StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. The Widow Queenby Elzbieta Cherezinska, translated from the Polish Maya Zakrzewska-PimHistorical … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Widow Queen
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Goodreads Monday: Snowblind
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! Snowblind (Dark Iceland … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Snowblind
Book Review: The Red Notebook
The Red Notebook (La femme au carnet rouge) by Antoine Laurain, translated from the French by Jane Aitken and Emily Boyce Fiction 159 pages First published March, 2014 by Gallic Books From Goodreads: Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate who it … Continue reading Book Review: The Red Notebook
Goodreads Monday: The Red Notebook
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain, translated from the French by Jane Aitken and Emily Boyce 159 pages Fiction Published in March 2014 by Gallic Books From Goodreads: Heroic … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Red Notebook
Book Review: Havana Black
Havana Black by Leonardo Padura, translated by Peter Bush Mystery 255 pages Published by Bitter Lemon Press in 2006, first Spanish edition published in 1998 From Goodreads: The brutally mutilated body of Miguel Forcade is discovered washed up on a Havana beach. Head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a blunt … Continue reading Book Review: Havana Black
Sunday Sum-Up
Storms, heat, and things going 'Bang!'. That's the summary of my week. Because I only had one day off for Independence Day on Wednesday, I didn't go anywhere except over to my friends' house for dinner and the lighting of small fireworks. Their neighbors had plenty of larger fireworks, so I don't feel like I … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
Book Review- A Novel Bookstore
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé, translated from the French by Alison Anderson Fiction 416 pages First published in 2009 From Goodreads: Ivan, a one-time world traveler, and Francesca, a ravishing Italian heiress, are the owners of a bookstore that is anything but ordinary. Rebelling against the business of bestsellers and in search of an … Continue reading Book Review- A Novel Bookstore
Goodreads Monday: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! Aunt Julia and the … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Goodreads Monday: Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar Historical Fiction 256 pages Published 1985 From Goodreads: In this stunning novel, Assia Djebar intertwines the history of her native Algeria with episodes from the life of a young girl in a story stretching from the French conquest in 1830 to the War of Liberation of the 1950s. … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
February Summary and March Preview
I don't usually mind February, in spite of being a singleton in a month devoted to love and couples. I also don't mind its being in the midst of winter. But this February was lousy thanks to back to back colds. I had a cold in the last week of January/first week of February, and … Continue reading February Summary and March Preview
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