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The Journey of A Glass Church in New South Wales
Without intending to, I have immersed myself in mid-19th century Oceania with my most recent reads. This one was across the water in the marginally more settled New South Wales. The narration begins in the present day, with a narrator … Continue reading
Posted in 1001 Books, Booker, Books, Other Prizes
Tagged 1001 Books, Around the World in Books, Australia, Booker Prize, books, Oceania, Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
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Quick update
No reviews for real right now because I’m trying to read like a crazy person til the end of the year. Since my last post, I’ve read Heart of the Matter, Insurgent, Journal of Best Practices, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, … Continue reading
Posted in 1001 Books, Around the World 2013, Books, Orange
Tagged 1001 Books, Around the World in Books, books
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An Easy Challenge for Next Year
I will probably still be finishing my around the world and around US tours next year because of Candy Crush the job hunt and move, but I am taking on a new challenge to read “Chunksters” (books over 500 pages) … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 TBR PIle Challenge, Books
Tagged 1001 Books, 2014 TBR Pile Challenge, books
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A Quick Hop to Australia
I just finished a quick read of another “book book” (as I call the ones printed on paper now). I’m tentatively labeling it my Australia read, but I reserve the right to change it to S. Africa if I want … Continue reading
Posted in 1001 Books, Around the World 2013, Books, Nobel
Tagged 1001 Books, Alphabonkers, Around the World in Books, Australia, Elizabeth Costello, J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize
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In Paris, Feeling Very, Very Guilty
I’m back to the 1001 books list for Z, with my first Zola novel. This one is not for those of you who are fantasizing about an affair. If you are planning to kill your spouse to marry your lover, … Continue reading
Posted in 1001 Books, Around the World 2013, Books
Tagged 1001 Books, Alphabonkers, Around the World in Books, books, Emile Zola, Europe, France, Therese Raquin
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