One Night in Miami
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The world would come to know him as Muhammad Ali, but on 25 February 1964, a twenty-two-year-old...
Anatomy of a Confession: The Debra Milke Case
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Anatomy of a Confession is the story of the 1990 murder trial of Debra Milke. Two men-Debra's...
Walt Kelly's Pogo the Complete Dell Comics: Volume 4
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Following on the heels of Hermes Press' critically acclaimed Eisner nominated reprint of Walt...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter, #5) in Books
Sep 5, 2019
This one didn't focus on the relationship as such, and instead focused on the things happening in Neha's court. Admittedly it didnt hold my attention too much, until we uncovered who was behind it and then i was surprised and kinda glad for Mahiya, but it was still kinda blah.
I have the next book in the series and will be reading it very soon.
Sound Phonics Phase Three Book 2
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Sound Phonics prepares children for full fluency in reading, writing and spelling by providing...
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Among the Ten Thousand Things in Books
Feb 13, 2018
Jack Shanley is a fairly well-known New York artist. He's a married father of two. He's also an adulterer, who carries on affairs in his New York studio. This comes back to bite him, so to speak, when one of his exes sends his wife a large box chronicling their entire relationship - emails, texts, sexts - all printed and contained in this one box. The box is delivered to Jack's apartment and opened by his eleven-year-old daughter, Kay, and fifteen-year-old son, Simon. They show the box to their mother, Deb, forcing her to confront the many flaws of her husband. Meanwhile, Kay and Simon are (justifiably) traumatized by the box's contents and the possible dissolution of their parents' marriage.
This was an odd book. As a child of divorce, a lot of this book hit home, and I felt myself feeling a great deal of sympathy for Deb, Kay, and Simon - especially as they disappear off to their vacation home, of sorts, to recover. (Alas, no vacation home when I was a child.) Julia Pierpoint is certainly a strong writer and her prose is lovely and well-crafted. Still, the book often just seems a little flat.
The strangest part of this book, to me, as many other reviewers have pointed out - is that is constructed in four parts - parts one and three basically deal with the immediate aftermath of the box's delivery and how the family reacts. Parts two and four tell us what happen to Jack, Deb, Kay, and Simon for their entire lives. It's an odd author tool, and I'm not sure it entirely works. For me, I was caught up enough in Part One's tale and then found Part Two incredibly jarring - even more so to be dumped back into the current story at Part Three. Part Four repeats Two a bit and tells a bit more about what happens to the characters. It's an odd device, and I really would have preferred not to have had Part Two stuck in there at all. I suppose it's an artistic overreach that appeals to critics but not most actual readers.
Overall, I found the book an intriguing look at a family dealing with a father's betrayal. Not a ton happens - it's not that sort of book - but Pierpont's writing is strong, and I liked Simon and Kay. I am not sure the book is one that will leave a lasting impression with me, though.
One For Sorrow (DI Callanach #7)
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One for sorrow, two for joy Edinburgh is gripped by the greatest terror it has ever known. A lone...
A Week on the Broads: Four Victorian Gents at Sail on a Norfolk Gaffer in 1889
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During their university holidays in the late 1880s, S.K. Baker and three of his University College...
Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomics: Lessons from the Crisis and Beyond: 2015
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Martin Guzman
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In this edited collection, Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Guzman present a series of studies on...
