Category: Book Reviews

April 29, 2010

Old Men at Midnight, by Chaim Potok *** (of 4)

Enigmatic. I went back and forth between thinking the three short stories were too simple, too typical, not completely unique recountings of Jewish suffering in...

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April 29, 2010

Nuremberg: The Reckoning, by William F. Buckley * (of 4)

It was surprisingly bad. I learned a fair amount about the Nuremberg trials after WWII, but was shocked by how trivial the plot was and...

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April 29, 2010

Netherland by Joseph O’Neill ** (of 4)

A young, wealthy, Dutch bank analyst moves to New York City with his British wife. Soon after the World Trade Center is destroyed, his wife...

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April 29, 2010

Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis. **** (of 4)

This short collection of short stories is a wonderful piece of honey cake with a glass of tea. A Jewish Russian immigrant to Toronto describes...

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April 29, 2010

The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E.L. Konigsburg **** (of 4)

Ostensibly a yound adult book, but like all of Konigsburg’s works, her protagonists may be young adults, but her themes are fully matured. Man, can...

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April 29, 2010

Middlesex by Peter Eugenides ** (of 4)

Both Sue and LEP say this book is an excellent story, my prerequisite for any book worth reading and go figure I couldn’t finish it....

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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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April 29, 2010

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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April 29, 2010

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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