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Book Review: The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis
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Book Review: The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookAugust 2, 2021

This is a short book, a novella, with a lot to say. The interviewer in this book seem to ask questions she cares about, different from other reporters.

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Fun Facts Friday: Giorgio Vasari
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Fun Facts Friday: Giorgio Vasari

Man of la BookJuly 30, 2021

Giorgio Vasari (30 July, 1515 – 27 June, 1574) was a writer, painter, and engineer from Italy. He is considered to be the foundation of art-history writing.

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Audiobook Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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Audiobook Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Man of la BookJuly 26, 2021

Piranesi is an apt novel for 2020. The theme of being alone in your own world, in a “House”, a study in solitude, is something we could certainly understand.

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Audiobook Review: Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response by Andy Slavitt
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Audiobook Review: Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response by Andy Slavitt

Man of la BookJuly 21, 2021

Preventable by Andy Slavitt is a non-fiction book taking a behind the scenes look at the U.S.’ COVID-19 response under the Trump administration.

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Book Review: The Heathens by Ace Atkins
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Book Review: The Heathens by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJuly 19, 2021

Sheriff Quinn Colson of Tibbehah County has a strange case on his hand. TJ Byrd, a teenage girl, insists she didn’t kill her mother and Colson believes her.

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Book Review: Water Memory by Daniel Pyne
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Book Review: Water Memory by Daniel Pyne

Man of la BookJuly 7, 2021

A thriller following a black ops specialist, with brain damage, trying to survive a pirate attack on a ship, while contemplating her life, motherhood, & career

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Book Review: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
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Book Review: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

Man of la BookJuly 5, 2021

Telling the stories, and how they differ, is a main point in this book. Retelling the same passage in either a different way, or a different perspective.

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Book Review: The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro
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Book Review: The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro

Man of la BookJune 30, 2021

I was drawn to this book’s themes. Immigration, human rights, and racism sadly seem all to be forefront and center in our collective reality.

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Book Review: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin
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Book Review: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin

Man of la BookJune 23, 2021

The novel is strongest in its depiction of the day-to-day living with a person suffering from Alzheimer’s. An undignified way to slowly die for those affected.

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Book Review: Rabbits by Terry Miles
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Book Review: Rabbits by Terry Miles

Man of la BookJune 16, 2021

The novel does jump around, and when that happens the reader has to pay attention. Even if you do , what’s real and what’s not is always up for questioning.

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