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Birnam Wood

by Eleanor Catton

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Mrs. Read said: " Actually, I have successfully taught several old dogs new tricks, but apparently I am either too old a dog or perhaps have lost some of my training chops, because despite a history of unvarying failure at Booker-type prize winners, I have not learned ...more "

May 03, 2024 01:47PM · see review

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Confidence Man: The Definitive Biography of Donald Trump

by Maggie Haberman

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Mrs. Read said: " I began reading Haberman’s Confidence Man as an account of an admittedly recent, but nonetheless historical person/period. Current events say “Not so fast, Mrs. Read,” so I’m putting the book on hold until the dust settles. If it ever does. "

Jan 16, 2024 11:02AM · see review

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“Hurtling towards fifty as we were, we found it hard to judge younger adults’ ages. They all looked like sixth formers to us.”
― Louise Candlish, The Other Passenger

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“Some of the aunties in Dial A for Aunties speak the sort of broken English that my parents’ generation does. Their grasp of the English language is not a reflection of their intelligence, but a reflection of the sacrifice that they have made for us. They are, in essence, trilingual, and I am so proud of this heritage.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Dial A for Aunties

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“The conservatism of which Gallagher was doubtless a disciple was not a proper philosophy. It was a bad mood.”
― Stephen King, Flight or Fright

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“Books are time travel. True readers all know this. But books don’t just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can take you back to different versions of yourself.”
― Peter Swanson, Eight Perfect Murders

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“A visitor might descend upon this planet a thousand times and never see a tiger. Yet tigers exist, and if he chanced to come down into a jungle he might be devoured.”
― Stephen King, Flight or Fright

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