I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from August 2012.
Elwell Hunt, Angela "The Tale of Three Trees" - 1989
This has been one of the best books for children about religion that I have ever seen.
Gao, Xingjian "Soul Mountain" (Chinese: 灵山, língshān) - 1989
An extraordinary book. A biography, a search for someone's soul in a world where the individual means nothing.
Grisham, John "Skipping Christmas: A Novel" - 2001
Not a thriller. It is a comedy, and quite a hilarious one.
Reaching from the fifth into the 16th century, this novel introduces us to the Ireland of the druids and the ancient Celts until the beginning of the Tudor reign.
Shute, Nevil "A Town Like Alice" (US Title: The Legacy) - 1950
A young English woman works in Malaya (now Malaysia) during World War II and becomes a prisoner of war of the Japanese.
Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.
Oh, I LOVED 'A Town Like Alice'. *Brilliant* book!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more, Kitten. It is just fantastic.
DeleteAbsolutely loved A Town Like Alice. Also read both Ireland books by Rutherford--not my favorites from him, but still interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou are right there, Jane, the Ireland books were not my favourites by him but they were still a lot better than many other books I read about Irish history. He is very thorough.
DeleteAnd Alice is just a great book. I read another one by Neville Shute last year, On the Beach, a fabulous dystopian novel.
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2024/07/shute-nevil-on-beach.html
Ah, Dublin. One of my most favorite cities.
ReplyDeleteMine, as well, Sarah. And you would love his books, I am sure of that.
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