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Thoughts on Tom Waits on Tom Waits Edited by Paul Maher Jr.

dragonflyy419 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Tom Waits on Tom Waits (Goodreads) Tom Waits happens to be one of my favorite musicians, so when the opportunity to read Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters came along I jumped at the chance to read the book. This is a collection of interviews and encounters interspersed with bits of biography divided [...]

Thoughts on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

dragonflyy419 — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:21:25 +0000

Usually I’m good about writing posts right after I read the book, but lately I’ve been suffering from a little writer’s block. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is an excellent novel about a man in a small Nigerian village. This book provided what seems to be a well written glimpse into the daily life [...]

A Few Words on Hiroshima in the Morning by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

dragonflyy419 — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:21:48 +0000

Hiroshima in the Morning by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto is part memoir, part travelogue, interspersed with historical accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima. This book was not quite what I expected, but the lyrical nature of Rizzuto’s narrative made this book well worth reading. Rizzuto was provided with a 6 month grant in 2001 to go [...]

Thoughts on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

dragonflyy419 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:58:53 +0000

When I found out about this title I wanted to read it. My prior career involved much tissue culture, which Henrietta Lacks contributed to in a large way. Henrietta Lacks was the unwitting donor of the first immortal human cell line. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot does a wonderful job at [...]

A Few Words on The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair

dragonflyy419 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:14:46 +0000

The Girl in the Garden is a tale of family secrets and tragedy. The story is laid out as a letter from the protagonist to her fiance telling the tale of one eventful summer in her childhood that holds many secrets. The tale follows young Rakhee the summer of her eleventh birthday. As an [...]

Remarks on The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

dragonflyy419 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:39:17 +0000

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the perfect book for a bibliophile. The novel centers around a boy’s obsession with one book and the author of that book. The original novel was in Spanish and was translated to English by Lucia Graves. This book was a best seller in Spain and [...]

Thoughts on God Dies by the Nile by Nawal El Saadawi

dragonflyy419 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:16:24 +0000

First I want to thank Lauren of Underneath a Book for providing me with a copy of this hard to find book. God Dies by the Nile by Nawal El Saadawi is a difficult book for me to wrap my head around. Not because it is a poorly written book, but because so much occurs [...]

Summary — The Months of May & June

dragonflyy419 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:41:41 +0000

I missed updating for May due to illness, so I am including it in this summary. May and June were difficult months for me as I was battling illness and then trying to get back into a routine of reading and blogging. At one point I even managed to break my Kindle. Books Read Children [...]

A Few Words on Passing by Nella Larsen

dragonflyy419 — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:44:56 +0000

“She wished to find out about this hazardous business of ‘passing,’ this breaking away from all that was familar and friendly to take one’s chances in another environment, not entirely strange, perhaps, but not entirely friendly.” I first learned about Passing by Nella Larsen after reading a review done by Eva at A Striped Armchair. [...]

Remarks on Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

dragonflyy419 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:43:55 +0000

Thanks to Amy at Amy Reads I found out about Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor. She wrote an excellent review on this book which you can find here. Like her I was extremely impressed with this book. Who Fears Death is a fantasy novel set in a post-apocalyptic Africa. It is a well developed [...]