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Castle of Water
Castle of Water: A Novel
by Dane Huckelbridge
Surviving loss to find love (12/20/2016)
A castaway tale with a narrative that runs between Paris and a remote polynesian island interspersed with a glimpse of the disenchanted Manhattan life.

Both Barry and Sophie find themselves thrown together and the story matured poignantly to it's very emotional ending...

For …more
The Life of the World to Come
The Life of the World to Come
by Dan Cluchey
Olam Ha-ba (4/1/2016)
So very grateful to have received this advance reader copy from BookBrowse.

A very satisfying philosophical book with simple truths about existence; life/death and the protagonists development from a college freshman to a lawyer who joins a non-profit that advocates for …more
Every Anxious Wave
Every Anxious Wave
by Mo Daviau
Time travel with a side of indie rock, and beer! (11/24/2015)
What an ambitious debut novel. Thanks to bookbrowse for this first impressions book to read and review.

I have to say this read has been a crazy trip between music (rock) and science. Ambitious, re configuring of lives by time travel, not through a capsule or a machine, but …more
What Lies Between Us
What Lies Between Us
by Nayomi Munaweera
Anguish, brilliant and disturbing. (11/17/2015)
Having read Ms. Munaweera's debut novel, Island of a Thousand mirrors, I was very excited to receive this first impression book of hers.
What lies between us, is a very raw read. Without divulging too much, I have to say, Nayomi Munaweera is a brutally passionate writer.
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The Well
The Well
by Catherine Chanter
Obfuscation and Subterfuge. (2/2/2015)
Vastly grateful to have received this book as an advance reader copy.
Once I started this read, I couldn't put it down. This is a deeply engaging and thought provoking book.

The protagonist gets obfuscated often by her emotions, her unmet needs, and her thirst for belonging. …more
The Wonders
The Wonders
by Paddy O'Reilly
Thirsting for more! (12/4/2014)
I received this book as a club read from Bookbrowse.

It was page turner, but not necessarily a satisfying read...
That being said, the book explores body alteration, voluntary and otherwise very expertly. It questions one's perception of 'normal'.
The marketing aspect of the …more
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
by Nayomi Munaweera
War from a woman's perspective. (8/12/2014)
Having read quite a few immigrant fiction about the diaspora South Asian and others, I wasn't expecting much. Island of a thousand mirrors is a story about the Sri Lankan civil war and refreshingly enough all the major protagonists are women. I have vivid memories of Indian …more
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
by Lydia Netzer
An Amalgam of all things nerdy and quirky. (5/13/2014)
Reading Netzer for the first time and I am glad i received this advance copy as a book club read.

A mystery/romance arranged marriage and some unrequitted love. This novel has all these elements woven into a nerdy story with some quirky characters, role playing gamers, …more
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
Beautiful narration, painful but intelligent. (2/18/2014)
I received this book as a book club read from Bookbrowse.
A painfully human narration of ordinary people living through the ethnic conflict in Chechnya. I found the book to be captivating and painful to read. The purges, the freedom gained, and later the ethnic marginalizing …more
Happier at Home
Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life
by Gretchen Rubin
Inspiring, if you are open to it. (12/23/2013)
As a genre that I don't naturally veer toward, getting this from Bookbrowse for a club read, mandated that I read it. I am happy that I did, although most of the insights in it are pretty obvious.

All I can say is that after I read the book, I decided to try the author's …more
Safe with Me
Safe with Me
by Amy Hatvany
Safe with Me (11/3/2013)
I got this advance copy from bookbrowse for which I am extremely grateful.
It is a quick read. Ms. Hatvany deftly links hot topic issues of organ transplant, domestic violence, loss of a child to death and women's independence in one artful narrative. She profiles a …more
The Gravity of Birds
The Gravity of Birds: A Novel
by Tracy Guzeman
Compelling. (8/9/2013)
I received this book as a book club read and couldn't put it down when I started reading it. The characters gripped me from the beginning and I had to know the outcome. I loved the sense of longing portrayed in the novel and also the feeling of alienation felt by the male …more
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