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
Island of the Sequined Love Nun | by Christopher Moore | 325 pgs. | rating: 4/5 A fan of Christopher Moore’s work, notably his stellar hit Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, I noticed his name on a pink paperback book with an intriguing title: Island of the Sequined Love Nun. I appreciate Moore’s style –…
Book Review: At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
At the Water’s Edge | by Sara Gruen | 368 pages | rating: 3.5/5 The brief: Set in Scotland against the backdrop of World War II, Gruen’s story follows three upper-class characters (Madeline, Ellis and Hank) on their quest to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. Despite its initial intrigue, the story itself…
Reading: The Night Circus
I’ve just finished reading Erin Morgenstern’s fantasy novel The Night Circus. I found Morgenstern’s novel to be a read that captivated me with gorgeous sensory writing and vivid imagination. The idea of a circus (Le Cirque des Rêves) that’s only operational at night and of magicians, or illusionists rather, bound to one another – for the duration of a…
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