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The complexities and tragedies of Rwanda and the Tutsi-Hutu tensions are intricately and beautifully captured in Naomi Benaron’s emotionally stirring debut, Running the Rift. Jean Patrick Nkuba is a young Tutsi boy who loves his family, excelling at his studies and running with his brother. A school visit from an award-winning runner awakens Olympic dreams in Jean-Patrick, but his world begins to [...]
Welcome to BOOK CLUB, a joint venture between me and Jen from Devourer of Books. Today we are discussing about Maman’s Homesick Pie by Donia Bijan which was published by Algonquin Books. About Maman’s Homesick Pie: For Donia Bijan’s family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when [...]
Later this month for BOOK CLUB, we’ll be discussing Maman’s Homesick Pie (Tuesday, December 13th – here on Linus’s Blanket), but now it’s time give away next month’s BOOK CLUB selection. In December we will be reading our third book from Algonquin Books, Running The Rift by Naomi Benaron. The Running The Rift discussion will take place on Tuesday, January 24th at Devourer of Books. From [...]
Later this month for BOOK CLUB, we’ll be discussing The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate (Tuesday, November 15th at Devourer of Books), but now it’s time give away next month’s BOOK CLUB selection. In December we will be reading our second book from Algonquin Books, Maman’s Homesick Pie by Donia Bijan. The Maman’s Homesick Pie discussion will take place on Tuesday, [...]
Welcome to BOOK CLUB, a joint venture between me and Jen from Devourer of Books. Today we are discussing about The Marriage Artist by Andrew Winer which was published by Picador Books. About The Marriage Artist: When the wife of renowned art critic Daniel Lichtmann plunges to her death, she is not alone. Lying next to [...]
Later this month for BOOK CLUB, we’ll be discussing The Marriage Artist, by Andrew Winer (Tuesday, October 25th here on Linus’s Blanket), but now it’s time give away next month’s BOOK CLUB selection. In November we will be starting our foray into Algonquin Books with, The Taste of Salt, by Martha Southgate. The Taste of [...]
In Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall, Peter and Rebecca Harris have been married for twenty years, both with successful careers in the arts, a SoHo loft and college aged daughter, Bea. There are a few trouble spots in their careers (Rebecca’s magazine is in talks to be sold and Peter is stymied in his efforts to [...]
Welcome to BOOK CLUB, a joint venture between me and Jen from Devourer of Books. Today we are discussing about By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham which was published by Picador Books. By Nightfall is told from the point of view of Peter Harris, a middle-aged gallery owner struggling with ennui in his career and relationships, and beginning to question his [...]
The first couple weeks of August have come and almost gone. I can hardly believe it. Can we also say bah humbug to scheduled posts being marked “missed schedule”? My absence from the blog was not supposed to be nearly as noticeable as it was. Anyway…I finished 7 books in July. I haven’t read as [...]
The time passes so quickly! It’s time for another BOOK CLUB Giveaway. We are excited to be working with a new BOOK CLUB partner for another round of exciting book club selections. Our next few books are from Picador, and we had to make some hard choices to see just which books we would be [...]
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