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Blog of the Week 8/6/09

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The White Tiger Escapes His Cage

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Book Review)
                The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga was published in 2008 by Atlantic Books.  This debut novel has won many literary awards Man Booker Prize and Galaxy Author of The Year. It is an evocative and unflattering account of modern India: its injustices and corruption. It is amoral [...:]

Molly Fox’s Birthday (Book Review)

Molly Fox’s Birthday by Deirdre Madden (Book Review)
Molly Fox’s Birthday is written by Deirdre Madden. It is her 7th book and has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2009 for women writers. It is a slim book at 240 pages and is published by Faber and Faber. There are a number of undercurrent themes in [...:]

MudBound (Book Review)

WINNER OF THE BELLWETHER PRIZE FOR FICTION
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (Book Review)
                This debut novel Mudbound has rightly won many literary awards and praises from literary critics. It is published by Windmill and its ISBN is 0099524686. The book begins with a grave scene and each character tells in their own voice the story of [...:]

MudBound (Book Review)

WINNER OF THE BELLWETHER PRIZE FOR FICTION
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (Book Review)
                This debut novel Mudbound has rightly won many literary awards and praises from literary critics. It is published by Windmill and its ISBN is 0099524686. The book begins with a grave scene and each character tells in their own voice the story of [...:]

Irish Author Recommends Best Fiction From 2008 and 2009

“Bestsellers You Haveto Read” by AnnetteDunlea [WorldCat.org:]
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Blog of The Week 1/5/09

Blog Is Kate’s Blog : http://www.katesbookblog.blogspot.com/
Books That Make Me Think
She is an author with great literary reviews and check out her great list of literary blogs
Just a quick heads up for those who live in or near Vancouver. Tonight (Saturday, May 30th), two of my favourite writers (and favourite people!), Stuart Ross and Alexandra Leggat, [...:]

Prussian Nights — WW11 Poetry (Book Review)

My Book Review: WW11 Poetry—- 5 Star Rating
 Prussian Nights: A Poem (Bilingual ed. Tr from Russian) (Paperback)
 
Author: Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
Translated By : Robert Conquest
A primary source record of World War 11 in poetry.”Prussian Nights,” is a  1400 line long poem. Through the eyes of a Russian soldier (himself) he tells of the crimes he witnessed [...:]

Timeline by Michael Crichton (Book Review)

Timeline by Michael Crichton (Book Review) This book was published in paperback by Arrow in 2006. It is a science fiction thriller that has since been made into a movie. It is fast paced and full of danger, a gripping read. Doniger, Head of ITC plans a theme park with artefacts from the past for [...:]

The Good War: An Oral History of World War 11 by Studs Terkel (Book Review)

 This bestseller by Studs Terkel was republished in 1997 by New Press. It won The Pulitzer Prize for non fiction and rightly so. The author presents over 120 interviews with people of all classes and all levels of involvement in World War 11. He interviews people both famous and infamous from both sides to give [...:]