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Jan’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Jan Notzon
Goodreads Author
Born
in Laredo
Website
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Influences
John Steinbeck; William Shakespeare
Member Since
August 2012
And Ye Shall Be as Gods
Svetlana Orlova- If The New Chapter could bottle the feeling of reading these first chapters, it would be the combination of curiosity, empathy, and anticipation. Jan Notzon has a way of writing that feels almost cinematic you see the dust rising on the road, hear the creak of a chair at the funeral, feel the tension in Jacob’s chest when Grace falters. Our club members have been texting each othe
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Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors
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| This was a quite fascinating account of one of the most successful revolutionary movements on the American continent in recent history. I appreciated first, the apparent objectivity of all of the writers (though I suspect they all had somewhat of a l ...more | |
"I’ll be honest: at first, I rolled my eyes at the ghostly narrator. It felt gimmicky. But the longer I read, the more it grew on me. There’s something eerie about hearing the confessions of a man who already knows how the story ends. The prologue hoo"
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"This book broke my heart. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a border town and saw how cartels tore families apart, but Justin’s reflections hit me hard. His lament that his friends were swallowed up by greed and confusion felt personal. Chris wasn’t ju"
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"An extraordinary piece of storytelling. I loved how this book examines the thin line between hope and despair, showing us both the strength and fragility of the human spirit. Justin’s grief over his student’s death was heartbreaking, and his entangle"
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| This book was quite well written and the analysis was interesting. One thing I greatly appreciated is the authors' care--since this was a multigenerational study--in being clear exactly who was being referred to. ...more | |
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