Charlene Carr's Blog, page 10
August 7, 2016
Book Chat: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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This book was something of a revelation. It was authentic, tragic, inspiring, complex, challenging, simple, and ultimately begs contemplation. A gem!
Author’s Website: fallsapart.com
July 17, 2016
Book Chat: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
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A roadtrip. Some unlikely mix-ups. A seemingly stereotypical plot, and, on the surface, stereotypical characters, but at its heart it works. It really works.
Author’s Website: jojomoyes.com
July 10, 2016
Book Chat: The Good Sister by Chelsea Bolan
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Author’s Website: chelseabolan.com
Delicately written, while calling into question the hypocrisies and consequences of a patriarchal society. In the first chapter I was overwhelmed with emotion, with the suggested hypocrisy, with uncertainty. As the story went on (despite a short lag), I appreciated the beautiful lack of judgment the author achieved by writing the story through varying perspectives. This book displays the humanity in people who may see the world through vastly different eyes than the ones the reader looks through. It shows the characters’ flaws, their virtues, and allows the reader to make his or her own conclusions, while also doling out its own form of justice on the characters. Although I didn’t care passionately about any of the characters, I certainly felt for them, was interested in them, and rooted for those who (based on my beliefs and worldview) deserved it. A worthwhile read.
July 2, 2016
Book Chat: Taking Stock by Scott Bartlett
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Brilliant characterization and a thoughtful look into the mind of a young man struggling to fit into a world in which he feels he doesn’t belong. An unapologetic exploration of mental illness.
Author’s Website: scottplotts.com
Click the link above to sign up for the Author’s mailing list to get his Omnibus, Finished with Life
June 27, 2016
Book Chat: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
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A book I found it hard to put down, with something beneath the surface that kept me compelled to turn another and yet another page. A book to make me think and that questions the true freedom of free will.
Author’s Website: jojomoyes.com
June 18, 2016
Book Chat: A Splendid Boy by Melanie Martin
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Author’s Website: melaniemartinauthor.com
With vivid descriptions of both land and people, Martin takes the reader from a fishing port in Middle Tickle, Newfoundland to the battlefields of the Great War. A beautiful and heart wrenching story full of characters who will live in your mind for days to come.
June 13, 2016
Book Chat: The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
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Ruled by its characters, The Accidental Tourist is an intricate exploration of the quirks and foibles that can tear us apart or meld us together. Tyler created heroes who are decidedly unheroic in the typical sense, but brave and sensitive (and hilarious) in their own right.
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June 5, 2016
Book Chat: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
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A fantastical, visual, delight that didn’t keep up its wonder BUT still left me wanting more. An exploration into the varying perspective and ‘fault laying’ of colonization and interpretations of good and evil.
Author’s Website: lainitaylor.com
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May 29, 2016
Book Chat: Flight or Fight by Scott Bartlett
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An intriguing exploration through the world that could be … a world that’s familiar, scary, and will leave you contemplating the choices you make and the changes you accept.
Author’s Website: scottplots.com
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May 22, 2016
Book Chat: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
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An unusual but worthwhile peek at an author’s ‘rough’ creation and a beautiful view of human interaction and thought when facing a world and life upturned.
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