Ivory and Bone is an Ice Age retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
Tag: fiction
Britt-Marie: Soccer coach curmudgeon
Britt-Marie is the latest literary curmudgeon, following after Ove and Eleanor Oliphant.
Alena by Rachel Pastan – A modern (and bad) retelling of Rebecca
This barely drudges up the suspense and primality of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.
Middle Eastern-Inspired Fantasy Reads
For November, I'll be reading through Middle Eastern-themed fiction, including a few I've read before, but loved.
Book Review: Quartet in Autumn – Barbara Pym
Title: Quartet in AutumnAuthor: Barbara PymPublisher: Pan MacmillanPublication Date: 1977Genre: Fiction, British LiteratureRating: 3/5 stars Quartet in Autumn follows four coworkers in their 60s, near or at retirement: Marcia, Letty, Norman, and Edwin. They work at a nondescript office, doing work that doesn't seem important or perhaps, even necessary. Marcia and Letty have retired and … Continue reading Book Review: Quartet in Autumn – Barbara Pym
Book Reveiw: Ice Land – Betsy Tobin
I expected a bit more Viking and less Asgard and Giants and Dwarves. Instead, I found a tale as deep and explosive as Hekla the volcano erupting and destroying a mountain and valley.
Book Review: White is for Witching – Helen Oyeyemi
Is this a haunted house book, or are its inhabitants the ones who haunt themselves? It's hard to tell.
Blog Review: Warrior of the Wild – Tricia Levenseller
It was a good book and I read it in one sitting, but I did think that the book relied too much on cliches and stereotypes, and less on true Viking-age mythology and powerful character
Book Review: The Library of Lost and Found – Phaedra Patrick
The Library of Lost and Found is a sort of coming-of-age story, but for a woman in her 40's.
Book Review: A Nearly Normal Family – M.T. Edvardsson
3 stars 18 year-old angry, rebellious, stubborn Stella is in jailed for the murder of 33-year-old Chris, businessman and millionaire. The question is: did she really murder him?
