Book Reviews and a Little More…
Title: 10 lb Penalty Author: Dick Francis Format: Kindle Pages: 320 Release Date: September 22, 1997 Publisher: Berkley Source: personal copy Read the back of the book A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father’s campaign for Parliament—and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all. My thoughts: Dick Francis mysteries have a quality to them that’s difficult to explain.
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Title: The Jane Austen Book Club Author: Karen Joy Fowler Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Release Date: April 26, 2005 Publisher: Plume Source: personal copy (PaperbackSwap) Read the back of the book In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her
Read moreHello all… Long time no talk! I confess that I haven’t been very into blogging lately. My reading has actually been good this year — I’ve finished 32 books. Unfortunately, my review writing has not been good — I’m 16 books in arrears! I actually have a few reviews that are already written, I just haven’t put together the blog posts. I think a lot
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Title: The Snow Child Author: Eowyn Ivey Format: Kindle Pages: 416 Release Date: February 01, 2012 Publisher: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books Source: personal copy Read the back of the book Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling
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