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The Visitor by Dodai Stewart

A romantic memoir about the idea of love

The Visitor (The One #5) by Dodai Stewart

February 2, 2024 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

“The Visitor” is a true story from journalist Dodai Stewart. On NYE, I stumbled upon it looking for something quick to hit my book goal. Once I began, I realized I’d rather savor it. I finished the audiobook while walking my pup on New Year’s Day. The story is a poignant musing on the idea of love. She explains how she grew up in New York. She loves how cinematic living in the city can be. Everything seems full of promise and glamor, especially when […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #memoir, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, dating, Dodai Stewart, essay, journalist, Love, new york, San Francisco, short stories, the one, the visitor

teresaelectro's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #memoir, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, dating, Dodai Stewart, essay, journalist, Love, new york, San Francisco, short stories, the one, the visitor ·
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Who the f— is Harold Brodkey?

The Belles Lettres Papers by Charles Simmons

Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal

The Visitor by Maeve Brennan

Mata Hari by Emma Beeby

Caprice by Ronald Firbank

Generation X by Douglad Coupland

June 8, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Belles Lettres Papers – 3/5 Stars Your mileage on this one may vary wildly depending on a few things. I more or less liked this book, but wanted it to be much darker, much more cynical, and much more cutting. If you’re going to throw away friendships and a career at calling out bullshit of an entire industry — the very industry publishing your book — do it up! This book is a kind of send up of the professional class of literary criticism […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bohumil vrabal, caprice, charles simmons, emma beeby, maeve brennan, mata hari, ronald firbank, the belles lettres papers, the visitor, too loud a solitude

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:331 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bohumil vrabal, caprice, charles simmons, emma beeby, maeve brennan, mata hari, ronald firbank, the belles lettres papers, the visitor, too loud a solitude ·
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The fight gets personal for Rachel.

March 3, 2016 by narfna 4 Comments

It’s weird that what struck me the most about this second book in the series after reading it for the first time in lo these many years is how small everything feels. As the series goes on, every book features our young heroes taking on bigger challenges with more and more devastating consequences, but here, the mission is small, and Rachel’s goals even smaller. It’s emotionally intimate. The Visitor is Rachel’s first POV book. Rachel is the beautiful, fashion-conscious one, but she’s much more than […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's lit, k.a. applegate, katherine applegate, narfna, rachel, sci-fi, the visitor

narfna's CBR8 Review No:38 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's lit, k.a. applegate, katherine applegate, narfna, rachel, sci-fi, the visitor ·
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