Title
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Author
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Review
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The Sum of Our Days
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Isabelle Allende
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A memoir of love, chaos, and
drama that shows the interminable power of love of family, and more
importantly, the mates we commit to.
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When We Were Orphans
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Storytelling at its finest. Slight comments from third parties give
more context and background than the narator could possibly add, because the
narrator is so convincingly human and biased.
This is the story of a british boy raised in the International
Settlement in Shanghai who is sent to London after his parents disappear and
are unable to be found. His memories
of his time in Shanghai and his desire to solve the mystery of their
disappearance invade all plot lines and eventually, he goes back to Shanghai
to finalize the reality of the mystery, all in the middle of the Japanese
attacks and the impending war.
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The Crossing
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Cormac McCarthy
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Stark English and Spanish dialogue
between lengthy descriptions of the southern American and Mexican landscape
frame this simple sad tale of boys becoming men, horses, dogs, and the way of
the road for those with no home.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the
Pie
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Alan Bradley
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A charming british murder mystery
with an 11 year old female sleuth and heroine. Lighthearted and completely enjoyable.
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The Sense of an Ending
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Julian Barnes
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A compelling tale of the
maleability of time and memory by a 70 year old who learns of the realities
that challenge his assumptions about his early adult companions. Sideways, through the murky memory
membrane, he slowly comes to new conclusions of who he was, and is.
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December 26, 2012
2012: Books 17 - 21
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