Categoría: Books recommended by Masticadores
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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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Literary Jackpot – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway is the most famous American novelist I know. He appears on the on all the top ten author (English books) lists that I have ever read along with William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, JK Rowling and George Orwell. The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the…
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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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Review of Anthem by Ayn Rand by Robie Cheadle
What Amazon says Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home…
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Review: So Shall Ye Reap by Terry Tyler / by Olga Nuñez Miret
So Shall Ye Reap (Book 2 of the Revenge Series) by Terry Tyler “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”-Galations 6:7 Call it karma, call it poetic justice – two novellas that explore the cunning way life can exact its own revenge, in a way that no amount…
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Review: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: Cover of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Overview A colleague of mine who is a philosopher recommended I read Brave New World, a book written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley. I have read several dystopian novels including 1984 by George Orwell, Anthem by Ayn Rand, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and Fahrenheit…
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Review: The Last Death of the Year(A New Hercule Poirot Mystery. Book 6) by Sophie Hannah by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a book in a series you might already be familiar with. I’ve read some of the previous books, and most people will know the main character. The Last Death of the Year: The exciting new Hercule Poirot mystery for 2025 (A New Hercule Poirot Mystery.…
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Analysis of 1984 by George Orwell by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: Cover of 1984 by George Orwell featuring an eye If a society like that depicted in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury were to somehow come into existence and all books were banned, I would want to be part of any group involved in preserving books. If that meant learning a…
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Review of Gratitude & No Fairy Tale: Just Her Poetry Book Three by D.L. Finn by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: Cover of Gratitude & No Fairy Tale: Just Her Poetry Book Three by D.L. Finn What Amazon says Explore D. L. Finn’s poetic journey, from her newest to earliest works. Part One immerses you in a combination of her photography and symbolic poems. Peaceful winter days, forests, and…
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Review: The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (@CathChidgey) by Olga Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a book by an author new to me, but one that I will follow in the future. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey England, 1979. Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a secluded New Forest home, part of the government’s…
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Book Review: The Hardest Job in the World – The American Presidency by Edward Ortiz
It’s interesting to learn how the office of the president of the United States came to be and how it has changed over time, mostly due to Congress’s neglect. I have been reading about the Founding Fathers and the important documents they produced that have guided this country. So when…
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