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You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It builds the tension quite well and hooks the reader's interest a burst of intensity and then has a sort of melancholy tragic ending. If you are looking for a ...

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The God Engines by John Scalzi

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

A creative and thought provoking science fiction/fantasy novella with some well done characters. Have to wonder what it could have been at standard novel lengt...

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The Tale of the Unknown Island by Jose Saramago

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

There is an elegance to the simplicity of the story and the determination of the characters to go beyond the small world of their mundane existence; to seek unc...

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On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

On of the millions of rather famous writers who I had never quite got around to reading was Ian McEwan.  But when I saw his slim novel/novella On Chesil Beach ...

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