Smashbomb

"This is cheating because it’s four books in one. But Liebling wrote so well about so much, a compendium is merited. Two of these are reporting from World War II, where no other writer, in my opinion, could touch him. “The Road Back to Paris” is an epic dispatch full of hard times and the finest lyricism. The other two books are about France, food, wine, memory, boxing. I wouldn’t argue if you insisted that Liebling’s greatest subject was actually New York City, or even Louisiana. It’s too bad there’s not a twelve-pack."

Source

Kudos

Ibram X. Kendi recommended West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story? in Books (curated)

West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story?

Suzanne Model | 2011 | History & Politics

(0 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"Some of the same forces have led Americans to believe that the recent success of black immigrants from the Caribbean proves either that racism does not exist or that the gap between African-Americans and other groups in income and wealth is their own fault. But Model’s meticulous study, emphasizing the self-selecting nature of the West Indians who emigrate to the United States, argues otherwise, showing me, a native of racially diverse New York City, how such notions — the foundation of ethnic racism — are unsupported by the facts."

Source

Kudos

The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Forest Dark in Books

Oct 6, 2020

Forest Dark

Nicole Krauss | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Nicole Krauss' long awaited fourth novel is, to my mind her best yet. In this book, Krauss gives us parallel stories of two characters that travel from New York to Tel Aviv, while neither of them ever meets the other. Despite these disconnected tales, Krauss leads us to draw our own comparisons and contrasts with what she both reveals from and hides underneath their adventures. Read more about my thoughts about this book, which could very well be Krauss' masterpiece, in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/07/22/two-paths-that-never-converge/

Kudos

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo in Books

Jan 11, 2021

I bought this for my nieces to read on their joint Kindle to see if they liked the series and I thought I'd give it a go myself. I did read the first book in this series several years ago and enjoyed it but it isn't totally to my taste so I never went any further with it.

It was quick and rather fun. Percy is tasked with fetching one of Apollo's backing singers back from her escape to New York City where she's hoping to go solo.