Monthly Archives: October 2011
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 1995. Harper. Paperback. 519 pages. From: the public library In a nutshell: This is the story of the Wicked Witch of the West (real name: Elphaba) from her infancy … Continue reading
Filed under Fantasy, Supernatural & Surreal
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
2009. McSweeney’s. Hardcover. 342 pages. From: the public library In a nutshell: In this non-fiction book that reads like a novel, Eggers tells the story of the Zeitoun family’s ordeal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy … Continue reading
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Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
1997. Avon Books. Paperback. 290 pages. From: the public library Recommendation found at: Beth Fish Reads In a nutshell: This is the first novel in Lippman’s Tess Monaghan series. Tess Monaghan used to be a reporter, before the Baltimore paper … Continue reading
Filed under Mysteries & Thrillers
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild
Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves 2005. Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 467 pages. (366 pages if you don’t count the appendix, bibliography and the index.) What this book is about, in Hochschild’s own words in the … Continue reading
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11th Annual National Book Festival, Washington D.C.: Day Two
I’m back! Since weekends are my main opportunity for writing new posts, and I was in Chicago visiting my sisters this last weekend, it’s been a little while since I posted part one of my Book Festival write-up. And in … Continue reading
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