Currently Reading:
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The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers who Reinvented American Literature by Ben Tarnoff
- Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (received through the publisher)
- The Most Dangerous Book by Kevin Birmingham (received through the publisher)
- Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore (received through NetGalley)
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
- Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
- The Angry Years: The Rise and Fall of the Angry Young Men by Colin Wilson (received through NetGalley)
- The Third Horseman by William Rosen (received through NetGalley)
Recent Reviews:
I am the Weapon: The
Unknown Assassin Book 1 by Allen Zadoff (received through NetGalley)
4 stars
A teenage boy is trained to blend in, get close and then kill. He starts a new high school, befriends the
children of the rich and corrupt and then disappears after he completes his
assignment. This is a strangely
fascinating start to a series and I found it compulsively readable. You can see the conscious of “Benjamin”
shining through as he gets close to the New York mayor and his daughter on his
current assignment. This book was well
written and the main character and his story was fascinating. The mayor’s daughter, Sam, fell a bit flat
and I didn’t think the female characters were as well written in general but it
didn’t deflect from the story. I look
forward to reading future books in this series and see how all of the pieces
fit together. I receive this book from
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
We Were Liars by e. Lockhart (received from publisher)
5 stars
The beautiful Sinclair family arrived on the Mayflower, owns a private island and has all of the internal squabbles and family drama that such prestige carries. The Liars are four teenagers who inhabit the island every summer until the one summer when everything changes. Beautifully written and eerily suspenseful, this novel unravels as the main character attempts to uncover her memories of that summer. This book is lyrical, emotional and extremely intelligent and I find myself still thinking about the story days after finishing. I received an advanced proof of this book from the publisher.
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