Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Non-Fiction, tagged Amy Tan, Amy Tan memoir, book critiques, Book Reviews, Books, family chronicles, family history, literary reviews, memoirs, The Opposite of Fate on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Opposite of Fate, by Amy Tan…I Give it Five Stars!!
In the Opposite of Fate, Amy Tan takes us on her own personal journey, within the confines of the mother/daughter relationship. Her journey brings us insight into her mother/daughter relationship, and how the words of her mother are a constant nagging, yet guiding force, in [...]
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Posted in Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Book Reviews, Books, fantasy, Josteing Gaarder, Male Authors, Maya, Novels, philosophy, Spirituality, stories, writing on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Maya, by Jostein Gaarder…I give it Four Stars!
If you like philosophical novels, novels that ingrain theory, methods and meanings, mystery and intrigue into your senses in such a way that you can almost visualize, touch, hear, smell and taste the story presented, then, Maya is a book for you.
Maya is set on a virgin-like, Fijian [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Book Reviews, Books, female writers, Lara Vaonyar, Memoirs of a Muse, Novels, stories, Writers, writing on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Memoirs of a Muse, by Lara Vapnyar…I give it Four Stars.
Memoirs of a Muse is a tale of a Russian woman named Tanya, who has dreams of becoming a muse to a famous author. She is obsessed with the life of, and the writings of, Dostoevsky, and with the women in his life, fantasizing on [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Non-Fiction, tagged book critiques, Book Reviews, Books, Chris Gardner, inspirational books, inspiring memoirs, literary reviews, memoirs, Non-Fiction, Novels, The Pursuit of Happyness on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Pursuit of Happyness, by Chris Gardner, and Quincy Troupe (Collaborator)…I give it Five Stars!
If you like to read inspiring non-fiction stories, memoirs, that evoke every emotion within you, and deal with overcoming adversity, then, this is the book for you.
The Pursuit of Happyness is the memoir of Chris Gardner, an African American man from [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Non-Fiction, tagged anti-semitism, Book Reviews, Books, Jew, Jewish Culture, Jewish Life, Jews, Judaism, literary reviews, memoirs, Nazi Poland, Non-Fiction, The Pianist, war chronicles, War Survival, war testimony, Wladyslaw Szpilman, World War II, WWII, WWII survivor testimony on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Pianist, by Wladyslaw Szpilman…I give it five Stars!
The Pianist is the poignant and courageous story of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s determination to survive the WWII Holocaust, during the time when the German Occupation began in Warsaw, Poland. Szpilman was a pianist, a Jew, but most importantly, he was a human being, who was caught up in [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Books, historical novels, John Crowley, Lord Byorn's Novel, Lord Byron's Novel: the Evening Land, Male Authors, Novels, stories, Writers on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lord Byron’s Novel : The Evening Land by John Crowley, a Novel…I give this five stars!
Novel-Within-a-Novel, October 2, 2005 I like the novel-within-a-novel aspect of this well-written book. The author, John Crowley, manages to weave a tapestry that manages to move with ease from one generation down to the next.
Crowley gives us imagery, that we [...]
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