Tag: review
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Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto. Review.
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto starts off a little slowly as the narrator gets themself established. Considering that the narrator is music itself, this isn’t an easy task but it does make for a little of a slow burn. If anyone can pull it off, it’s Albom whose previous successes give him some leeway.…
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Review: The Tiny Wife by Andrew Kaufman
The Tiny Wife is a quirky and rather enchanting, fairy tale cross parable fun little story. In a queue at the bank a flamboyantly dressed man holds up the people behind him and makes them give him something of sentimental value. Things then start happening to them. I will say no more because it is…
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Recipes Every Man Should Know, Quirk Books
Recipes Every Man Should Know by Brett Cohen and Susan Russo is another of the Quirk pocket books alongside Stuff Every Dad Should Know and Jokes Every Man Should Know. The recipes range from making sandwiches and cocktails to macaroni and cheese and lobster with burnt butter. I thought that I might not be the best person…
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Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
I’ll tell you the exact moment I lost interest in Three Graves Full. Half-way through the book, the police officer in charge of the case is at home and his 14-year-old daughter is preparing to go out. He then gets lost in a reverie about how alike she is to her mum. My inner…
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Wang, Tova – The politics of voter suppression
I reviewed the Politics of Voter Suppression and you can find the article on New Europe. Barack Obama’s reelection to the presidency of the United States was fraught not only with worry about whether he would be chosen by the people or get enough votes in the electoral college but also whether fraud would somehow…
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11/22/63 by Stephen King
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed forever. If you had the chance to change the course of history, would you? Would the consequences be worth it? Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching…
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Ephemeral baby: a catch up on posts
Three months and one day old In case you missed any of the baby posts on the Ephemeral Baby blog I have listed them below. My (our) multicultural baby found a chance to watch two of her nations fight it out in Eurovision – May 14 Starting to get a little obsessed with everything becoming…
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Review for The Post-Birthday World for Suite101
Lionel Shriver’s eighth novel provides a glimpse of of a single event that can change your life and tracks both stories from that point on. This is a follow-up review to the slightly more vitriolic previous version published a few days ago. I was aiming for a little more balance this time and less anger.…
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Severnshed, Review
The view from the Severnshed is one of the loveliest in Bristol and it held my gaze for most of the evening although it was mainly the smokers who enjoyed the fresh air on the balcony. The lounge / bar area to the left of the entrance is suffused with warm lighting in a comforting…
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The Lounge, North St: Unimpressed
I walk into the Tobacco Factory and my companion reminds me why I prefer to go for coffee alone. Are you sure you want to go here, he asks. Well obviously I’m sure otherwise I wouldn’t have come in, but my grass-is-greener friend sounds doubtful and out we go again. This time we head to…