Sunday, June 19, 2022

I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki, by Baek Sehee

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  Author Baek Sehee is a successful professional in the publishing industry who grew up with an abusive father and a hypercritical mother....

The magicians: Alice's story, by Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges, Pius Bak

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  This graphic novel tells the story of Alice, one of the main characters in The Magicians , a fantasy novel about a group of students who l...
Monday, June 13, 2022

Dreams of departure, by Naguib Mahfouz

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  It's been 26 years since I read Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy , which I enjoyed as much for the writing as for learning about mo...
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

A waiter in Paris: adventures in the dark heart of the city, by Edward Chisholm

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  Unable to find work after graduating from a London university, Chisholm followed his girlfriend to Paris looking for any type of work th...
Monday, June 6, 2022

The family Chao, by Lan Samantha Chang

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This is meant to be an update on The Brothers Karamazov , but since I haven't read that book yet, it didn't shed any light on this b...

Bad kid: a memoir, by David Crabb

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  I enjoyed this heartfelt memoir by actor David Crabb. Growing up gay and goth in rural Texas was not easy; throw in drug abuse and a fract...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

The maximum security book club, by Mikita Brottman

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  Writer and psychologist Mikita Brottman shares her experiences running a weekly book club in a Maryland prison for two years. The club con...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

In the lion's den: the Penn State scandal and a rush to judgment, by Graham Spanier

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  With this riveting memoir, former Penn State President Graham Spanier recounts his experiences surrounding his resignation from the pres...