The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain is a story about a 64-year-old man named Albert Entwistle (big surprise there) who is about to retire from the Royal Mail (the UK equivalent of the United States Post Office). He discovers that he has largely […]
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Have you ever wanted to know how to be a top reviewer on GoodReads? Then, you are in the right place! Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Lisa of Troy, and I am currently rated as the #4 US book reviewer and #7 in the world according to GoodReads. So how did I do it?
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha is set in Japan from The Great Depression through just after World War II. A young girl named Chiyo moves from her small town in Yoroido to the big city to become a geisha. However, Chiyo misses her family, and an older
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The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer Kelly Rimmer’s The Things We Cannot Say is my second World War II book set in Poland this year (The Light of Days, a nonfiction book, is the other one). This book switched between two sections, a modern-day section following Alice and a World War II section
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Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman – Essays 5 and 6 This is the third post in a series on Philip Pullman’s Daemon Voices covering Essays 5 and 6 (The Origin of the Universe: The Storytelling of Science and Religion A Response to a Lecture by Stephen Hawkins and The Path Through The Wood: How Stories
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Mildred Pierce by James Cain James Cain’s Mildred Pierce focuses on a down-on-her luck mother named Mildred Pierce (big surprise there). The book is set in sunny California in the Depression era, and Mildred is in a pickle. Her husband has just left her, and she has two young children to support. With no work
Looking for the June 2022 book releases, the newest books hitting the shelves? Here are five books coming out June 2022: 1. Outside by Ragnar Jonasson Outside is billed as a “chilling new thriller” by Ragnar Jonasson. Four friends are caught in a deadly snowstorm in Iceland. They seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge.
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How to Be a Boss B*tch by Christine Quinn Calling all Selling Sunset fans! How to Be a Boss B*tch is Christine Quinn’s debut novel. Christine is the villain in Selling Sunset, a real estate show with very low stakes drama on Netflix. Seriously, I think most of the show follows a script of two
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My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier After reading and loving Rebecca, expectations were high for Daphne du Maurier’s My Cousin Rachel. The premise is incredibly interesting. Philip, a 24-year-old orphan, discovers that his long-time caregiver, Ambrose, has fallen in love with his cousin Rachel. However, Ambrose succumbs to a sudden illness, leaving Rachel a
Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman – Essays 2 through 4 Philip Pullman’s Daemon Voices is a nonfiction book featuring thirty-two essays on storytelling. This is the second post in the series on Daemon Voices covering Essays 2 – 4 (The Writing of Stories, Heinrich von Kleist: On the Marionette Theatre, and Paradise Lost). For those
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