Author: David Mitchell
Historical novel set in Deijima, an island connected by a land bridge to Nagasaki, and Japan's only trading post with the world in 1799. Jacob is a clerk with the Dutch East India Company, and falls in love with Orito, a burn scarred midwife. Fascinating cultural study and lots of details.
Now I want to read The Cloud Atlas. Promising title.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Disaster Preparedness
Author: Heather Havrilesky
Memoir about growing up with parents that didn't sugarcoat the bad news (kind of like mine).
Enjoyed the cultural references (ahh, the 70's) and the style of writing. If I see her name again, I'll definitely pick the book/article up and expect to enjoy it.
Memoir about growing up with parents that didn't sugarcoat the bad news (kind of like mine).
Enjoyed the cultural references (ahh, the 70's) and the style of writing. If I see her name again, I'll definitely pick the book/article up and expect to enjoy it.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
You dropped a blonde on me
Author: Dakota Cassidy
Trophy wife gets dumped and left with nothing, struggling jobless while at her mother's retirement home.
Pretty funny, conveniently wealthy new love interest.
Trophy wife gets dumped and left with nothing, struggling jobless while at her mother's retirement home.
Pretty funny, conveniently wealthy new love interest.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The 100 Thing Challenge
Author: Dave Bruno
Not the best written book, sometimes you can tell when a blogger's been picked up. Also, in light of Freeconomics, it's a bit too bourgeois philosphically. But I might try it, because it's easy and I can make up the rules and keep all my books, conveniently called 'my library'.
Not the best written book, sometimes you can tell when a blogger's been picked up. Also, in light of Freeconomics, it's a bit too bourgeois philosphically. But I might try it, because it's easy and I can make up the rules and keep all my books, conveniently called 'my library'.
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Knitting Diaries
Authors: Debbie Macomber / Susan Mallery / Christina Skye
Romance compilation involving knitting. Just what the burnt-out web warrior needed.
Romance compilation involving knitting. Just what the burnt-out web warrior needed.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Ghost a la Mode
Author: Sue Ann Jaffarian
I love ghost stories and I love the gold rush era, so this was fun, a divorcee being haunted by an ancestor until the ghost's name could be cleared for murdering her husband. And some light romance as well.
I love ghost stories and I love the gold rush era, so this was fun, a divorcee being haunted by an ancestor until the ghost's name could be cleared for murdering her husband. And some light romance as well.
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Flaw in the Blood
Author: Stephanie Barron
She also writes the Jane Austen mysteries.
This one had Queen Victoria, and access in to Queen Victoria's head. Scary place to be, since she was out to murder the hero & heroine of the story, a young woman doctor and an Irishman.
The flaw refers to haemophilia, and it seemed to be suggested that perhaps Victoria wasn't truly heir, that her father had been someone else. Not really clear on that, perhaps a biography of Victoria is in order.
She also writes the Jane Austen mysteries.
This one had Queen Victoria, and access in to Queen Victoria's head. Scary place to be, since she was out to murder the hero & heroine of the story, a young woman doctor and an Irishman.
The flaw refers to haemophilia, and it seemed to be suggested that perhaps Victoria wasn't truly heir, that her father had been someone else. Not really clear on that, perhaps a biography of Victoria is in order.
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