Last Friday I had the pleasure of meeting two fabulous people. John Boyne was at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, IL. Prior to the event I met up with Suzanne, an online friend who I was meeting in person for the… Read More ›
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The Absolutist by John Boyne
I love everything about this novel–the characters, the story, the time period, the writing style. It’s an epic World War I story that flows back and forth in time from 1919 to 1916, with a concluding chapter set in 1979…. Read More ›
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New SkinsEmma DonoghueJoanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 1997ISBN: 0-06-440772-1Source: Library (inter-library loan from Grande Prairie Public Library) Kissing the Witch is the third book that I’ve read by Donoghue in the last 12 months. In January… Read More ›
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
This book was recommended years ago (I don’t recall where or by whom) for people who like Sarah Waters’s 19th century novels (Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith) of which I am a huge admirer. I bought a copy of Slammerkin at… Read More ›
ROOM by Emma Donoghue
Published in the US by Little Brown, Sep. 2010Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. ROOM is a novel that I would not normally have picked up. Prior to Wednesday, I had no plans to read it. I generally… Read More ›