April 29, 2010
Mila 18 by Leon Uris **** (of 4)
One of my absolute favorite books about the Warsaw ghetto uprising. A real page turner with wonderful characterizations.
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April 29, 2010
Mercy by Toni Morrison **** (of 4)
A novella told mostly in the first person perspectives of an enslaved African woman, her daughter, a trader from the north, his wife, a Native...
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Martyr’s Crossing, by Amy Wilentz ** (of 4)
Not great writing, but very informative about the checkpoints in Middle East before the Second Intifada made them even worse.
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Martin Dressler: The tale of an American Dreamer, by Steven Millhauser *** (of 4)
The title character, Martin Dressler, is the son of German immigrants in New York City who’s dreams and successes coincide with the burgeoning of the...
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The March by E.L. Doctorow **** (of 4)
The march is General William Tecumsah Sherman’s subjugation of the confederacy as seen through the eyes of carefully crafted, wholly believable, fictitious characters: freed-slaves, plantation...
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Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam **** of 4
Islamic Pakistani immigrants struggle with isolation from their homeland and one another. Aslam’s writing is so replete with metaphor and cultural insight that every page...
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Lying Awake by Mark Salzman ** (of 4)
A short novel, or long exercise, about a Carmelite nun in an LA cloister. Nun meets God, nun loses God, nun finds medicine, nun finds...
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Life of Pi, by Yann Martel **** (of 4)
I loved it. A great piece of storytelling. Sure, there were plenty of bits worth analyzing-science vs. religion, first world vs. third world, true vs....
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The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden *** (of 4)
I didn’t see the movie, but listened to a recorded book expertly narrated by Mirron Willis. The reason to read this is for Foden’s probing...
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni * (of 4)
There must be a reason it’s on so many reading club lists. I tried this book and after fifty pages thought this is too depressing...
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