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Tag Archives: literary

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Bear by Marian Engel (BR00162)

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July 11 2019

Plot or Premise

Cover: Bear by Marian Engel

A historical librarian gets a chance to catalog the books at a remote island home for a summer in Northern Ontario, and encounters locals, free time to figure out her life, and a pet bear.

What I Liked

This book was given to me back in my teens, a gift of quality literature as it had just won the Governor General’s Award for fiction.… Read the rest

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged adventure, Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, B&N, book review, Chapters, e-book, fiction, gift, Good Reads, Google, historical, Kobo, Library Thing, literary, Nook, novel, OPL, PolyWogg, prose, psychology, Reading Challenge, romance, stand-alone | Leave a reply
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (BR00152)

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April 2 2019

Plot or Premise

Cover: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

A young girl uses stolen books to distract herself from the reality of living in Nazi Germany in WWII while hiding a Jewish man in her basement.

What I Liked

It is incredibly difficult to know how to review this book. The second half moves along at a much quicker pace and with much higher stakes.… Read the rest

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, B&N, biography, book review, borrowed, Chapters, children, epic, fiction, Good Reads, Google, historical, history, Kobo, Library Thing, literary, Nook, novel, OPL, paperback, political, PolyWogg, prose, Reading Challenge, stand-alone, used, Young Adult | Leave a reply
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