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Adaptation in a time of Revolution

A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

July 24, 2022 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

This was my IRL book club’s choice for our July meeting.  At some point in June, the book was bought, but it was not on my Kindle.  I had not read it until yesterday when i realised i had a week to do so, and apparently it is long. I finished it in an afternoon. It also fits into the CBR bingo space of adaptation (camel). It is the story of Count Alexsander Rostov, who returned to Russia in 1918 from Paris, ensured his grandmother […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Amor Towles, cbr14bingo, Moscow (Russia)

persnickety chick's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Amor Towles, cbr14bingo, Moscow (Russia) ·
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So mom went to the US to study, and all I got was a year of coming-of-age

A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sadly, sometimes a book has run its course with us at the store and we prep it for returns. Occasionally, I grab one (or six, but this review is about just one) and see if I can give it a second chance.  And while I cannot give A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova a second chance at the store, I can let you fine folks know about it. I did not love this book. Part novel, part picture book, part graphic novel, part art […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Dasha Tolstikova, family and friendship, Moscow, Moscow (Russia), Russia (Federation), school

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:318 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Dasha Tolstikova, family and friendship, Moscow, Moscow (Russia), Russia (Federation), school ·
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