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Short Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
SBR: We are talking about the first three novels of the Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin. My fantasy…
Short Book Review: I Let You Go by Claire Mackintosh
SBR: I Let You Go is a fairly well-received crime-suspense novel, which didn't work for me. The suspense was maintained…
Short Book Review: The Princes by Manohar Malgonkar
SBR: The Princes is a charming, well-written book that doesn't pretend to make a grand statement. It is narrated in the…
Short Book Review: The Prisoners by Jorasandho
SBR: The Prisoners is a Bengali book, translated into many languages. I read it in English. It is a collection of…
Short Book Review: First They Killed my Father by Loung Ung
SBR: First They Killed my Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers was another one of our Cambodia-trip picks. The description…
Short Book Review: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
SBR: Q: Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf? A: Me! Holy cow! Orlando is supposed to be the most accessible…
Short Book Review: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
SBR: I wanted to read a nice love story and since modern romance novels don't seem to work for me, I…
Short Book Review: Watching Cambodia: Ten Paths to Enter the Cambodian Tangle by Serge Thion
SBR: This book was picked up, not surprisingly, during our trip to Cambodia last year and I read it soon…
Short Book Review: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
SBR: The English Patient is another one of those award-winning books that didn't work for me. The film of poetic,…
Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Party on Dec 17, 2016 (Saturday)
RSVP on Meetup OR RSVP on Explara RSVP on Meetup OR RSVP on Explara Have you read a book and…