***** Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides Knopf, 2002 ISBN-13: 978-1-4299-5627-7 “I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen […]
Tag Archives: books
April
30
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006
posted by lasesana
***½ Eat, Pray, Love I resisted reading this book for the longest time. I still haven’t watched the movie. It’s strange how books sometimes come to you when you are receptive. Had I started this book two years ago, I probably wouldn’t have made it through the first section. In this autobiographical book, Elizabeth is […]
April
28
The Power of Small Things, guest post by Elizabeth Jennings, author of THE BUTTON COLLECTOR
posted by lasesana
Elizabeth Jennings, author of THE BUTTON COLLECTOR Years ago, I began writing a novel based on a family’s collection of discarded buttons because I liked the idea of small, tangible items telling stories that weave together to form a larger truth. At the time, I had no idea how many button aficionados exist in this […]
April
16
El pergamino de la seducción (The Scroll of Seduction), Gioconda Belli
posted by lasesana
**1/2 Barcelona: Seix Barral, 2005 (Spanish) WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2013 – Gioconda Belli’s El Pergamino de la Seduccion,The Scroll of Seduction weaves together two stories: the life of Juana of Castile in sixteenth century Spain and the story of Lucía, a young girl in 1970s Madrid. Perceptive and extensively researched, Belli’s narrative reveals a […]
March
26
The Boy in the Suitcase, Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis, New York; Soho Crime, 2011, Nina Borg #1
posted by lasesana
Original language: Danish Nina Borg is a Red Cross nurse who has trouble saying no when someone needs help- even at the expense of the people she loves most. In the first book of a series, Lene Kaaberbøl introduces Borg and hurls her into a situation where she will have to face all of her […]
February
19
Blood Meridian, or the Evening of Redness in the West, Cormac McCarthty
posted by lasesana
**** Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Author: Cormac McCarthy First Edition: 1985 Original language: English I read this book after literally dozens of people suggested it after reading my post on 10 Disturbing Novels. This book was unquestionably disturbing, but not I can’t put it down disturbing, more like I can’t […]
February
08
The Kitchen House, Kathleen Grissom
posted by lasesana
****½ The Kitchen House Author: Kathleen Grissom First Edition: 2010 Original language: English Awards: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction, Debut Author (2010) Summary: Told from the point of view of an orphaned Irish indentured servant and the illegitimate daughter of a tobacco plantation owner and one of his slaves, The Kitchen House tells […]
January
27
Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill
posted by lasesana
*** ½ Heart-Shaped Box Author: Joe Hill First Edition: 2000 Original language: English Awards: Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel (2007), Locus Award for Best First Novel (2008), Macavity Award Nominee for Best First Mystery Novel (2008), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2008) Summary: Semi-retired heavy metal star Jude Coyne is somewhat […]
January
25
Divergent, Veronica Roth
posted by lasesana
***** Divergent Author: Veronica Roth First Edition: 2011 Original language: English Awards: Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book of 2011 and for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2011), ALA Teens’ Top Ten Nominee (2012), Children’s Choice Book Award Nominee for Teen Choice Book of the Year (2012), DABWAHA (Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award […]
January
22
The Last Chinese Chef, Nicole Mones
posted by lasesana
***½ The Last Chinese Chef Author: Nicole Mones First Edition: 2007 Original language: English Summary: It has been a year since Maggie’s husband passed away, but she has been unable to rebuild her life after his sudden death. She has sold their house and moved into a small house boat, and her work as an […]
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