When one sets out to read a book, you enter into a contract of sorts with the author. You agree to be apart of their world and to go along for the ride. As I've discussed before, we all have our own criteria by which we judge a book and whether we will pick it … Continue reading Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens #USfiction
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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
Patrick DeWitt is a Canadian author who now lives in Oregon, USA. The Sisters Brothers won the 75th Canadian Governor General's Literary Awards and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2012 Walter Scott Prize.The Man Booker shortlist synopsis states that,this dazzlingly original novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about … Continue reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Lizzie Borden is a fascinating character.Did she or did she not kill her father and stepmother with a hatchet one summer's day in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892?So much has been written and said about these rather gruesome murders over the years. So much speculation and innuendo. What more is there possibly to say?Firstly, in … Continue reading See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt