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Everything Is Illuminated, BookA Novel

by Foer, Jonathan Safran
Book, 2002
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Holds: 3 on 1 copy
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Added May 26, 2023

Comment:

This was a lot. It took me a while to get into the pacing and at first I felt the writing was very full of itself, but after a while, I became interested, even transfixed.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold, BookA Novel

by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Book, 2020
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Holds: 23 on 11 copies
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Added May 26, 2023

Comment:

It's about a café in Japan that takes you back in time, but there are a lot of rules you have to follow. It led to some good discussion. I like the writing in my books to be a little more skillful and nuanced than this, but it was okay for what it was.

The Name of the Rose, Book

by Eco, Umberto
Book, 2006
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Holds: 2 on 1 copy
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Added May 26, 2023

Comment:

Yes, it's a great book. Yes it's a book for book lovers. That said, even though I enjoyed the experience of this book thoroughly, I am unsure who to recommend it to. You have to REALLY love literature and history to get through some spots, but if you can see it through, you're in for a real adventure!

The Topeka School, Book

by Lerner, Ben
Book, 2019
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Added May 26, 2023

Comment:

I liked this one enough to recommend it. Very aware of itself and what it is capable of, but it's capable of quite a bit. All centered around an institute in Topeka, KS, and the generations of a family that live and work there. Well written.

White on White, BookA Novel

by Savas, Aysegul
Book, 2021
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Added May 26, 2023

Comment:

On the surface, one young woman meets an older woman and they spend a lot of time talking about art and life. But not all is well below the surface, and cracks gradually form in the friendship. Not exactly suspense, but a creeping sense of unease pervades this slim and perfectly-paced novel.

Boulder, Book

by Baltasar, Eva
Book, 2022
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Added May 15, 2023

Comment:

Astounding! It moved me, wowed me and made me feel all sorts of things in a few neatly-packed paragraphs in just a slim volume of pages. I've read 800 page novels that didn't do for me what this book did.

The Island of Missing Trees, Book

by Shafak, Elif
Book, 2021
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JCLMattC's rating:
Added May 15, 2023

Comment:

A love story about a life-experience I don't know much about. And it's told, in part, by the most unlikely of narrators! I was thrilled to learn as much as I did. Epic, informative, but the writing didn't quite sizzle me enough to make me feel all the things the author wanted me to feel.

The Sense of An Ending, Book

by Barnes, Julian
Book, 2011
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Added May 15, 2023

Comment:

A clever story about the nature of memory vs the concept of time. I always admire a slim book that can make me think and touch on a lot of different subjects in only a few pages. This was definitely one of those.

Ulysses, Book

by Joyce, James
Book, 1992
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Holds: 0 on 4 copies
JCLMattC's rating:
Added Jan 29, 2023

Comment:

What a read! I tackled it with Patrick Hasting's Guide to Ulysses, which helped me get my bearings. You pretty much need a guide of some sort just to make sense of what's on the page, but once you do: the resulting adventure is fantastic!

The Push, BookA Novel

by Audrain, Ashley
Book, 2021
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Added Sep 28, 2021

Hannibal, Book

by Harris, Thomas
Book, 2005
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Added Sep 09, 2021

Tropic of Cancer, Book

by Miller, Henry
Book, 1980
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Added Sep 09, 2021

Submission, Book

by Houellebecq, Michel
Book, 2015
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Added Sep 09, 2021

The Lost Apothecary, Book

by Penner, Sarah
Book, 2021
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Added Jun 20, 2021

Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery, Book

by Knecht, Rosalie
Book, 2020
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JCLMattC's rating:
Added May 19, 2021

Comment:

A fun and smoothly-written sequel to Who Is Vera Kelly? Vera herself is a dazzlingly relatable hero, someone you just love hanging out with over a drink, and she travels to the Dominican Republic to reunite a missing boy with his parents.

The Bradshaw Variations, Book

by Cusk, Rachel
Book, 2010
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Added Apr 13, 2021

High Fidelity, DVD

DVD, 2000
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Added Mar 26, 2021

Max, DVD

DVD, 2003
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Holds: 0 on 1 copy
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Added Mar 26, 2021

Murder on the Orient Express, Book

by Christie, Agatha
Book, 1985
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Added Mar 01, 2021

Dorian, BookAn Imitation

by Self, Will
Book, 2002
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Added Feb 10, 2021

Comment:

What if Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray" took place in the 1980s art scene? It's a video installation instead of a painting in which beautiful Dorian invests his soul, and we see him, decadent and unchanging, through the eyes of those unfortunate enough to know him.

Leave the World Behind, BookA Novel

by Alam, Rumaan
Book, 2020
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Added Feb 03, 2021

Catherine the Great, BookPortrait of A Woman

by Massie, Robert K.
Book, 2011
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Added Jan 29, 2021

The Big Sea, BookAn Autobiography

by Hughes, Langston
Book, 1993
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Added Dec 15, 2020

Call Me by your Name, Book

by Aciman, André
Book, 2007
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Added Nov 03, 2020

Pain and glory, DVDDolor y gloria

DVD, 2020. Language: Spanish
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Added Nov 02, 2020

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