Publisher: Riverhead Books

The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey

January 29, 2021 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey

The Swallowed Man is an eerily beautiful retelling of Pinocchio. It is a book to be savored, to be read slowly digesting every word. Edward Carey’s novel is lyrical, and found myself rereading sentences multiple times. The Swallowed Man demands to be read in print. Edward Carey’s illustrations scattered throughout are intricate and add depth […]

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Friday Meme #69

January 22, 2021 Whitney Friday Memes 3 Comments
Friday Meme #69

Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: I am writing this account, in another man’s book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish.  I have been eaten.  I have been eaten, yet I am still living. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 Today I shall paint a sky, lest I forget it.  I shall hang […]

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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

August 10, 2017 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

I cannot believe Fates and Furie was Obama’s best book of 2015. Yes, this is a story of marriage but not a realistic one. The majority of the book focused on their sex-life, with Lotto and Mathilde coming off as sex-crazed teenagers and was more information than I needed. Fates and Furies is split into […]

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

October 6, 2016 Whitney Review 4 Comments
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed in The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. The plot was so enticing and appeared to be a thriller with a twist. Sadly, the characters were one-dimensional. Truthfully, I did not care for any of them. This was to the point where I didn’t […]

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Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

July 5, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

I picked this up at my most resent visit to the library and was excited that it wasn’t checked out for once. As this was considered a “new release” at the library I could only check it out for a week.  A first was worried that I wouldn’t be able to finish it in time. […]

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