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BookerTalk June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 48 Comments American authors, Ann Patchett, OrangePrize

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – powerful tale of love and music

An absorbing novel about the power of music and the human capacity to form relationships in extraordinary circumstances.

Sample Sunday is an opportunity to check all the books on my shelves and decide what to keep

Reading plans

BookerTalk October 31, 2021December 27, 2021 15 Comments Ann Patchett, B P Paris, Orphan Pamuk, Sample Sunday, TBR

Sample Sunday: Will Orphan Pamuk, Ann Patchett and B A Paris Get To Survive?

A memoir of life in Mao’s China, a boy’s journey through war ravaged Africa and a grief struck Scottish community. Which of these books deserve space on my shelves?

Bookends

BookerTalk June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 62 Comments abe dare, Ann Patchett, Brit Bennett, family sagas, Richard Flanagan, Urs Faes

Dear Authors – This Reader Wants More Courage, Complexity and Atmosphere

Dear Authors I know I run the risk of sounding too much like Oliver Twist, but I’m definitely feeling hungry.

Book Reviews

BookerTalk March 25, 2021March 15, 2022 20 Comments American authors, Ann Patchett, Book Reviews

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett – frozen in the past

After the first experience of Ann Patchett’s fiction, via the magnificent Bel Canto, my expectations were riding high when I

TBR list

BookerTalk May 23, 2020January 24, 2021 13 Comments Ann Patchett, Annie Proux, Hari Kunzru, TBR

Sample Sunday: 3 Bargain Shop Buys

My Sample Sunday spotlight this week is turned on three books on my TBR shelves that I bought in charity

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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – powerful tale of love and music

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Dear Authors – This Reader Wants More Courage, Complexity and Atmosphere

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