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Book Review: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
I finished reading Amsterdam last night and was tempted to write my review right away. Good thing I was feeling lazy. This is my second book by Ian McEwan. He has eight on my 1001 list. Before I say if … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Book Review, Ian McEwan, Literature, Man Booker Prize, Novels
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Book Review: The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is one of my favorite novels. I can’t recall how many times I’ve read it. I know it isn’t all that uplifting and it still brings a tear to my eye and it makes me very … Continue reading
Review: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
For some inexplicable reason, I’ve never read a book by Raymond Chandler. I have no idea why, especially since in my teen years I went through a mystery stage. I could not get enough of them. Chandler has one book … Continue reading
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
When the better half took me book shopping on my birthday I picked up a copy of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. The novel is on my 1001 list and I really enjoyed his book, Middlesex. I started reading … Continue reading
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
For five months I did my best not to enter any bookshops to buy books. My goal was to read more books that I already owned instead of buying new ones that would sit around for years before I opened … Continue reading
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez, is considered by many to be the author’s tour de force. It was published in Spanish in 1967. Since then it has been translated into thirty-seven languages, selling more than 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, 50 Year Project, Book Reviews, Books, Buendía Family, Colombian History, Colombian Writers, Fiction, Gabriel García Márquez, Introduction of the Railway, Latin American Boom, Latin American Writers, Literature, Magic, magical realist, Once Upon A Time, Spanish Fiction, Spanish Writers, Thousand Days War, United Fruit Company
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Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
This is the fourth novel I’ve read by Coetzee and the third that I’ve completed for my 50 Year Project. I read this novel a few years ago and found it disturbing. Since I have the rule that I have to read or reread … Continue reading
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Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, 50 Year Project, Animal Rights, Animals, Award Winning Literature, Book Reviews, Booker Prize, Books, Boston Terriers, Cape Town, Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee, Life, Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Photography, South Africa, South African Writers, Youth
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