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| | | | | In fall 2019, I read and loved Abbi Waxman's novel, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. It was a fun read that highlighted a character I identified with in many ways. When I learned that it would have a sequel - Adult Assembly Required - I was thrilled. I was lucky to get an advanced... | |
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| | | | | Last week Rosa?lia Rodrigo released her exciting historical fantasy, Beasts of Carnaval. Rooted in Caribbean (especially Puerto Rican) history and culture, this novel follows Sofía as she searches for her missing twin brother Sol in el Carnaval de Bestias. But there's something very disorienting about her travels, and soon she's not entirely sure what she's... | |
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| | | | | Longlisted for the Booker Prize and beloved by many, Seascraperis a beautifully written but deeply melancholy work which made me wonder why so many authors revel in depressing historical fiction. Thomas Flett is stranded by his own lack of ambition on a miserable bit of British coastline, earning a subsistence living by scraping for shrimp... | |
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| | | "But, my friends, let me digress for a moment, and forgive me for keeping you here: I wish today that we were still the old grains of dust! Our lives were ordered not by laws but by whims." My final entry for German Literature Month is Joseph Roth's Confession of a Murderer. The tale of... | ||
