Tag: readwomen2014
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The Love Wife by Gish Jen
The Love Wife by Gish Jen Took me quite a long time to get through. Didn’t connect with these characters as much as I did in Typical American or Mona in the Promised Land. Still good. In a lot of ways this book is more about a well-meaning white lady trying to best care for […]
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler I’ll be honest, even though I read the back, I quickly forgot that this was a book about a girl who lived her life with a chimp. This is an easy-read, fun-to-read, easy-to-empathize with book. It also made me want to deeply research animals. I […]
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We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo This is a really gorgeous book. I think my only criticism is I could have easily spent a few hundred more pages with the main character. I wanted to more time spend with her coming to her own in America, the challenges that presents. There’s a lot going […]
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson You know… I liked this book. I enjoyed it as I read it. But now as I’m here typing, I don’t know what to tell you. The basic plot is this: Ursula Todd was born and died. And then she was born again, and survived. This act is repeated […]
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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn I preferred this book to Gone Girl. It felt less trickster-y. In general, I think I really like Gillian Flynn’s writing. It’s detailed and strong and her sentences are packed with emotion. I like that. I’m not usually into the thriller genre but she makes me turn pages and read […]
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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki I picked this up at my local bookstore on a whim before a recent trip back to Boulder, CO. I started it on the plane, put it aside, and kept reading when I had a chance. I think that’s part of what’s wonderful about this book […]
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