The Nifi: May 2017

GOODREADS

Linda's bookshelf: read

by Wallace Stegner

I once called in sick to work because I wanted to continue reading a book. This was not like that at all. I kept thinking I might abandon it but I was curious about the characters. There were clever references to other literature and man...

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

by Ann Patchett

“I thought that if I wrote it all down, the story of the two of us . . . that I could press her between the pages of a book like a maple leaf and keep her.” Patchett has a way of putting into words what the reader is feeling . . . well, ...

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

I was faced with the choice of downloading an Ebook or rereading this copy of a book I'd already read that I found in the house. I'm not an Ebook reader, not yet anyway. I was also in a small village where English language books are none...

Homer's Where The Heart Is: Two journalists, one crazy dog and a love affair with Greece

by Marjory McGinn

Another wonderful book by Marjory McGinn! I finished reading this one while I was sitting in a café in Greece. The ending tugged at my heart so much that I had to conjure up enough self-control not to cry. McGinn does a beautiful job of ...

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith

When The Sun Goes Down - Island Stories

by Maria Strani-Potts

Brilliantly-written stories, especially "The Exploitation of Panorea." Strani-Potts writes in a way that makes the reader contemplate the characters and settings long after the story is finished. I only wish it came in paperback as I am...

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