Category Archives: Literary Fiction

The Keep by Jennifer Egan

Backstory: I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for at least eight months now.  (Confession: there are books that have been sitting on my shelf unread for years.  I’m an impulse shopper.  Further confession: by the shelf, I mean … Continue reading

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Translated by Lucia Graves)

Backstory: My sister-in-law insisted that I read this book.  Immediately.  Actually, she insisted that everyone she knew read this book immediately, even devoting her facebook status to the cause for a few days.  Though she and I don’t have identical … Continue reading

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