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And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.8 (9 Ratings)
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I loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns and was not disappointed with And The Mountains Echoed. Hosseini is a masterful writer whose storytelling is arresting, captivating and spellbinding. Each of the stories in this book are beautiful. It is a particularly admirable skill to write stories that are so thought-provoking, but are still gripping and compelling. The themes of family, what makes us human, the beautiful personal perspectives and the evocative locations of the stories all combine to make this book immensely rich and hugely enjoyable. Just brilliant!
  
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge
Carrie Fisher | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
9.3 (3 Ratings)
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"Carrie was nominated for an Emmy posthumously, and I was asked to accept it on her behalf if she won. So, I reread “Postcards from the Edge,” and it’s such a joy. It’s written in letter form and includes a poem she wrote to her grandmother. There’s such incredible lyricism to her writing, which was not as simple as just documenting her own personal story. I don’t know how she coped with a brain working at warp speed; that she got a good chunk of it down was a relief for her, I’m sure."

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