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Tamara's 2018 Books
Since late February, I've read and reviewed the following books:13. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
14. Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15. Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
17. The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
18. No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
19. My Soul Is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam by Annemarie Schimmel
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
20. Omeros by Derek Walcott
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I hope I'm doing this right. If not, someone please let me know.
Thanks.
Hi Tamara, there is no right or wrong way, each one of us lists their books/challenges they way they prefer. I like how you decided to do it, so I guess you're doing it right :) No need to worry!
Marina wrote: "Hi Tamara, there is no right or wrong way, each one of us lists their books/challenges they way they prefer. I like how you decided to do it, so I guess you're doing it right :) No need to worry!"Thanks for letting me know.
I really like your challenge to read female authors, Tamara. Good luck with it and keep posting your reviews!
Heather wrote: "I really like your challenge to read female authors, Tamara. Good luck with it and keep posting your reviews!"Will do. Thanks!
25. Pearls on a Branch: Arab Stories Told by Women in Lebanon Today by Najla Khoury. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tamara wrote: "27. The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Tamara! I also loved that book :)
Leslie wrote: "Tamara wrote: "27. The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Tamara! I also loved that book :)"
Thank you, Leslie.
36. Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman.My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
37. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
38. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
40. The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir by Riad Sattouf.My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Tamara!
Greg wrote: "Tamara wrote: "45. The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer. My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Tamara!"
Thank you, Greg.
48. Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays by Christa Wolf. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
53. Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville.It's the second time I read it. I got more out of it this time than the first time, but it is not without flaws.
I probably won't review it.
Edit: I wrote a brief review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
54. Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women, ed. by Paula Gunn Allen.My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It's the second time I read it. I got more out of it this time than the first time, but it is not without flaws.
I proba..."
I have been wanting to read this for a while.
Alannah wrote: "I have been wanting to read this for a while..."It's a behemoth. Let us know what you think of it when you get around to reading it.
I have another behemoth on my list which I want to read: East of Eden. Embarrassed to admit I've never read it before even though I like Steinbeck and have read his shorter novels. I keep meaning to dig into it, but then other books get in the way :)
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It's a behemoth. Let us know what you think of it when you get around to reading it.
I have another behemoth on my list which I wa..."
East of Eden is another book I've been meaning to read as well but I'm the same, other books get in the way, lol.
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I like to review books because sometimes it is the only way I can remember what I've read. Here are reviews of books I read until late February:
1. The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories by Alifa Rifaat
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
(Didn't write a review)
12. Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...