The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 484 pages Published 2013 Urban Fantasy (of a sort) Update: The sequel, The Iron Season, is due out sometime in 2018! Yet another fantastic debut novel! My husband picked this up at the library; the dark blue edging on the pages had caught his attention, as well … Continue reading
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Márquez 120 pages Published 1982 Fiction I’m honestly not sure what I just read. I’m used to fiction plots having twists, or making you wonder what’s going to happen, or having a moral lesson. This – didn’t really do any of those things. You’re told what’s going to … Continue reading
My last post was about the book, My Ideal Bookshelf. This post is actually my person ideal bookshelf. Let me start by saying my ideal bookshelf is about five shelves high and stuffed with books, but when forced to condense it down to about ten books, this is what I’m left with. I’m not sure … Continue reading
My Ideal Bookshelf Edited by Thessaly La Force Art by Jane Mount 225 pages Published 2012 Books/Libraries So this is a bit of an odd, but fascinating, little book. In My Ideal Bookshelf, just over a hundred people were asked what was on their ideal bookshelf. I didn’t recognize a lot of the people interviewed, … Continue reading
The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch 463 pages Published 2009 Historical Fiction/Mystery The Beggar King by Oliver Pötzsch 466 pages Published 2010 Historical Fiction/Mystery The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Pötzsch 496 pages Published 2012 Historical Fiction/Mystery I cracked open the pages of The Dark Monk with a certain amount of satisfaction and glee – to be rejoining a … Continue reading
Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas 330 pages Published 2008 Memoir “You catch a guy on a computer jacking off, just get a librarian – don’t try and handle it yourself.” That was the first thing Faren, the library manager, said to me on my first day of work. I was … Continue reading
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