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Bedside Books
I finished The Light Between Oceans, and it is my favorite book so far in my 80 books around the world challenge that I hadn’t read before. Such an insightful book, and I highly recommend it. My favorite quote is:… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
I am in Australia on my literary journey with the novel The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman. I have just started it, but according to Google, leaving out any spoilers, it is: “Setting: Janus Rock, a remote and… Continue reading
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Bedside Books
On day 8 of a power outage in Northwest Indiana, I am making serious progress through the large book The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. My favorite quote from this week is: “Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons… Continue reading
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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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I am currently reading A Grain of Wheat by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. This novel is set during the state of emergency in Kenya’s struggle for independence, from 1952–59. It follows a character with a secret from his time… Continue reading
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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
