Today’s my last day of recommendations before Christmas and for the year 2019! Bravo! If you’ve stuck with me until the end. I really appreciate it. My last recommendation is another really big favorite and it’s by one of my favorite authors too. I’m going to be talking briefly about Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat. […]
It’s day 23 and we’re almost at the end of my 24 days of recommendations before. Today I’ve decided to talk about Guy Delisle’s graphic novel Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City. Now this was the first graphic novel I read by Guy Delisle. His wife works for Médecins Sans Frontière, so they were sent […]
I fell upon The White Tiger in 2008 when it won the Booker Prize. Of all the books on that shortlist, it stuck out to me the most. I really enjoy reading about Indian culture. I feel like with every book I read I learn something new about their culture. That’s really stimulating. This […]
When I came to live in France one of the historical events that I didn’t know very much about was the tragic destruction of Cambodia, otherwise known as the killing fields. I started to hear more about it and my curiosity led me to pick up In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner. […]
I often hear people say that they no longer care to read fiction novels about slavery. I personally don’t have a problem with that, especially if I can read one that’s really good. Today’s recommendation is Family by J. California Cooper. This is a novel you should definitely put on your 2020 TBR if you […]
Today’s recommendation is a book by Philip Roth, the prolific 20th century American author who died last year in the month of May. Now I’m sure some of you might be ready to sign off my post, since you’ve seen I’m plugging a book by Roth. I beg of you to stay with me and […]
I had only read one excerpt from Alexandre Dumas’ writing in French many years ago, but this past October and November we all had the pleasure of reading in full The Count of Monte Cristo. I say all for those of you that joined in on my read along of this 1,276 page mammoth novel. Full […]
Today’s recommendation is an oldie but a goodie. It’s called Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. If you haven’t read anything from Tom Robbins all I have to say is what rock have you been reading under. He’s probably one of the most creative writers out there. Count on a rip roaring story full of satire, […]
Today’s recommendation I discovered in the spring of 2015. Water Street was one of the first few short story collections I had read in a long time that I thoroughly enjoyed. Fourteen connected short stories set in Stanford, Kentucky in the black community. I was amazed to see how well Wilkinson linked each character and […]
Today I’m continuing on with another recommendation of a poignant and informative graphic novel called Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Told in 4 books, Persepolis was separated into 2 books: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, books 1 and 2 and Persepolis: The Story of a Return, books 3 and 4. I decided to read The […]
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