Opening sentence: “Whenever I woke up, night or day, I’d shuffle through the bright marble foyer of my building and go up the block and around the corner where there was a bodega that never closed.” Like your books deadpan, witty and satirical in tone? Then you’ll love My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Our […]
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Published in 2018 by Portobello Books / 163 pages / Translated from Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori Opening sentence: “A convenience store is a world of sound.” I just love, love, love quirky, quick books like this. I started reading and thought, ‘I’ll stop at the end of this chapter’ but… there are no chapters, […]
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Published September 2018 by HarperCollins / 386 pages Opening sentence: “BATTLE OF THE BIG BROTHER BEAUTIES!” I need to start this review with an admission: I have never read Vanity Fair. So the fact that The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp is a contemporary retelling of said book is a little lost on me. […]
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