false 23 29 23 true 5880483 read 1 true 466040 currently-reading 5 true 466039 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62753011 to: Revolutionary Road (Paperback) by Richard Yates
A convincing portrait of a marriage in suburbia crumbling under the weight of unfulfilled desires for freedom and excitement. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62752736 to: The Garden of Last Days: A Novel (Hardcover) by Andre Dubus III
One of my favorite writers; I was glad to nestle into this long novel this summer. Dubus writes with his usual grace, crossing many characters’ perspectives and making difficult characters deeply human. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62752689 The Good Thief (Hardcover) by Hannah Tinti
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An amusing and sad look at office life. Ferris makes the office chairs and lunch routines as important to the reader as they are to the characters. No small feat. Still, the first person plural narration lost its charm every so often. One of my favorite parts was more than half way into the book when the narration focused on just one character. A powerful section, but it felt out of place given the rest of the book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19821114 to: Atonement (Paperback) by Ian McEwan
McEwan is in fine form here. The intimate understanding of Briony's motivation for the crime she commits makes the book a staggering read. I was less moved by the very end, and what Briony sees as her act of atonement. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23522664 to: Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche (Paperback) by Ben MacIntyre
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