Tag: novel
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BR344) “The Secret Life of Bees” Book Review
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. 4/5 rating. 302 pages. Book #6 of 2024. Finished January 31, 2024. This is the beautiful tale of a girl named Lily, and her former housekeeper, Rosaleen. Lily has had a hard life, she has been treated terribly by her father for as long as she…
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BR310) “The Great Alone” Book Review
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. 5/5 rating. 545 pages. Book #26 of 2023. Read July 14, 2023. This is an unbelievably amazing book about a family who moves to Alaska and not only has to fight to survive that unwelcoming climate, but figure out how to fight their own demons within their family. Just,…
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BR308) “Demon Copperhead” Book Review
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. 4/5 rating. 546 pages. Book #24 of 2023. Read July 8, 2023. This novel is Damon (nickname “Demon”) telling the story of his childhood up until about age twenty-one. This book was soooo good and really entertaining! Demon has quite a story to tell as a rural Virginian in Lee…
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BR288) “Gilead” Book Review
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. 4/5 rating. 247 pages. Book #4 of 2023. Read February 4, 2023. This novel follows a pastor who is at the end of his life and sorry to leave his wife and his child in a hard world. In order to impart some more wisdom on his young son, he decides…
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BR262) “On Brassard’s Farm” Book Review
On Brassard’s Farm by Daniel Hecht. 3/5 rating. 421 pages. Book #29 of 2022. Read July 5, 2022. This is a novel about a teacher who moves to the woods in Vermont as a respite after large portions of her life have fallen apart. Ann was a teacher in Boston but had an issue in…
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BR247) “The Vanishing Half” Book Review
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. 4/5 rating. 343 pages. Book #14 of 2022. Read March 12, 2022. This is a beautiful and thought-provoking book all about the sides of ourselves we hide: both those we intentionally lie about and others we merely omit by not sharing. This book reminded me of a James Baldwin…
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BR240) “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” Book Review
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. 4/5 rating. 274 pages. Book #7 of 2022. Read January 26, 2022. I completely loved this adorable book! This book is set just after World War II. Juliet is a writer who has just had some success with a book…
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BR232) “1Q84: Book 3” Book Review
1Q84: Book 3 by Haruki Murakami. 4/5 rating. 414 pages. Book #68 of 2021. Read December 19, 2021. This is the third and final book and boy are things happening! Ushikawa, the slimy, ugly man who has been tasked with finding Aomame has reasoned out the connection between her and Tengo. While even they don’t…
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BR220) “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki” Book Review
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. 3/5 rating. 314 pages. Book #56 of 2021. Read August 18, 2021. This is a novel about Tsukuru Tazaki and his struggles to understand his past and accept himself. I liked a lot of this book. Tsukuru’s feelings of loneliness and unimportance I think…