You might recall this post, where I asked your opinion on which books to pitch at my book club’s yearly selection meeting. The book that I most wanted to read, was also the book that I feared would get overlooked because of its content, its overly depressing nature… the fact that it’s about yet another [...]
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The Lost City of Z By David Grann (Vintage, Paperback, 9781400078455, January 2010, 448pp.) The Short of It: A well-researched treat for the armchair traveler. The Rest of It: In 1925, Percival Harrison Fawcett and his eldest son, disappeared on an expedition to find the lost city of “Z”, his name for an uncharted city in [...]
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My book club has been meeting for over thirteen years. That’s a really long time and we’ve read plenty of good books, a few great ones, and a few stinkers. What book club hasn’t? On January 19th, we choose our books for the year. Yep, the year. We each come up with 1-2 choices, pitch it to the [...]
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Wench By Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad, Paperback, 9780061706561, February 2011, 320pp.) The Short of It: With sharp, clean prose, Perkins-Valdez delivers a story that’s sometimes tragic, at times hopeful and thoroughly compelling. The Rest of It: wench \’wench\ n. from Middle English “wenchel,” 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. It’s a little [...]
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Pearl of China By Anchee Min (Bloomsbury USA, Paperback, 9781608193127, March 2011, 304pp.) The Short of It: Interesting premise but poorly executed. The Rest of It: It is the end of the nineteenth century and China is riding on the crest of great change, but for nine-year-old Willow, the only child of a destitute family [...]
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