Title: Saffy’s Angel Author: Hilary McKay Published: 2002 My edition: Margaret K. McElderry Hardcover 2002 Borrowed From: Hoboken Public Library Pages: 152 Synopsis (from Publisher’s Weekly): McKay’s sparkling novel once again introduces an eccentric, entirely engaging British family whose members readers will immediately embrace. The Casson parents, both artists delightfully distracted Eve paints in her… Continue reading Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
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Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Title: Shades of Grey Author: Jasper Fforde Published: 2009 My edition: Viking Hardcover 2009 Purchased From: Strand Pages: 388 Synopsis (from StrandBooks.com): Welcome to Chromatacia, a land governed by the Colortocracy and plagued by upheaval and disorder. The society is dominated by color though everyone has limited color perception. It is Eddie Russett’s wish to… Continue reading Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Review & GIVEAWAY: The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Review first, giveaway details at the bottom! Title: The Geography of Bliss Author: Eric Weiner Published: 2008My edition: Twelve Books Paperback 2009Purchased From: The Book Nook in Cadillac, Michigan Pages: 335 Synopsis (from StrandBooks.com): Through over a decade spent traveling the globe and reporting on the world’s formost catastophes and triumphs, author and NPR foreign correspondent Eric Weiner… Continue reading Review & GIVEAWAY: The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
A Room With a View by E. M. Forster
In effort to help me keep up with posting book reviews, I’m going to try using a set format for each review. Many other bloggers do this, and I borrowed some ideas from them. I’d love to hear your thoughts/feedback on the new format in the comments. Title: A Room With a View Author: E.… Continue reading A Room With a View by E. M. Forster
Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer
Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer is a memoir about the author’s stay at Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris, and a tribute to a bookstore that has served as a refuge for thousands of writers throughout the years. For people who do not know: there have been two Shakespeare & Company bookstores in… Continue reading Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer
The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy
Simon Van Booy won the 2009 Frank O’Connor prize for his collection, Love Begins in Winter, his second short story collection. I read it a few months ago, and fell in love with his writing. It’s stunning. I read his first collection next, The Secret Lives of People in Love. These stories were a little… Continue reading The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
MBS & the Prisoner’s Dilemma The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart is the third book about a group of four extraordinarily gifted and adventurous children who call themselves the Mysterious Benedict Society. Since this is the third book in the series, I won’t say much here about the plot.… Continue reading The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
Look at the Birdie Look at the Birdie is the second posthumous collection by Kurt Vonnegut. The first was Armageddon in Retrospect, which came out last year. I thought this collection was a lot better than Armageddon in Retrospect. Armageddon had some good stories, but there were a few I wasn’t crazy about. I really… Continue reading Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni
Margherita Dolce Vita Stefano Benni I’m a little obsessed with Europa Editions. I’ve added 4 or 5 Europa books to my bookshelves in the past couple of months, and many more to my wish list. One of these additions was Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni. I mentioned this in August’s Polysyllabic Spree – I… Continue reading Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food Judith Jones Another book in the growing list of food memoirs I’ve read. :) I love them. I’ve been interested in this book for a while, and after having my love of Julia Child reignited by the movie Julie & Julia, I put The Tenth Muse: My Life… Continue reading The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
Gourmet_rhapsody Gourmet Rhapsody is the first novel by the author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery. The english translation was published in the US in August following the success of Hedgehog. Several of my friends thought that Gourmet Rhapsody is a sequel to Hedgehog, but it’s not. It’s also not really a prequel,… Continue reading Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
The Dud Avocado The Dud Avocado was my book club’s September pick, and it’s a book I had been meaning to read for a while. (Let’s face it, many of the books I read are books I’ve been meaning to read for a while. The list is never ending.) Summary from the back of the… Continue reading The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy