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Books Editor (673 KP) created a video about A Kind of Freedom: A Novel in Books

Sep 15, 2017  
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton reads "A Kind of Freedom"

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, an Oakland-based writer, reads from her book "A Kind of Freedom." It's a novel following the racial inequality that affects the lives of three generations of a family spanning the WWII era to the present.

   
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Merissa (13378 KP) created a post

Sep 9, 2022  
"The Eisenhower Chronicles dramatizes Ike’s life, portraying his epic journey from unknown soldier to global hero as only a novel could."

Tour: The Eisenhower Chronicles by M. B. Zucker - @Archaeolibrary, @maryanneyarde, @cathiedunn, @MBZuckerBooks, #CoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #WWII, #Eisenhower, #HistoricalBiography, #HistoricalFiction,

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Judas in Books

Aug 3, 2017  
Judas
Judas
Amos Oz, Nicholas Lange | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Complex, intricate, the relations of three people living in isolation
A beautifully complex and deep novel portraying a young Jewish man living in isolation with a widow and her father-in-law. The relationship between the three characters is intriguing, using dialogue to reveal the political turmoil at the founding of Israel as a state. At the same time, understanding how Jews are represented in Christianity. The house the story takes place in is almost an analogy of the separation of the Jewish community as a whole in this plot, with no friends but only suspicion of the outside and from the outside. An important novel for current times
  
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Go Set A Watchman in Books

Sep 13, 2017  
Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman
Harper Lee | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
Crushing and disappointing
DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU LOVE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

That being said, the reason why Harper Lee completely falls short in this novel is the fact that she destroys the heroic images of the characters that we have grown to love.

Without saying more, once again this novel is written in the perspective of Scout who is now a young woman and much more independent and vocal about the civil rights movement. She learns that everything she loved and respected is actually very different to what she imagined, pulling down heroes from their pedestals.

I'm totally scarred reading this.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) Sep 13, 2017

Totally agree. This was really an unnecessary sequel, so disappointing.
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) Sep 13, 2017

Yes! I wonder why Harper Lee chose to release this, and after all these years! I love Atticus Finch, this was a horrific comedown.
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Erika (17789 KP) rated The Book Jumper in Books

Apr 29, 2018  
The Book Jumper
The Book Jumper
Mechthild Gläser | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
6
7.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
The premise of this novel was so good, who wouldn't want to jump into a book? Though, it did give me 'Inkheart' vibes from the very beginning.
I think that's why I found this book to be just ok. Basically, the opposite of Inkheart occurs, but I think Inkheart was better written. The problem with this book might have also been the translation from German.
Book Jumpers, in this novel, protect literature, but for some reason, someone's stealing ideas. Of course, you don't really know why until the very end. It was completely predictable and I came up with a better ending in my head.
  
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ArecRain (8 KP) rated The Inheritance Murders in Books

Jan 18, 2018  
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The Inheritance Murders
E.L. Johnson | 2017
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

A difficult read to get into. While I enjoy a good plot/mystery with erotica, I felt I had trouble staying focused on this novel. It was easy for me to put it down and step away and not be hounded by the usual “what happens next?” As whole, it was an enjoyable read even if it was a bit hard to follow. The characters were interesting to say the least and the erotic scenes were decent. Following a pretty graphic erotic novel, the scenes in this story seemed tame. I think I was just hoping for something…more raunchy?