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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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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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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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I finished my literary journey to Greece with Zorba the Greek. That is a wild but fun story of two friends trying to find their place in the world. I have moved on to India with A Suitable Boy. Here… Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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I made Chile my next stop in my literary adventure, with the novel Eva Luna by Chilean author Isabel Allende. It follows the life of a young, orphaned storyteller who navigates poverty, political turmoil, and personal adventures in a South… Continue reading
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I finished my literary trek through Cambodia and am now reading A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam from Bangladesh. This novel is inspired by the true stories of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, including the personal experiences of the… Continue reading
