Book Reviews – Page 2 – Back Row Thoughts ~Clarice von Chimo

Africa with Missing Plot

7 Aug 201925 Jul 2019

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen I think I misheard someone telling me this was a good book to read. My mother handed me a copy of this book but…

Impressive Voices in The Bridge of Little Jeremy

1 Aug 201925 Jul 2019

Link to Indrajit Garai's The Bridge of Little Jeremy - Kindle Edition Relaxed. Anxious. Surprised! Impressed. That's how I would describe reading through this fictional tale of a young boy's adventure in Paris…

Into the Water

11 Jul 201929 Jun 2019

Into the Water - by Paula Hawkins This novel from 2017 is a thriller/murder mystery about family secrets and a small village with a history of finding dead "trouble-some" women…

Bathsheba is the Gorgeous One?

5 Mar 20192 Mar 2019

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Every time the main character's radiant beauty was described I pictured a resilient, independent, hardworking woman that took over the farm instead…

Pulitzer Prize on Small Town Connections

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Reviewed by The Oprah Magazine & winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this novel from 2008 can be summed up as a stroll through the boring…

Continued Racism (Bluebird, Bluebird)

A black Texas Ranger is a very rare thing to see in East Texas according to this story; the classic star badge brings about trouble for a man looking to…

The [Surprising!] Surrogate

22 Feb 201917 Feb 2019

Surrogacy would have been a ludicrous solution centuries ago and of course there are groups against the practice today for varied reasons. However it is becoming more acceptable since being…

SomeoneSickness

20 Feb 201917 Feb 2019

Poetry with lines that are heartfelt and filled with longing to find the right kind of love as a young woman... you can see how the author uses the power…

Where’d Ya Go, Bernadette?

19 Feb 201917 Feb 2019

Quirky and dynamic! Movie will be released in August 2019! The author, Maria Semple, wrote for popular TV shows Arrested Development and Mad About You - this book carries the…

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Naked, Drunk and Writing

18 Feb 201917 Feb 2019

I love this title for being blunt and relatable. Must admit I start a good number of my poems while "in the cups"! This book can serve as a great…