Saturday, May 6, 2017--Pamplona, Spain
I finished reading the last few pages of the novel The Turner House
by Angela Flournoy today. It was on the short list for the National Book
Award in 2015. It is the story of a Black family that moved to Detroit
from Arkansas to try to have a better life. It follows the family to
about 2008 as inner-city Detroit goes through riots, white flight,
neighborhoods burning, etc., and as the family has 13 children who grow
up to have children and grandchildren of their own. I stretched it a
bit to give the book 4 stars out of 5; I see that the average rating is
about 3.6 out of 5 which may be about right.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Refund: Stories by Karen E. Binder
Monday, May 1, 2017--Barcelona
While waiting in the station in Barcelona for admission to the boarding platform, I finished reading my current book Refund: Stories by Karen E. Binder. It is another collection of short stories and was short-listed for the National Book Award in 2015. I found the stories to be well written, but all were essentially depressing. They were about people facing problems in life. I appreciated them even though I didn't ever feel good after finishing them. I gave the book 4 stars out of 5.
While waiting in the station in Barcelona for admission to the boarding platform, I finished reading my current book Refund: Stories by Karen E. Binder. It is another collection of short stories and was short-listed for the National Book Award in 2015. I found the stories to be well written, but all were essentially depressing. They were about people facing problems in life. I appreciated them even though I didn't ever feel good after finishing them. I gave the book 4 stars out of 5.
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