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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 finished the book The Wonder, and it would be hard to say anything about it without ruining the ending. It was interesting, and kept me guessing until the end. I am continuing my 80 books around the world journey… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I finished The Lion Women of Tehran, and loved it! I am always amazed at the cyclical way that some relationships continue, like the two main characters in this book. It is sometimes wild to see who my husband and… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I finally finished all 1,340 pages of it! It was a good book, and kept me wondering what was going to happen to all the 20 somethings in it until the end. I decided to double back on my 80… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I got to go to a very bookish place! It is a very cool place with a reasonable tour fee. It has an incredible amount of family items because the women of Concord made their husbands buy the property to… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I am STILL working my way through A Suitable Boy, so I thought I would share a bookish adventure my oldest daughter had. She was attending a week long event at the Air Force Academy, where her belongings were checked… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I am still plugging along through A Suitable Boy. Google made me feel better when it said that this book is one of the longest single volume books in English! My current devotional is Heart of God by Elisabeth Elliott.… 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
