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“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

July 3, 2022 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

This is my first in depth experience with Didion’s writing (although likely not my last as I have Year of Magical Thinking already on this year’s to read list). Slouching Towards Bethlehem as a title caught my imagination years ago and has stayed with me (I was unaware it was a further literary illusion, missing the Yeats connection). This is Didion’s definitive portrait America, but most specifically California, in the 1960s. I read plenty of books published outside of my own lifetime, but reading Slouching […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1960s America, Joan Didion, narrative non-fiction, read harder challenge, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: 1960s America, Joan Didion, narrative non-fiction, read harder challenge, Slouching Towards Bethlehem ·
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“Strivers grasped for something better – maybe it existed, maybe it didn’t – and crooks schemed…”

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

March 12, 2022 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In one word: Meandering This book was the January/February selection for my work Book Club, of which I am now the unofficial president. Having been at my company for only three months I am stoked about this turn of events and was eager to discuss it with coworkers. This was a GREAT book club book, lots to discuss. I was familiar with Colson Whitehead, having read one of his Pulitzer winners, The Nickel Boys (which tore my heart out) so I was excited to dive […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1960s America, Colson Whitehead, harlem, Harlem Shuffle, heist

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1960s America, Colson Whitehead, harlem, Harlem Shuffle, heist ·
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“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

February 28, 2022 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In one word: Clever Accolades have poured in for this book: nominated for a number of literary awards, Good Morning America Book Club selection, picked as a “book of the year” on numerous lists (including Barack Obama’s), and the “one book one community read” for my local book club. The last accolade is what swayed me to pick it up as I’m a loyal participant of the library book club. I was hesitant because we read Bennett’s “The Mothers” four years ago and I did […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1960s America, Brit Bennett, Passing, race in america, the 1980s, the vanishing half

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1960s America, Brit Bennett, Passing, race in america, the 1980s, the vanishing half ·
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Let me play among the stars

Star Dust by Emma Barry/Genevieve Turner

October 24, 2020 by Malin 5 Comments

Official book description: Houston, 1962   Anne-Marie Smith wanted normal: a loving husband, two beautiful kids, and a well-kept house. But when she catches her husband cheating, she decides that normal isn’t worth it. Now in a new city with a new job, she’s trying to find her new normal—but she knows it doesn’t include the sexy playboy astronaut next door.   Commander Kit Campbell has a taste for fast: fast cars, fast planes, and even faster women. But no ride he’s ever taken will […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 1960s America, astronauts, cbr12, Emma Barry/Genevieve Turner, Fly Me to the Moon, historical romance, Star Dust, the Space Race

Malin's CBR12 Review No:75 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 1960s America, astronauts, cbr12, Emma Barry/Genevieve Turner, Fly Me to the Moon, historical romance, Star Dust, the Space Race ·
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