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Fiction Pick of the Month April 201310 comments

MarinaSofia wrote 2 weeks ago: I read nine books in April, but am a little behind on the reviews.  It was an interesting and very v … more →

Tags: Reviews, Crime Fiction, Quentin Bates, Petros Markaris, Louise Penny, Stefan Slupetzky, esi edugyan, Book Reviews, Mari Hannah

How To: Make your Book Club Pick2 comments

Erin Chezick wrote 1 month ago: Let me start off by saying that by writing this post, I am in no way claiming that my way is the onl … more →

Tags: General, book club pick, HOW TO?, Advice, how to pick a good book club book, how to choose books for book club, Choosing a book, how to choose your next book, picking books for book club

Half Blood Blues

Gayle and Books wrote 2 months ago: Sid Griffiths will recap the time back in Berline 1939 when war was approaching and rebellion was th … more →

Tags: ~thoughts on books~, Historical Fiction, War, author esi edugyan, jazz, Nazis, Musicians, Festival, soliders

Conversation killers2 comments

Arlene Somerton Smith wrote 4 months ago: My holiday reading included Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan. Early in the book, the main character, … more →

Tags: Inspiration, living life to the fullest, at-home mom, Canadians, esi edugyan, United Church Observer

Excellent Holiday Reading: Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan1 comment

atticusfinch16 wrote 4 months ago: Esi Edugyan’s second novel Half Blood Blues is outstanding.  I got a copy as a gift and just f … more →

Tags: Books, African-Americans, History, Africa, Awards, Anit-Semitism, Berlin, anisfield-wolf awards, esi edugyan

Book Review: 2011 Winner: Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending

Opinionless wrote 10 months ago: Rating: 5 The Sense of an Ending A Novella by Julian Barnes 2011 / 150 Pages The Setup: The story of … more →

Tags: previous winners, rating-5, 2011, Julian Barnes, Skippy Dies, Jonathan Coe, paul murray, esi edugyan, Memory

Time travel by novel, in my soggy indoor summer

Anna Sayburn wrote 10 months ago: Full steam ahead on the Llangollen canal My summer holiday last month was in Wales, on a canal boat … more →

Tags: Books, Wolf Hall, pd james, Death Comes to Pemberley, The Dukes of Norfolk, Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies, esi edugyan, Madeline Miller

Half Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan7 comments

Sarah wrote 11 months ago: I am lucky to belong to a bookclub made up of bright, intelligent, well-informed friends.  We often … more →

Tags: What I'm Reading, Books for travelling with, women writers challenge, Books, Berlin, Jack Kerouac, esi edugyan, jazz, Serpent's Tail

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (Audio)

tolmsted wrote 11 months ago: It may seem redundant to post a review after taking part in The Readers Summer Book Club discussion … more →

Tags: Podcast, Fiction, history fiction, Audio, Suspense, Paris, jazz, Nazi, Berlin 1940's

Congratulations to Madeline Miller who has won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 for The Song of Achilles

booktopiaadministration wrote 11 months ago: The Orange Prize for Fiction Winner 2012 From the Orange Prize website: 19.15pm, London, 30 May 2012 … more →

Tags: Fiction, Literary Prizes, Contemporary Literature, Book Recommendations, Orange Prize for Fiction, Ann Patchett, Anne Enright, Books, Madeline Miller

Book Review: Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

thehungryreader wrote 11 months ago: Title: Half-Blood Blues Author: Esi Edugyan Publisher: Picador USA ISBN: 978-1250012708 Genre: Liter … more →

Tags: Books, Review, Picador Books, Picador, literary fiction, Booker Prize, Literary Fiction, Booker, Germany

[Book Review] Half-Blood Blues

Skron wrote 12 months ago: Unlike my father, I’m not a huge listener of jazz music. So, I only know a few artists from th … more →

Tags: Books, esi edugyan, jazz

The Orange Prize 2012 shortlist

Berkhamsted School Library wrote 1 year ago: Here in Berkhamsted School Library, we are trying so hard not to put through an order for our own co … more →

Tags: Fiction, Reading, Love, Mystery, Life, Morality, Family, Historical Fiction, Thriller

Threepenny Thursday - "Shogun"

jcdynamite wrote 1 year ago: A book review! I haven’t done one of these since…well, probably since Of Mice And Men in … more →

Tags: Weeklies, Threepenny Thursday, game of thrones, shogun, Bushido, Blackthorne, James Clavell, john steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan7 comments

Mary wrote 1 year ago: Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan At the Ontario Writers’ Conference, May 5, 2012, each attendee … more →

Tags: Writing Journey, Archives, Book Reviews, Blue Heron Books, scotiabank giller prize, Ontario Writers' Conference, Governor General's Literary Awards, rogers writers' trust fiction prize, Man Booker

Book Review: Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan1 comment

Jennifer Wallace wrote 1 year ago: Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Selected edition: Paperback ISBN: 97 … more →

Tags: Book, Books, Book Reviews, Orange Prize 2012, esi edugyan, Serpent's Tail, Man Booker 2011, jazz, Germany

2012 Shortlist Orange Prize for Fiction Annoumced

eneryvibes wrote 1 year ago: The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, announ … more →

Tags: News, Novel, Literature, Fiction, Books, Events, 2012 Orange Prize, women's writing, The Forgotten

The Bloody Blues - Esi Edugyan1 comment

koko wrote 1 year ago: Hands up if you’ve ever thought about the experience of black people living in Europe during W … more →

Tags: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Race, esi edugyan, jazz, Nazi Germany, Books, Book Reviews, Reading

Blue Met Day Four, pt 2: Joyce Carol Oates take two, Esi Edugyan, talking Newfoundland2 comments

Ian McGillis wrote 1 year ago: Seeing Esi Edugyan interviewed immediately after Joyce Carol Oates made for an interesting contrast: … more →

Tags: narratives, Blue Metropolis, CBC, Eleanor Wachtel, esi edugyan, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Kennedy, Kathleen Winter, Mark Callanan


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