Contemporary Literature

Rape: A Love Story, by Joyce Carol Oates

March 27, 2010

Title: Rape: A Love Story Author: Joyce Carol Oates Pages: 154 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Copyright: 2004 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ I picked this one up, largely because of Trish’s review. Also, I’d heard that it was going to be made into a movie. Finally, how could I resist such a provocative title? Here’s what [...]

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Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates

March 24, 2010

Title: Revolutionary Road Author: Richard Yates Pages: 355 Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries Copyright: 1961 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Frank and April Wheeler are your typical 1950s suburbanites, and perhaps even typical in that they think they are vastly superior to everyone else. They believe that they are destined for and deserve greatness, without making an effort. [...]

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Almost Like Being in Love, by Steve Kluger

March 16, 2010

Title: Almost Like Being in Love Author: Steve Kluger Pages: 354 Publisher: Harper Copyright: 2003 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome back to Steve Kluger week here at The Bluestocking Society. After reading and loving My Most Excellent Year, I added Steve Kluger’s backlist to my Christmas wishlist – and received this book! Here’s what’s on [...]

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The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

December 29, 2009

Title: The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy Pages: 287 Publisher: Vintage Copyright: 2006 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ It has taken me years to get to this marvelous book. I purchased a copy several years ago, when it was first selected by Oprah for her book club. Since that time, it won the 2008 Pulitzer and was [...]

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The Angel’s Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

December 18, 2009

Title: The Angel’s Game Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon (trans. Lucia Graves) Pages: 544 Publisher: Doubleday Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I read Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s first book (at least the first of his books to be translated into English), The Shadow of the Wind, a couple of years ago and loved it. It’s one [...]

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The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

October 21, 2009

Title: The Kite Runner Author: Khaled Hosseini Pages: 371 Publisher: Penguin Group Copyright: 2003 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Okay, I know that I am like the second-to-last person on the planet to have read this book. I’m not sure why exactly, except that it hasn’t really come up. This month I picked it up because [...]

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Goldengrove, by Francine Prose

September 24, 2009

Title: Goldengrove Author: Francine Prose Pages: 275 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2008 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Francine Prose’s TLC Book Tour for Goldengrove. The family consists of the mother, Daisy, an arthritic musician, the father, Henry, a handsome writer and bookstore owner, the older sister, Margaret, a singer with a [...]

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Love Begins in Winter, by Simon Van Booy

July 2, 2009

Title: Love Begins in Winter Author: Simon Van Booy Pages: 226 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2009 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Simon Van Booy is likely to become on of my favorite writers. His prose is heavy with meaning and yet playful. Love Begins in Winter is a collection of five short stories that are all [...]

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