I loved this sweet book, and it is perfect to make your heart feel happy! The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg follows Doris, a woman in her nineties living in Sweden. She’s reflecting on her life and the people whom she has known by looking through her address book. When she falls ill, life gets a bit more complicated.
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Do you love to see the inner workings of someone's life? Are you fascinated by how one small community is intertwined? If so, you should consider picking up Once More with Feeling by Meira Cook. This book comes out today, and I think most readers will probably enjoy it as long as you're capable of keeping a vast cast of characters in your head.
I've owned this book for several years, as many people in my life have told me to read it. I had just never made the time to read it, and I was super excited when a group of you were doing a buddy read for this one. I jumped at the chance to read this one, armed with my box of tissues because everyone promises that this is a tear jerker! (Guess what...I didn't need my tissues. That's right--I didn't cry!)
I'm not going to spend long describing this sweet, lovely book. I read it along with @reader.for.life.36 and @readtotheend as a buddy read, which I am super happy about because it helped me to push this book to the top of my list.
About a year ago I had some students read #TheHelp. I hadn't read it before, which shocked them, so I decided to give it a shot. I am sure we are all kind of familiar with the plot of this novel set in the south during a time of much racial tension in our nation. For this reason, I am going to skip the summary and dive straight into why I loved this book and why I was also troubled by it.
Do you want to know what made me want to be an English major? It wasn't my love for reading as a child. It wasn't a high school English teacher who inspired me. It wasn't a love for the written word. No. It was Thomas Pynchon's novel THE CRYING OF LOT 49, a postmodern novel that inspired and challenged me.
Homegoing is the family saga novel to end all family saga novels. Set up with each chapter representing a different member of the family from a different generation, this novel truly covers the life of a family through the centuries, and I love it!
I read this book a couple of months ago, but I am just now getting around to writing my review. This book grabbed my attention from page one and kept me engaged throughout! The novel begins when one woman calls the police after she believes she saw someone assaulted. From there the perspective switches from person to person as the police attempt to discover who is to blame.
I picked up this book to prepare for a unit that my students just wrapped up on the experience of people from nations which have experienced genocide, civil war, or colonization. This was a great easy read for this unit because of how readable it is. Overall, I enjoyed this book and the story lines it followed.
This bright yellow book was getting so much hype. I instantly put it on my Christmas wishlist. Luckily for me it came up from @bookofthemonth, so I ordered it. In the meantime, @booksparks sent me a copy of the book. I then did a giveaway for the extra copy, and one of my friends, @jeldyfamreads won! All this perfectly aligned, and I needed to read this book right away!
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