The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

 

 

 

 

 

Please join us in reading our pick of the month book The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

We will be reviewing The Goldfinch for March 30th, 2016 along with our book club discussion questions.

Donna Tartt is also author of the bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend.

The Goldfinch is winner of Pulitzer Prize and is praised for its extraordinary work of fiction.

NY Times Sunday book review says “The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind.”

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The Christos Mosaic Book Club Questions

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1. What did you enjoy the most in The Christos Mosaic?

2. The three main characters in The Christos Mosaic were from quite different background. Did you find the trio’s characters in The Christos Mosaic realistic and who did you find the most likable?

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Interview with Author Vincent Czyz

Today we have an interview with author Vincent Czyz. It is our pleasure to welcome Vincent Czyz, author of The Christos Mosaic and Adrift in a Vanishing City.

The Christos Mosaic is on our Suggested Monthly Book Club Reading and we will be doing a review of this novel.Interview with Author Vincent Czyz

 

Dinh: So I would like to talk a bit about your history, have you always wanted to be a writer?

Vincent:  To steal a line from a better writer (Gore Vidal), I always *was* a writer although it took a couple of decades before I was any good at it. As he and many other authors have pointed out, you don’t really choose writing; it chooses you.

I was 12 when I first attempted to write a book. I was fascinated by astronomy and wanted to write a book about Jupiter (cleverly enough titled All About Jupiter).

My next attempt at writing a book—a novel—filled several wire-bound notebooks of 300 or so pages each. It was a sword-and-sorcery fantasy that leaned heavily on The Lord of the Rings. I started it my freshman year and gave up on it by about the end of high school, but as a teenager I was already staying home and writing while my friends were out doing what teens normally do.
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The Light Between Oceans Book Review

The Light Between Oceans: Book Review by Dinh

4.5 stars for The Light between Oceans

 

The Light Between Oceans Book Review

 

 

 

 

 

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The Light Between Oceans Review

I’d like to say a big THANK YOU to Andrew from Mahwah Public Library for recommending me this novel. Great choice Andrew!

The story begins with Tom Sherbourne who has come back from the Western Front of World War 1 and he goes into the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service in December 1918.

He does some relief posting on the Lights and in June 1920 he gets news that there is a vacancy on the no so popular post at Janus Rock. Janus Rock is an isolated island and it takes half a day from the coast to reach it and the supply boat comes once a season.

In a coastal town on his way to take his post at Janus Rock, Tom meets Isabel who is young and headstrong girl. Continue reading “The Light Between Oceans Book Review” →

The Christos Mosaic by Vincent Czyz

The Christos Mosaic by Vincent Czyz

 

 

 

 

 

Please join us in reading our pick of the month book The Christos Mosaic by Vincent Czyz.

We will be reviewing The Christos Mosaic for February 29th, 2016 along with our book club discussion questions.

Author Czyz has written Adrift in Vanishing City  and is recipient of the 1994 Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for Short Fiction.

The Christos Mosaic is an action packed intellectual thriller that I look forward to reading. I am excited to find out how the ancient scrolls holds the key to the origins of Christianity.

 

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See Me Book Review

See Me: Book Review by Dinh

3 stars

 

See Me Book Review

 

 

 

 

 

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See Me: Review

Colin Hancock is a boy with a troubled background and anger issues.  He is now trying to get away from his troubled past and is focusing on getting a new life and becoming a school teacher.

Maria Sanchez is a Mexican descendant and is a lawyer. She is smart, educated and beautiful. She also suffered some traumas that drove her to leave her previous job and move to her home town.

One night driving home in the storm from an MMA fight, Colin sees a girl with car trouble and pulls over to help her. Maria has a flat tire and has no idea how to fix it. She has no phone to call for help and when she sees Colin she is scared of him because he looks battered up from his fight. Continue reading “See Me Book Review” →

The Girl On The Train Book Review

The Girl On The Train: Book Review by Dinh

4 stars

 

The Girl on the Train Book Review

 

 

 

 

 

The Girl On The Train Review

The girl on the train is Rachel Watson. She commutes into London for work on the same schedule each work day. The same routine and scenery.

There is a spot on the track where the train stops or slows down at the signal and she gets a good view of a couple’s garden. It also happens that this garden is on the same road that she used to live with her ex-husband Tom. Tom is still living in the house that they bought together, but now with his new wife Anna whom Tom left her for.

Rachel likes to watch the happy couple have their coffee in the garden and fantasize that Jess and Jason are the perfect couple, just like her and Tom before he had an affair with Anna and left her.

Then one day that fantasy of the perfect couple is shattered when Rachel sees Jess kissing another man in the garden. Continue reading “The Girl On The Train Book Review” →

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus Book

 

 

 

 

 

Please join us in reading our pick of the month book; The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

We will be reviewing The Night Circus for January 31st, 2016 along with our book club discussion questions.

The Night Circus has had excellent reviews and looks like it will be an interesting read. It is a number 1 national bestseller.

The Associated Press has said it was “Magical. Enchanting. Spellbinding. Mesmerizing.”

USA Today said “Morgenstern’s exquisitely realized world will have [you] wishing to run off and join the circus.”

I am looking forward to reading this book and discovering the wonderful world of the circus.

Please click here to buy The Night Circus book, or listen to it free with an Audible trial.

 

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The Secret Life of Violet Grant Book Club Questions

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The Secret Life of Violet Grant Book Club Questions

 

1. After reading The Secret Life of Violet Grant book, would you recommend it? Why?

 

2. Why do you think Vivian was immediately drawn so strongly to Violet’s story? Continue reading “The Secret Life of Violet Grant Book Club Questions” →

All The Light We Cannot See Book Review

All The Light We Cannot See: Book Review by Dinh.

5 stars

All the Light We Cannot See Book Review

All The Light We Cannot See Review

This historical fiction novel is about two main characters; Marie-Laure, a young French girl and Werner an orphan German boy.

Marie-Laure LeBlanc lives with her father Daniel, in Paris, near to his place of work.  Her father works for the Natural History Museum and is a master locksmith.

Marie-Laure goes blind because of congenital cataracts when she is 6 years old. Her father helps her with her blindness by building a miniature replica of their neighborhood in wood so she can learn to navigate around the city. The Jardin des Plantes is where she starts to learn how to navigate home by counting drains, the intersections and the smell of the plants. Continue reading “All The Light We Cannot See Book Review” →