Etiqueta: Books recommended by Masticadores
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Review: Robbie Cheadle’s review of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: The Grapes of Wrath cover I knew about Grapes of Wrath and had read it was a masterpiece, but I only read it recently. My interest in this story was inspired by my younger son’s studies about the Great Depression in America. I also knew about the Great…
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How We Are Shaped by Our Memories by C. J. Anderson-Wu
Book Review——The Assault by Harry Mulisch “Transitional Justice” has been a heatedly debated term in Taiwan, invoked in discussions of past state violence, victimhood, and the necessary measures for remedies. In this context, post-war redress policies in Europe are often referenced. Unlike Europe, Taiwan never had a legal procedure comparable…
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Review: Writing on the margins of the world / Juan Re Crivello by Rafael Julivert Ramírez
Published this week on Amazon/ Juan Re Crivello. Writing on the margins of the world by Rafael Julivert Ramírez ( Note: Rafael Julivert Ramírez (Barcelona, 1967) is an author and popularizer of science interested in artificial intelligence, philosophy, and the digital humanities. He has written several essays on the social…
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Review: Walk Me to the Distance by Percy Everett by Olga Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a novel by an author we’ve heard a lot of recently, but who has been writing for a very long time. Walk Me to the Distance by Percy Everett Now with a brilliant new package, a re-issue of the sophomore novel by Percival Everett, New York…
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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells What Amazon says “I’ve had a most amazing time….” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father…
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Review: The Signal: “They weren’t fired. They were erased.” by Luke Voss / By Olga Nuñez
Hi, all: I bring you a book I’ve discovered thanks to Rosie’s Book Review Team, and I’m sure you’ll feel as intrigued by it as I was. The Signal: “They weren’t fired. They were erased.” by Luke Voss They weren’t fired. They were erased. Maya Chen is a content strategist…
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Review: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis / By Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: The cover of The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis What Amazon says A stunning new edition of this timeless allegory of heaven and hell, repackaged and rebranded as part of the C.S. Lewis Signature Classics range. C.S. Lewis’s dazzling allegory about heaven and hell and the chasm fixed…
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Review: The Imperfect Art of Caring by Penny Wincer // by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you the review of a non-fiction book on a topic I’ve been reading about a fair bit, recently. Tender: The Imperfect Art of Caring by Penny Wincer A personal, positive and essential book for the many carers among us. ‘A beautiful and timely reminder that each…
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Review: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: Cover of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway My review A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a love story set during the Italian campaign of World War 1. The story is narrated by the main character, Fredric Henry, an American medic, who joined…
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Book Review: First Day of the Rest: a chapbook of Haibun and Haibunga collaborations byChristina Chin and Michael Hough / by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
Christina Chin and Michael Hough. First Day of the Rest: Haibun. Nun Prophet Press. 2024. 85 pages. $3.83. ISBN-13 979-834580010-2 First Day of the Rest Reviewed by Uchechukwu Onyedikam I will like to begin by acknowledging Christina and Michael for their individual exceptional skills; for holding me down each page,…
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Review: Cancer Courts My Mother by Karen Cline-Tardiff
The book’s title Cancer Courts My Mother —LindaAnn LoSchiavo— suggests an extended metaphor. The tenor, cancer, is a suitor. A suitor is defined as a man who courts a woman. Although the title suggests otherwise, the woman the suitor courts is the daughter, the poet. In «Arrival» she says, «I…
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Review: Duchess of the New Dawn by Kim Rendfe / by Olga Nuñez
Hi all, I bring you a book I discovered through Rosie’s Book Review Team. I read historical fiction sometimes, but I hadn’t read any set in the period covered by this novel. And it does make for a fascinating read. Oh, before I forget, you can preorder the book, but…
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Review: The Cleansing by Victoria Alvear by Olga Nuñez
Hi, all: I share my review of another book I’ve discovered thanks to Rosie’s Book Review Team. I hadn’t read a book set in this historical period for a very long time, and this one felt incredibly relevant to our world today. The Cleansing by Victoria Alvear Based on a…
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: Cover of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury What Amazon says Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature…
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Review: My Husband’s Wife: A Novel by Alice Feeney by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a book by a writer who has become very popular, but this is my first experience reading one of her novels. Not one straight plot-line in the whole book! My Husband’s Wife: A Novel by Alice Feeney The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back…
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Review of The Life and Times of Juan Felipe Limon Dominguez
A biography by Katya Mills Juan was an artist and several of his oil paintings, provided by his family, are included at the end of the paperback version. The Life and Times of Juan Felipe Limon Dominguez carries an intimacy that sings to the reader almost like an autobiography. The…
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