Lucy Jane Bledsoe
I'm posting notes about books I particularly like on an ongoing basis. Feel free to comment. If you'd like to see the list from before this new format, send me an email.The Year of the FloodJanuary 27, 2010
Atwood, Margaret. The Year of the Flood. This woman is always brilliant. I just love her work. I really want to reread Oryx and Crake now, though. To see how the two books fit together. Her insights and imagination and feminism are all thrilling in this novel. I (more…)
From the Islands: Nunez and ChinJanuary 27, 2010
Nunez, Elizabeth. Anna-in-Between and Chin, Staceyann. The Other Side of Paradise. I can't stop thinking about Anna-in-Between. It's one of those amazing stories that creeps into your consciousness and takes up residence. Takes place in Trinidad, about a middle-class family. Seems kinda of slow and written in an almost pedestrian style, and yet Nunez's storytelling gripped me. (more…)
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