Another Blogging Anniversary Rolls Around — Will There Be Many More?
My attention was clearly on other things on February 14 this year because I forgot it was the day I
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Kim Jiyong, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo — the unfair world of women
In Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Cho Nam-Joo offers a chilling indictment of the discrimination and misogyny experienced by women in
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The Armies by Evelio Rosero Diago — a country in turmoil
In The Armies, Evelio Rosero shows a man who becomes an unwilling witness to a senseless civil war in Colombia
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Sample Sunday: from an award contender to an award winner
Moving slowly through my stack of owned-but-unread books, I’ve chosen three more candidates for Sample Sunday. They all have titles
Read moreThe Survivors by Jane Harper — melancholy tale of loss and guilt
Twelve years after he left Evelyn Bay burdened by guilt over his part in a tragedy, Keiran Elliot is back
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