CarrieK | August 9, 2010
Title: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Author: Joshilyn Jackson Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my personal library; audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Joshilyn Jackson First line: Until the drowned girl came to Laurel’s bedroom, ghosts had never walked in Victorianna. There [...]
Category: audiobooks, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction |
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CarrieK | July 5, 2010
Title: On Beauty Author: Zadie Smith Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction Publisher: Penguin Press Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Peter Francis James First line: One may as well begin with Jerome’s e-mails to his father. Monty Kips and Howard Belsey are academic enemies – arguing opposing [...]
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CarrieK | September 4, 2009
Update: I’m editing the title to indicate that these are books I think everyone must read, not books I’m listing for myself to read. I’ve read – and loved – all of these, that’s why I consider them must-reads. ) I have officially run out of genres in which I can list my favorites. I [...]
Category: children's fiction, classics, contemporary fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, historical fiction, history, literary fiction, memoirs, mysteries, non-fiction, poetry |
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Tags: favorites, must reads
CarrieK | July 22, 2009
Title: Death Comes for the Archbishop Author: Willa Cather Genre: Literary classic Publisher: Vintage Classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars First line: One summer evening in the year 1848, three Cardinals and a missionary Bishop from America were dining together in the gardens of a villa in the Sabine hills, overlooking Rome. In Death [...]
Category: classics, literary fiction |
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CarrieK | July 19, 2009
Title: The Sister Title: Poppy Adams Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Anchor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars First line: It’s ten to two in the afternoon and I’ve been waiting for my little sister, Vivi, since one-thirty. The Sister by Poppy Adams is the story of Virginia and Vivien Stone, two daughters of famous lepidopterist, [...]
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