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Friday, December 11, 2015

Best of 2015: my little list

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BEST OF 2015; This year was tough. I was reading a wider variety of books related to school and work and less fiction.  But the books I ...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

After the Circus by Patrick Modiano -fiction in translation-Mark Polizzotti translator

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Previously published in the New York Journal of Books, November 30, 2015 http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/after-circus Revie...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

All the Things We Never Knew by Sheila Hamilton (memoir, mental health)

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First published in the NY Journal of Books October 18, 2015 Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness Review by Amy Henry Sheila Ha...
Monday, October 12, 2015

Quicksand by Steve Toltz (fiction)

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First Published in the New York Journal of Books October 12, 2015 He’s the last person you’d want to sit by on a bus. As a brothe...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (fiction)

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Years ago I was obsessed with more general titles of mass fiction, particularly crime and detective novels. I didn't realize there was ...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Super Better by Jane McGonigal (game theory, games for mental and physical improvement)

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Originally published in the New York Journal of Books, September 14, 2015.   Releases September 15, 2015. Super Better: A Revoluti...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison (fiction)

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Originally posted in the New York Journal of Books, September 10, 2015 This is Your Life  was a popular television show in the 1960s an...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib

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The writing in this is so subtle. While it's a family drama, it reads like a mystery because the author holds her cards to her chest...
Monday, June 29, 2015

The Good Shufu: Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World by Tracy Slater (memoir)

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This memoir took me awhile to get interested in. Reviewing a memoir is always tough, as you really don't want to appear to say, ...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Bastards by Mary Anna King (memoir)

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This is the year of the memoir. Really.  I've never noticed so many.  A few I started to get bored with, as they seemed like a lot o...
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