Yesterday I reviewed the book The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris, a new book that takes place during the Sierra Leone civil war as a journalist investigates the murder of his past girlfriend. In my review, I said the book had “a great storyline, believable characters, and set against a volatile background of war, greed, [...]
I am going to try to attempt this book review of Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez without the book which I had to return to the library already. We shall see how this goes.
Kabul Beauty School is the memoir of Deborah Rodriguez, a hairdresser, who shortly after [...]
After discovering Deborah Ellis after reading The Breadwinner series, I soon realized that I wanted to read everything that she’s written. I’ve got a ways to go. This prolific author has more than a dozen books under her belt. Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories is one of her newest books published this past fall.
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I have fallen in love with Deborah Ellis this year. I loved The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey, and Mud City, which I read earlier this year about children in Afghanistan. The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis didn’t disappoint me. The copy that I read was the cover on the left, but I love the cover on [...]
I’m taking just a moment to see how far this blog has come since my first post almost six months ago. I’ve been celebrating my 100th post with an amazing giveaway! A total of 20 books to ten lucky winners. Check it out and get in on the action!
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