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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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1Q84
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Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel
cominguplray
, January 21, 2013
Murakami weaves an intricate story with memorable characters and lots of strange goings-on in 1Q84. After finishing the book, I am still not quite sure how to describe what happened in it, even though it took Murakami over 900 pages to get the story across. The book is a conundrum of emotions and genres, and never quite fits into any kind of category. It is at once romantic, suspenseful, nonsensical, moving, eye-opening, and perfectly reasonable. I enjoyed it immensely, and eagerly anticipated what would next happen, what the characters would do, and how the world in which they live would continue to surprise us all. My only complaint is that I wish I could continue with the story and see how things unfolded after the book's end.
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1Q84
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Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel
cominguplray
, January 21, 2013
Murakami weaves an intricate story with memorable characters and lots of strange goings-on. After finishing the book, I am still not quite sure how to describe what happened in it, even though it took Murakami over 900 pages to get the story across. The book is a conundrum of emotions and genres, and never quite fits into any kind of category. I enjoyed it immensely, and eagerly anticipated what would next happen, what the characters would do, and how the world in which they live would continue to surprise us all. My only complaint is that I wish I could continue with the story and see how things unfolded after the book's end.
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Margaret Atwood
cominguplray
, November 12, 2012
This is one of my favorite books. It is gripping, vivid, exciting, frightening, and full of human spirit. The story follows a woman in an ultra-religious and oppressive future society in which leaders are panicking and dissenters are silenced quickly. She struggles to make sense of the world, longs for the past, and endeavors to return to some semblance of the life she knew before the world went mad. It was a book that I couldn't put down, full of imagery and emotion, and one that I could read over and over again.
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Five Quarters of the Orange
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Joanne Harris
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, November 12, 2012
I really liked this book. It is a bit slow-moving, but the steady pace allows for such a rich development of all the characters and a vivid portrayal of the settings. The story delves into the past of the main character and covers different time periods. It definitely has a few surprises, and truly had me engrossed with the plight of Framboise, the protagonist. It is really well-written, and is a great book in which to lose yourself.
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Moby Duck
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Donovan Hohn
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, November 12, 2012
This was a delightful and adventurous romp around the globe following the path of 30,000 rubber duckies that were lost from a cargo ship in a storm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. What I thought was going to be an intense look at ocean currents and the environmental impact of such an event, turned out to be a look at every part of this story, from the factory in China that makes the toys to the beachcombers in every part of the world who scour the shores for treasures to the studies of currents in both the Atlantic and Pacific to the author's trip through the Northwest Passage. It was a great and entertaining read, and one that I would definitely recommend
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Seeking Common Ground: Public Schools in a Diverse Society
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David B. Tyack
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, November 12, 2012
Although fairly dense at some parts, this book was a great beginner's look at the history of the American public school. It addresses both the political and religious impacts on schools, and the issue of being able to address the social needs of students in schools. It provides a real look at the purpose of public school, and educates the reader on how students of different cultural and social backgrounds have fared in the public school and why. It's a fairly quick read, and I'd recommend it to anyone who's even remotely interested in the subject.
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Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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, August 05, 2012
This was a stirring account of the transitions of a Somali immigrant. She explores the cultural impact of Islam on her family and her fellow countrymen, and spends a great deal of time addressing the oppression of women within the women. She tells the stories of her family: her father, her mother, her grandmother, her brother, her sister, and her cousins, and each is poignant and meaningful, and gives a unique cultural perspective to life within an Islamic Somali family. I would recommend the book to anyone, and encourage you to have an open mind. In our politically correct world, it is rare to come across such a raw account of Islamic society.
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Through the Language Glass Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
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Guy Deutscher
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, August 04, 2012
A really accessible book that talks about the vast differences between languages. It spends a great deal of time (a little too much in my opinion) on differences in color terms, but manages to talk about a lot of stuff in a simple way. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone interested in learning a little more about simple linguistics.
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