Review: Our Souls at Night

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Great story. Nosy meddlesome people suck.

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Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't always agree with book hype but this one is deserving. Very powerful.

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Review: Wonder

Wonder by R.J. Palacio
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wonderful.

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Review: The Black Moon: A Novel of Cornwall, 1794-1795

The Black Moon: A Novel of Cornwall, 1794-1795 by Winston Graham
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Not my favorite of the series so far. At least this was all new story, as it hasn't progressed this far on the show yet. The ending was excellent.

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Review: Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This felt a bit more driven by characters than plot but it was interesting the way all of their stories were woven together. She could have built more suspense by holding back some of the story until later but that doesn't seem to have been an important factor. I really liked this. I cared about the characters and she put them in an interesting point in history.

This review is in exchange for a free e-galley from netgalley.com.

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Review: David Bowie: A Life

David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The narrative style is a bit difficult to get used to, as it is told in snippets from all different people. Not sure if I like this style of writing at all, particularly in a book of this length.
Some of the stories are also redundant. Sometimes there were redundancies within the same story, which was even more annoying as it felt like something that should have been cleaned up in editing. Felt sloppy.
There are quite a few references to England-specific places, people, and shows that may be lost on people not from there.
There are a lot of interesting little tales here though. I didn't really know much about him before reading this so I'm not sure what is new news here and what is common knowledge. It's definitely not biased though.


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Review: An Unattractive Vampire

An Unattractive Vampire by Jim McDoniel
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm pretty sure there is a better title hiding in this book somewhere. This just seemed much longer than it needed to be. Although it was quite funny in some parts, making fun of the current cult of pop culture vampire, the humor didn't make up for its rambles.

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