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Loved his books. This one was on his travels through Australia, yes? Also liked the one about traveling the Appalachian Trail. He has another about travels in the UK. Read them some time ago but still remember them and get a laugh when I remember.
Just finished The After Party, by Anton DiSclafani.
It was an odd story about 2 women growing up in Houston in the '50s. One woman pretty much devoted her life to the other woman, who ignored her most of the time. I was frustrated with the woman who lived her life through her friend's life. The ending was sad and strange.
I would not recommend it.
I was the one who mentioned "Another Brooklyn", not in error, but because I had read it...I gave it 3.5 stars which isn't exactly a glowing endorsement and that's why I also "mention" how many stars I give to the book I've read to let others maybe gauge as to whether or not they want to read it
Another short book, that I gave 4 stars to "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. Centered around a writer and her "adopted dog". Comes in at 212 pages.
Happy Reading to you!
Well for whatever reason, I requested and got The Friend (on kindle from the library) - not having one clue what it was about. I started it the other day and am enjoying reading it. After I finish it I will look it up and see the commentary and classifications as it's a very different (but easy to read) book.
This book was a Russian fairytale, filled with Russian folklore. It had a lot of Russian characters, names, and words and took a very concentrated effort to read. If you're looking for an easy read, this isn't it! To my dismay, I didn't realize it had a glossary as to the Russian words used in the book until I was at the very end. Had I know about it, while reading, it would have made things much easier to read AND understand. UGH!
On the positive side, it did have very lyrical and descriptive writing in it which is mainly what kept me going. It is the first book in a winternight trilogy. Overall, it was a 3.5 star read for me. Will I read the other 2 books? I don't know, I don't know!
I see both ylisa and netwit have read this book, have either of you gone on to finish the trilogy, and were you glad you did?
I recently read Lisa See’s The Island of Sea Women. Wow! This is one of those unusual novels that makes me want to read more about how political strife tears apart even rural people who, at least initially, were not directly in the line of fire.
Yet the story encompasses much, much more than war’s effects on everyday life. It brings together threads of eternal questions about friendship, family responsibilities, shatteringly wrong assumptions that even friends make about each other, and “women’s work” in a very different culture from our American one. Ultimately, the book is about forgiveness.
Right now I am in the early pages of Naomi Alderman’s The Power, which promises already to be a, well, powerful story.
A place in the Woods, by Helen Hoover illustrated by her husband Ade.
The is an older book about a couple who buy a cabin in the woods and describe their adventure of living away from technology and the city. I enjoyed the descriptions of nature and the many wild animals that crossed their path. The illustrations were beautiful as well.
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