Category: Arts-themed novels

by M. Bijman November 27, 2023

Failed to finish it – Tom Hanks’ “The Making of…”

This novel has a long title; The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. It alliterates nicely, and I’m sureContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 16, 2023

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Purposeful and puzzling crookedness – The Crooked Little Pieces Vol. 1, by Sophia Lambton

The word “crooked” in the title of this novel, the first in a series of seven, only partially describes it.Continue Reading

by M. Bijman November 27, 2020

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Wonderful! – Hamnet and Judith, by Maggie O’Farrell

For the first time in a very long while, I could feel tears coming to my eyes while I wasContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 20, 2020

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Listening to Someone Else’s Dreams – The Age of Anxiety, by Pete Townshend

All the Aging Groovies like me out there would know the name Pete Townshend, the Pete Townshend – a.k.a. Peter DennisContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 2, 2020

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Falling for the Leopard – Lampedusa, by Steven Price

Do you where Lampedusa is? Or what it is? Steven Price’s historical novel, Lampedusa, is not actually about the islandContinue Reading

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