Thursday, January 2, 2020

SPRING 2020 book selections

January 16
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris
recommended and hosted by Haifa

(the NY Times review here)
(and from The Guardian, some controversy here)

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February 20
THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen
recommended and hosted  by Jane

(from the Grove Atlantic, a review and some Reading Group questions here)



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March 19
LIFE ON THE GROUND FLOOR by Dr. James Maskalyk
recommended and hosted by Roberta

(a review from The Globe and Mail here)
and
(a YouTube video of his talk on How To Be a Better Doctor here)

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April 16
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (translator)
recommended and hosted by Donna

(the Wiki page here)

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May 21
THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR by Ben Macintyre
recommended and hosted by Margaret

(a review from The Moscow Times here)

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June 18
THE HUNTRESS by Kate Quinn
recommended by Dori and hosted by Cindy

(a review from the Washington Post here)



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