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Lawyer by day, voracious reader by night. So many books, so little time!

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Lost in (audiobook) translation

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

December 28, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel of the Jazz Age hit a milestone birthday- 95!- meaning that it fell into the public domain at the end of 2020. One of the podcasts I listen to, Planet Money, used that milestone as a reason to release a podcast episode that was an audiobook of the novel, as read by its hosts. Its been years since I last read The Great Gatsby, and in that interim I’ve read Ernest Hemingway’s non-fiction account of his time in Paris in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: F. Scott Fitzgerald, jazz age, The Great Gatsby

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald, jazz age, The Great Gatsby ·
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Seemed like a good idea in 2005

Lovemarks by Kevin Roberts

December 28, 2021 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

Kevin Roberts is the CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi global marketing and I was gifted/ asked to read his book as a welcome/guide to my new job in tourism marketing. The basic thesis is that marketing needs to move beyond ‘trusted brands’ to ‘loved brands’, or ‘lovemarks’, that inspire feelings and an emotional bond in the consumer/audience. To get to this lovemark space, a company needs to build off of the earlier pillars that let brands become trusted (consistent, quality product) with somewhat amorphous additional […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Kevin Roberts, Lovemarks

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:45 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Kevin Roberts, Lovemarks ·
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Some Wellness Resort porn for a year of no travel

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

December 27, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Nine Perfect Strangers is a relatively recent (2018) Liane Moriarty novel. A high powered city career woman, Masha, has a heart attack and is born anew- she loses weight, finds new purpose and opens a small wellness resort in the countryside. The novel follows the arrival of 9 guests who will be staying for a week, all with slightly different backgrounds and goals for the week- there is a couple with marital problems (Ben and Jessica), a writer suffering a crisis of career and life […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers, Resort

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers, Resort ·
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Murder goes on vacation

The Murder Stone by Louise Penny

December 27, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Armand Gamache, the dapper detective from la belle province’s Surety de Quebec, is back in this fourth installment in Louise Penny’s series. This time Gamache is not in Three Pines, the idyllic but murder-y town in Quebec’s eastern townships, but Manoir Bellechasse, a lakeside hotel resort the next valley over. It is the height of summer and Armand and his wife, Reine-Marie, are celebrating their anniversary the same way they do every year, at the Manoir. The resort’s other guests are the Finneys, a snooty […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Louise Penny, quebec, The Murder Stone

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Louise Penny, quebec, The Murder Stone ·
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I know its bad but I liked it anyway

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout

December 27, 2021 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

Fantasy is not my usual go-to, but it is one of my good girlfriend’s go-tos, so I usually rely on her recommendations, of this was one. It is not a short book (are any fantasy novels?) and initially had that ‘self-published fantasy’ feel. Once I was deeper in, however, man! I read this book on the bike at the gym, I stayed up late to finish chapters, I used this book as a reward was how into it I was. And at the same time […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: From Blood and Ash, Jennifer Armentrout

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: From Blood and Ash, Jennifer Armentrout ·
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Speaking a universal language

How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

December 22, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Thammavongsa is a Laotian-Canadian writer and her collection of short stories focus on Laotian immigrants and their children in ways poignant, funny and heartbreaking. Her characters tend to be lower class, aspiring to be middle-class, striving for a better life. For the most part, Thammavongsa isn’t focused directly on the aspiring part, but the small interactions, misinterpretations and obsessions that her characters experience. Her stories really draw on threads of race, class and gender. There are 14 short stories in the collection, and as with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: how to pronounce knife, Souvankham Thammavongsa

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: how to pronounce knife, Souvankham Thammavongsa ·
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