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Category Archives: literary fiction
Final read-along discussion: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Title: Brooklyn Author: Colm Toibin Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Scribner Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from the public library First line: Eilis Lacey, sitting at the window of the upstairs living room in the house on … Continue reading
Posted in literary fiction, read-alongs
Tagged irish fiction, literary fiction, read-alongs
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My thoughts on The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Title: The Things They Carried Author: Tim O’Brien Genre: Literary fiction, Vietnam War fiction Publisher: Mariner Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars First line: First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount … Continue reading
Posted in literary fiction
Tagged contemporary fiction, literary fiction, vietnam war fiction
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Book Review: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Title: The Weird Sisters Author: Eleanor Brown Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: ARC passed on to me by the gracious Vasilly First line: We came home because we were … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary fiction, literary fiction
Tagged contemporary fiction, literary fiction
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Book Review: The Boy in the Gap by Paul Soye
Title: The Boy in the Gap Author: Paul Soye Genre: Contermporary fiction, Irish fiction Publisher: Liberties Press Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the publisher First line: I remember the first night ‘on remand’ watching the … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary fiction, literary fiction
Tagged contemporary fiction, irish fiction, literary fiction
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Book Review: Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Title: Hannah Coulter Author: Wendell Berry Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Shoemaker Hoard Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy borrowed from my mom First line: “I picked him up in my arms and I carried him home.” This … Continue reading
Audiobook Review: The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
Title: The Story of a Marriage Author: Andrew Sean Greer Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction Publisher: Picador Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: S. Epatha Merkerson First line: We think we know … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, contemporary fiction, literary fiction
Tagged audiobooks, contemporary fiction, literary fiction
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Book Review: The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
Title: The Bird Sisters Author: Rebecca Rasmussen Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction Publisher: Crown Publishers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the publisher First line: Used to be when a bird flew into a window, Milly … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary fiction, literary fiction
Tagged contemporary fiction, literary fiction
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