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1001 Book Review: The Sea by John Banville
The Sea by John Bangle Awards: Booker Prize 2005 Reviewed by: Jen Rating: 4.5 stars Find it here:The Sea Every once in a while you encounter a book with writing so beautiful that it makes you never...
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1001 Book Review: Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers Published in: 1933 Reviewed by: Jen Rating: 4 stars Find it here:Murder Must Advertise I’ve always associated cozy mysteries with the types of mystery books...
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1001 Book Review: Shroud John Banville
Shroud by John Banville Published in: 2002 Awards: Man Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2002) Reviewed by: Book Worm and Jen Find it here:Shroud Synopsis (from Amazon): One part Nietzsche, one part...
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Read Around the World: Czech Republic
The next stop on our world tour of reading is the Czech Republic! This month’s choice was inspired by my recent trip to Prague along with my recent bout of reading Czech authors. Prague was one of the...
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1001 Book Review: Transit Anna Seghers
Transit by Anna Seghers Published in: 1944 Reviewed by Jen & Book Worm Find it here:Transit (New York Review Books Classics) Synopsis (from Amazon): Anna Seghers’s Transit is an existential,...
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Love it or Hate it? Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein
Have you ever noticed how some books seem to drive a wedge between people? You check the reviews and find almost no middle-of-the-road ratings. Instead people either seem to love it or hate it. Well,...
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1001 Book Review: Erewhon by Samuel Butler
Erewhon by Samuel Butler Published in: 1872 Reviewed by: Book Worm and Jen Find it here:Erewhon (Dover Thrift Editions) Synopsis (from Amazon): Erewhon (an anagram for “nowhere”) is a faraway land...
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Pricksongs and Descants by Coover
Pricksongs and Descants by Robert Coover Published in: 1969 Reviewed by: Jen and Book Worm Find it/Buy it here: Pricksongs & Descants Synopsis (from Amazon): Pricksongs & Descants, originally...
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The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead: A Classic of Family Dysfunction
The Man who Loved Children by Christina Stead Published in: 1940 Reviewed by: Jen Rating: 4 stars Find it here: The Man Who Loved Children: A Novel The Man Who Loved Children is a family saga set in...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Published: 2007 Awards:Pulitzer Prize for fiction (2008) Reviewed by Jen and Book Worm Find it here: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao We recently...
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1001 Book Review: Native Son by Richard Wright
Native Son by Richard Wright Published in: 1940 Reviewed by: Jen Rating: 4.5 stars Find it here: Native Son There are some books that will leave a lasting impression on you and Native Son was one of...
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Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín
Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín Published: 1992 Rating: 4 stars Reviewed by Jen Format: Audio narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds Find it/buy it here: The Heather Blazing I think Colm Tóibín may be on his...
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré Published in: 1963 Rating: 4 stars Reviewed by: Jen Find it/buy it here:The Spy Who Came in from the Cold I don’t typically go in for spy novels...
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The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides: 1001 Book Review
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides First published: 2011 Reviewed by: Jen & Book Worm Find it here: The Marriage Plot Synopsis (from Amazon): Are the great love stories of the nineteenth...
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Fowles
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles First published: 1969 Reviewed by: Jen & Book Worm Find it here: The French Lieutenant’s Woman Synopsis (from Goodreads): The scene is the village of...
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1001 Book Review: The Blind Owl Sadegh Hedayat
We initially wanted to feature this book for banned book week, but unfortunately we were not able to complete it in time. The Blind Owl is considered perhaps the most famous literary work of 20th...
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1001 Book Review: The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh
Once again BookWorm and I find ourselves at different ends of the spectrum in our opinions about our latest 1001 read. Find out what we thought and let us know which one of us is more in line with...
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1001 Book Review: Broken April
Broken April by Ismail Kadare First Published in: 1978 Rating: 4 stars Reviewed by: Jen Find it/Buy it here: Broken April In the last three weeks I’ve been reading a lot of books set in the Balkans,...
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Love it or Hate it? The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Have you ever noticed how some books seem to drive a wedge between people? You check the reviews and find almost no middle-of-the-road ratings. Instead people either seem to love it or hate it....
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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Although we won’t be competing for prizes, Book Worm and I will be participating in our winter scavenger hunt (because it’s fun). If you want to join us, sign up and read the instructions here. For my...
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