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A very fine historical fiction novel about Thomas Cromwell. I look forward to the next one. It's star rating may have been hurt by my reading this book immediately after "Wolf Hall," which was probably a bit better, and meant too much time for me stu
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"While not as good as hamnet, I still enjoyed this one. My relatives left a tiny village in Ireland about the same time as this book is set, so that was interesting. The book is atmospheric with good descriptions and mostly good character development."
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In 19 vivid vignettes that spring through this 125-page coming-of-age novella, We the Animals seizes you by the throat and heart and [deleted] and doesn't let go. It is brilliant and funny and haunting and devastating. Good god, this guy can write. An ...more |
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"I just loved this. The book details a single forgotten historical episode that was well known in its day: A woman takes the helm of her husband's ship after he falls ill and successfully (A) wins the crew's respect, and (B) safely navigates through s"
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"The reason to read this book is Shteyngart's wit and his terrifying ability to see into the near future in a novel written during the Obama administration. As just two examples: America is fighting a war in Venezuela; the protagonist works for a comp"
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| If you enjoyed Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series, do not dally before picking up His Majesty's Dragon, which brilliantly imagines the Napoleonic wars with dragon air forces. I'm in! ...more | |
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| When you pick up a Kevin Wilson novel, you should be prepared for surreal. But it's a special flavor of surreal full of memorable characters and a ton of heart. The Family Fang is Wilson's debut novel (he had an earlier short story collection), and I ...more | |
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| I haven't read a play in a while, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This is a gripping claustrophobic, psychological thriller that asks how a people or a country find justice and peace after a traumatic dictatorship. (Reading it in 2026, it fe ...more | |
“Alexander Ramsay, known to his friends back home in New York City as Alec,”
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― The Black Stallion
“Arabia—where the greatest horses in the world were bred!”
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― The Black Stallion
“Its hold was loaded with coffee, rice, tea, oil seeds and jute. Black smoke poured from its one stack, darkening the hot cloudless sky. Alexander”
― The Black Stallion
― The Black Stallion
