Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/ Kobo/Goodreads (All other formats) Review written by: Jessica C. Book Published by: Knopf/Doubleday “She stood there on the threshold, feeling quite transparent: the brassy polish of the doorknob seemed to shine through her hand; the evening blue leached right through her.” Longbourn is not a sequel or…
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Review of Joseph Boyden’s “The Orenda”
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Published by: Knopf, Doubleday (Random House) Release Date: May 13,2014 When we learned about Native Americans in primary school, we were always taught about them as a homogeneous group, who unfortunately lost their proverbial stake in the fertile, seemingly feral wilderness of North America, once the European settlers…
Review of American Pastoral By Philip Roth
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Published by: Vintage/Random House Review Written by: Jonathan E. “Books are, let’s face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen round in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books…
Dani Hoots’ Review of The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir
The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Book Published by Random House Review Written by: Dani Hoots The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir follows a man by the name of Mark Watney who has been abandoned on Mars and tries all that he can…
Random House Open House 2014: Retrospective Thoughts on Last Year’s Event and Peek into this Year’s Event
Have you ever wanted to have a rare glimpse into the inner-workings of a publishing house? Did you think that having such a glimpse into an immaculately clean, sweet-smelling publishing house, which carries the nourishing smell of fresh off-the-press books? Last year, I was given that chance, without the whole smell of freshly printed books,wafting…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 