Book Recommendation Requests > Meg’s Request

she said: " Or any of these:
Mansfield Park
The Maze Runner (if we forget the 'the', don't know if it counts)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mem
Matched
Mischling
Monday's Not Coming
Midnight Without a Moon
Middlesex
Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set
Mark of the Thief
Mariana
More Than Just a Pretty Face
My So-Called Bollywood Life
My Life Next Door
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Moon Brow
Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1
Marcelo in the Real World
Mockingbird
My Name Is Brain Brian
Mortal Engines
Mortal Danger
My Year Zero
My Or any of these:
Mansfield Park
The Maze Runner (if we forget the 'the', don't know if it counts)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mem
Matched
Mischling
Monday's Not Coming
Midnight Without a Moon
Middlesex
Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set
Mark of the Thief
Mariana
More Than Just a Pretty Face
My So-Called Bollywood Life
My Life Next Door
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Moon Brow
Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1
Marcelo in the Real World
Mockingbird
My Name Is Brain Brian
Mortal Engines
Mortal Danger
My Year Zero
My Last Season With You
Maurice
Metropolis
Magician: Apprentice
My Soul to Take
Malice
Mosquitoland
M is for Malice (this is a part of a series)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Meet Me at the Museum
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Map of the Heart
My Absolute Darling
Mine
Making Faces
More Than This
More Than This
More Happy Than Not
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Destiny
Midnight Riot
Magic Bites
Moon Called
Melting Stone
Make Me Sin
Most Ardently
Making Friends with Alice Dyson
My Name Is Memory
Missing Lily
Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart
Mechanica ...more "

she said: " Really interesting use of memory and shifts in perspective to tell this story. The book is essentially the narration of a woman on her deathbed recalling important moments and people from her life, but that description makes the book sound much duller than it actually is. I've had this on my radar for a decade and sitting on my kindle for several years--I don't know what took me so long to want to pick this one up, but I'm glad I finally did.

The narrator tells her own history, but doesn't sugar Really interesting use of memory and shifts in perspective to tell this story. The book is essentially the narration of a woman on her deathbed recalling important moments and people from her life, but that description makes the book sound much duller than it actually is. I've had this on my radar for a decade and sitting on my kindle for several years--I don't know what took me so long to want to pick this one up, but I'm glad I finally did.

The narrator tells her own history, but doesn't sugar coat her memories. She recognizes herself as a difficult person, often imperious and impetuous, frequently frustrating those around her. Small shifts in perspective tell some of her memories from the perspective of one of the other people involved. The descriptions of her work as a war correspondent in Egypt during WWII were particularly compelling.

Highly recommended. ...more "