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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult – Review

Book: My Sister's KeeperAuthor: Jodi PicoultYear: 2004Bookhad Rating: ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ *** "The thing is, I didn’t want to be this person anymore. I didn’t want to be the girl who was sick, who made her sister go to court, who forced her family to live like everything was always about dying." *** If there... Continue Reading →

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The Inconceivable Idea of the Sun – Mini Review

Book: The Inconceivable Idea of the SunAuthor: Anil MenonYear: 2022Bookhad Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ As a firm believer in the idea that people come to books when they are ready for them, I’ve serendipitously finished reading Anil’s book, even though I bought it in 2022 when it was published.  I don’t think I would have been able... Continue Reading →

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Monk and Robot Duology – Review

Book: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (#1) & A Prayer for Crown Shy (#2)Author: Becky ChambersYear: 2021 & 2022 (respectively)Booked Rating: ❤️❤️❤️ When I read Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer outing A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet a nagging thought never left me. Why, I wondered, did science fiction set thousands of years into the... Continue Reading →

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Book List 2017

Psychoanalyst Adam Philips, in his book 'In Praise of Missing Out' writes at length about what we, in our times, call the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). A pithy yet acutely diagnosed uneasiness of our times exacerbated by the social media and the glorious lives we're all trying to live. Yet we agree that routine... Continue Reading →

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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry – Review

Book: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry Author: Gabrielle Zevin Year: 2014 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "A place is no place without a bookstore." A. J. Fikry owns a purple Victorian cottage on Alice Island. A widower who lives mostly on frozen foods and is unable to forget his wife Nic who died in a car... Continue Reading →

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Animal Farm – Review

Month: December 2010 Book-had was reading: Animal Farm by George Orwell Review: Power corrupts, BUT absolute power corrupts absolutely. “Animal Farm” is an eloquent and thought provoking simple fable with a full 10/10 symbolic value. As Orwell himself explained, “It is a history of revolution that went wrong”. The novella can be seen as a... Continue Reading →

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The Interpretation of Murder – Review

Month: September 2010 Book-Had was reading: The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld Review: The book began thus: “There is no mystery to happiness…” Well, there is no mystery in the book either. Except the reasons for even writing one that is so shallow in places where it should have been deep. The book begins... Continue Reading →

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Book-Had: The Blog!

I've lived a fantasy life. I’ve unraveled mysteries a thousand times. I’ve woken up to the struggle of a woman in a war-struck land. I’ve toured a chocolate factory. I’ve been the aide of a gentleman’s gentleman. I’ve gone in search of a dream. I’ve wrinkled at the existence of a totalitarian state. I’ve uplifted my... Continue Reading →

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