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Missing Person, by Patrick Modiano |
Category: WWII
The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang
2012 Book 165: The Rape of Nanking
Written by Iris Chang, Narrated by Anna Fields
Reason for Reading: Reading Globally group on LibraryThing’s China and surrounding countries theme read.
Review
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
2012 Book 163: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
Reason for Reading: I was originally going to give it to my dad for Christmas, but it wasn’t as amazing as I thought it would be
Review
The Garden of the Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng
2012 Book 159: The Garden of the Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng
Reason for Reading: Short-listed for the 2012 Booker Prize
Review
The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
The Great Fortune, by Olivia Manning
2012 Book 10: The Great Fortune, by Olivia Manning (1/19/2012)
The Great Fortune is the story of Harriet, a young British woman who must learn to know her new husband while thrown into the strange setting of WWII Romania. The characterization on this novel was fantastic—I really felt like I knew all of the characters intimately. However, I can’t really say what the plot was about. It was a very character/setting-centric novel. The writing is superb, but I tend to prefer a little more plot development; therefore, this book gets only 3/5 stars.