recommendations and reviews for the aspiring reader

recommendations and reviews for the aspiring reader

Month: February 2017

Review: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Review: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid ” We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is to be a refugee from the state of […]

Recommendation: Something Blue

Recommendation: Something Blue

Something Blue by Emily Giffin ” I ripped out a page and wrote: “Steps to Becoming a Better Darcy.” I thought for a second, replaying Ethan’s speech. Then I wrote: 1. Go to an ob-gyn in London and prepare for motherhood! 2. Be more healthy, […]

Review: Lost in a Book

Review: Lost in a Book

Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly “The second vulture screeched. He shook his head, and then his wings. Death’s pale cheeks flushed with indignation.  “I know there are rules, Truque!” she said. “I know I cannot go to the girl before her time. But […]

Recommendation: Chances

Recommendation: Chances

Chances by Jackie Collins ” Costa Zennacotti stared at the girl sitting across from hi, his ornate carved wood desk separating them She spoke rapidly, gesticulating wildly, making faces to emphasize a point. Christ! He hated himself for having such thoughts, but she was the […]

Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been complied and recompiled many times over many years and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travelers […]

Recommendation: Grave Sight

Recommendation: Grave Sight

Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris “Sometimes I dream I am an eagle. I soar above them, noting their remains, bearing testimony to  their disposal. I spy the man who went hunting with his enemy – – there, under that tree, in that thicket. I spot […]

Review: Rhett Butler’s People

Review: Rhett Butler’s People

Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig “He was alone; he would always be alone. Rhett could endure being unloved. He could not live without loving.”  There are few books that I read that pull me in and keep me a willing prisoner. Few books can […]

Recommendation: The Witching Hour

Recommendation: The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice “Who in God’s name are you? she thought. The incongruity of it struck her slowly, along with a completely alien thought. This is not what it appears to be. this is some form of illusion I’m looking at! And […]