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Women Talking by Miriam Toews From Goodreads One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for … Continue reading Review: Women Talking
Broken Things by Lauren Oliver From Goodreads It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, … Continue reading Mini review: Broken Things
The Translation of Love by Lynne Kutsukake From Goodreads Thirteen-year-old Aya Shimamura is released from a Canadian internment camp in 1946, still grieving the recent death of her mother, and repatriated to Japan with her embittered father. They arrive in a devastated Tokyo occupied by the Americans under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. Aya's … Continue reading Book review: The Translation of Love
So in 2018 I got pretty behind on writing reviews for some of the books I read. I just never wrote a review, and the book has just been sitting on my review list since I read it. So today I thought I'd post some mini reviews for some of those books. Behind the Beautiful … Continue reading 2018 backlog mini reviews
Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami From Amazon Hear the Wind Sing follows the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by his nickname, the Rat. The narrator is home from college on his summer break. He spends his time drinking beer and smoking in J's Bar with the Rat. ★★★ God, … Continue reading Book review: Hear the Wind Sing
Into the Wild by John Krakauer Paraphrased from Goodreads In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Chris McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it … Continue reading Into the Wild: book vs. movie
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Paraphrased from Goodreads BOY Novak turns twenty and decides to try for a brand-new life. Flax Hill, Massachusetts isn’t exactly a welcoming town, but it does have the virtue of being the last stop on the bus route she took from New York. Flax Hill is also the hometown … Continue reading Book review: Boy, Snow, Bird
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