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Book Review : Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

Title : Redhead by the Side of the RoadAuthor : Anne TylerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : KnopfPages : 192Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 I recently read Ladder of Years and liked it very much. So I picked up “Redhead by the side of the Road” and like it even better! This is a story of people – […]

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Book Review : Dog Stars by Peter Heller

[amazon_link id=”0307959945″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Dog Stars Author : Peter Heller Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Knopf Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 It’s a dystopian world out there. And there are few survivors, most of the world’s population and wildlife having succumbed to a fatal flu. Those that […]

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Book Review : Empire Falls

Title : Empire Falls Author : Richard Russo Pages : 284 Rating : 4/5 It’s been a while since I read this novel, but I still remember it as being one told with great sympathetic skill. Let me explain that. Most “contemporary” novels deal with day-to-day life and present issues. There are husbands and wives, […]

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