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Category Archives: Epic Plains
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
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
Focusing on your own writer’s block
I was about to begin by writing, “we’ve all had writers block at one time or another,” and then I thought better. Besides being bad writing, reason enough to start over, that sentence presupposes that writer’s block is not supremely … Continue reading
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
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
Book Smarts
E-books still have a hard fight ahead of them before they overtake print books, but it’s a fight they might eventually win. With Internet retailer Amazon selling more e-books than print this year, there’s a clear sign that the demand … Continue reading
The Borders Question
Contributed by: Joseph Baker Borders filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in February, and they recently announced that they are closing down their remaining 399 store locations. With the death of Borders book stores, many book lovers are wondering about the future … Continue reading
Atlas Shrugged Review
Atlas Shrugged By: Ayn Rand Paige’s Rating: (1) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Masochists Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world–and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in … Continue reading
The Bastard of Istanbul Review
The Bastard of Istanbul By: Elif Shafak Paige’s Rating: (4) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Fiction/ Culture Readers When The Bastard of Istanbul was published in Turkey, Elif Shafak was accused by nationalist lawyers of insulting Turkish identity. The charges … Continue reading
The Road Review
The Road By: Cormac McCarthy Paige’s Rating: (1) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Fiction Readers A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold … Continue reading
