[My new book] starts in 1960 with a woman named Lois Rabinowitz, who was evicted from Manhattan traffic court for attempting to pay a parking ticket while wearing slacks. This was...
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Potato digging, knitting the "Queen's stockings", sea-watching, migrant laboring - this oral history of an early 20th century life on Ireland's Aran Islands is well-worth the read. The photographs are great too.
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I started this book to enjoy the descriptions of local color. This quickly changed to a serious appreciation of how the main character awakens to the social distinctions between the sari shop's employees and customers. Publisher's Weekly describes this book as "funny", and it is, but I found a lot of depth here.
I read in the NYT that a sequel to A Suitable Boy is due out in 2012. This took me straight to the bookcase to take down my copy of A Suitable Boy - have to be ready, you know! This fabulous absorbing novel is even better the third time around.
This was a great means of transportation to the back streets of Marseilles, as told by Fabio, a poleceman and ex-thief. The food, wine, and scenery are great. The corruption and violence are better to find in a book than in real life.
Who writes those fabulous mysteries? P D James' memoir of the year she is 78 is rich with detail and opinion and life wisdom, which she dispenses on her own terms. We learn about her views on cats, elementary school, the 1928 prayerbook, and a number of classic British crime cases. We do not learn much about her earlier life; this is not a tell-all. The beauty of her prose is a constant pleasure, and I also got a lot of good reading ideas.
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lovingreader, November 10, 2009
Potato digging, knitting the "Queen's stockings", sea-watching, migrant laboring - this oral history of an early 20th century life on Ireland's Aran Islands is well-worth the read. The photographs are great too.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa
lovingreader, August 21, 2009
I started this book to enjoy the descriptions of local color. This quickly changed to a serious appreciation of how the main character awakens to the social distinctions between the sari shop's employees and customers. Publisher's Weekly describes this book as "funny", and it is, but I found a lot of depth here.Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
lovingreader, July 7, 2009
I read in the NYT that a sequel to A Suitable Boy is due out in 2012. This took me straight to the bookcase to take down my copy of A Suitable Boy - have to be ready, you know! This fabulous absorbing novel is even better the third time around.Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy) by Jean-claude Izzo
lovingreader, May 6, 2009
This was a great means of transportation to the back streets of Marseilles, as told by Fabio, a poleceman and ex-thief. The food, wine, and scenery are great. The corruption and violence are better to find in a book than in real life.Time To Be in Earnest by P. D. James
lovingreader, February 5, 2009
Who writes those fabulous mysteries? P D James' memoir of the year she is 78 is rich with detail and opinion and life wisdom, which she dispenses on her own terms. We learn about her views on cats, elementary school, the 1928 prayerbook, and a number of classic British crime cases. We do not learn much about her earlier life; this is not a tell-all. The beauty of her prose is a constant pleasure, and I also got a lot of good reading ideas.1-5 of 24next