book review
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Bedside Books
I finished reading The Code of the Woosters, written in 1938 by British author P.G. Wodehouse. All of his books are very entertaining in the dry British fashion. I am currently reading the novel Independent People. According to Google, it… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I have been listening to the audio version of Storm Pegs, the only way I could access it from my library, and was a bit into the book before I realized the author isn’t from Shetland, the country she is… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
The book The Name of the Rose by Italian Umberto Ecowas not my favorite, pretty cynical, but it does have a great description of writing historical fiction craft in the prologue. Great advice! And it did keep me guessing until… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I am plugging along through my literary journey to India with the novel The Suitable Boy. I am about a quarter of the way through this large but intriguing novel that follows three families during the 1950’s. Here are some… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I always read more (and therefore get less sleep) when life gets busy, and this May has been no different. A friend of mine said they call it Mayhem, and that sounds about right. Anybody else? On my continuing 80… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I will be finishing the novel In the Time of the Butterflies, a historical fiction about the Dominican Republic struggling against the dictator El Jefe. It has been quite an intriguing book! I will be moving to France next on… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I am finishing Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, an Ethiopian author. It has been an intriguing 18th book in my 80 books around the world challenge. This challenge won’t take me quite 2 years at least! My next stop… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I was going to read The Alchemist next, but after a bit of research I realized that the author, Paulo Coelho, is Brazilian. I have already read a book from this amazing country, so I moved on to Don Quixote… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
Hi all! What are you reading? I just finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Marquez, a native of Colombia. It was an interesting book, partly a realistic tale of several generations of a family, partly folklore. Next in… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I finished The Poisonwood Bible, which ends with The Congo, and all the Price women, figuring out what they want for their futures. I have journeyed on to Columbia with One Hundred Years of Solitude. It is a 1967 novel… Continue reading
