Monthly Archives: October 2020

The Ten thousand Doors of January by Alix L. Harrow (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 32)

I have always loved doors. Whenever I travel, I end up taking pictures of doors and doorways. For me they are evocative, mysterious, and inviting. So a book about doors was a fascinating concept to me and this book quickly … Continue reading

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Braiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall Kimmerer (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 31)

I’m not sure I would have ever picked this book up on my own but a friend told me that it was as important to her as the Bible and had changed her life. With a recommendation like that it … Continue reading

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 30)

I first met Leigh Bardugo when I read her Grisha trilogy beginning with Shadow and Bone. She is clearly a new and exciting voice in the fantasy genre, so when I saw that she had written another novel set in … Continue reading

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Testimony by Scott Turow (Books To Reading During a Pandemic, Part 29)

You cannot think of Scott Turow without thinking of his book Presumed Innocent and the movie starring Harrison Ford. Scott Turow is a master of the the legal procedural, by both making the law relevant and exposing its limitations. His … Continue reading

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The Guardians by John Grisham (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 28)

One of my friends, asked me a while back, why I only review books I like. I told them that if I was going to bother writing a review it might as well be about a book I really enjoyed. … Continue reading

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