Author Archives: Paige Vetter

About Paige Vetter

Paige Vetter is currently living and teaching English in Istanbul, Turkey. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, traveling and discovering the many hidden places in her own backyard.

The Help Review

The Help By: Kathryn Stockett Paige’s Rating: (3) of 5 Recommended for: Historical Fiction Readers Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will … Continue reading

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Brida Review

Brida By: Paulo Coelho Paige’s Rating: (2) of 5 Recommended for: Spiritual- Fiction Readers   Brida, a young Irish girl, has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to … Continue reading

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The Alchemist Review

The Alchemist By: Paulo Coelho Paige’s Rating: (3) of 5 Recommended for: Spiritual- Fiction Readers This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain … Continue reading

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Our Man in Havana Review

Our Man in Havana By: Graham Greene Paige’s Rating: (4) of 5 Recommended for: Satire- Fiction Readers Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study it tells of MI6′s man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman … Continue reading

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Reading Lolita in Tehran Review

Reading Lolita in Tehran By: Azar Nafisi Paige’s Rating: (1) of 5 Recommended for: History- Non-Fiction Readers Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven … Continue reading

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Last Train to Istanbul Review

Last Train to Istanbul By: Ayse Kulin Paige’s Rating: (3) of 5 Recommended for: History Readers When Selva falls in love with Rafael, a young Jewish man, their families are against their marriage and disown them. Together they go to … Continue reading

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The Year of Living Biblically Review

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible By: A.J. Jacobs Paige’s Rating: (4) of 5 Recommended for: Humor and Spirituality What would it require for a person to live all the … Continue reading

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40 Rules of Love Review

The Forty Rules of Love By: Elif Shafak Paige’s Rating: (5) of 5 Recommended for: Love and Spirituality Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives- one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered … Continue reading

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Seven Houses Review

Seven Houses By: Alev Lytle Croutier Paige’s Rating: (4) of 5 Recommended for: Historic Fiction- Family Love Seven Houses chronicles the lives of four generations of remarkable women, sweeping readers from the last days of the Ottoman monarchy to Turkey’s … Continue reading

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Girl With Pearl Earring Review

Girl With a Pearl Earring By: Tracy Chevalier Paige’s Rating: (3) of 5 Recommended for: Historic Fiction Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer’s prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel’s quietly perceptive heroine, is hired … Continue reading

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