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the magic lasso capturing great books one at a time the magic lasso capturing great books one at a time home about orange january july book review the clothes on their backs by linda grant 14 nov 2012 5 comments by mrstreme in 2012 books book review tags booker prize coming of age tale england family relationships holocaust hungary orange prize world war ii fiction the clothes on their backs by linda grant completed november 12 2012 the clothes on their backs is the orange and booker nominated book by linda grant and it s certainly worthy of its accolades set in london during the 1970 s it s an enthralling look at family relationships war and growing up in the shadow of family secrets vivien kovacs is the daughter of her reclusive refugee parents who emigrated from hungary to london during world war ii vivien s parents shielded her from life s experiences including a complete avoidance of vivien s uncle sandor who also lived in england after the war once vivien graduated from college she became more and more curious about her mysterious uncle who had served time in prison for being a slum lord she finally got an opportunity to meet him and forged a relationship with her uncle despite her father s wishes i can t say vivien was the most likable character but she was very believable she was flawed and human like her uncle i was most intrigued though by vivien s mother berta she was a minor character in the book but grant left enough of a breadcrumb trail to make you wonder more about her i think there was more there than met the eye the clothes on their backs is a superb telling of the world war ii refugee experience and the circumstances of family secrets most skeletons find their way out of the closet and vivien s family was no exception grant had me at word one and i devoured this novel eager to learn more about vivien and her family i was slightly dissatisfied with the ending especially the death of uncle sandor but this is a small quibble all in all the clothes on their backs was a readable and fascinating story about family relationships i m back and with three mini reviews 10 nov 2012 1 comment by mrstreme in 2012 books book review early reviewer tags arc armenia coming of age tale historical fiction love stories mississippi russia syria hi magic lasso friends my apologies for being absent from my blog life sometimes gets in the way despite my desire that it not please excuse this post jammed with three mini reviews hopefully i will get back on track with my book reviews sandcastle girls by chris bohjalian sandcastle girls is chris bohjalian s latest book and probably his most passionate emotional book to date inspired by his family s history sandcastle girls follows young laura petrosian in modern day and elizabeth endicott a young woman who travels to syria to assist armenian refugees in the early twentieth century through these women s stories the reader learns a great deal about the armenian genocide that occurred around world war i sandcastle girls was a good novel but i wasn t blown away by it perhaps the plot was a bit too close to home for bohjalian this time the back and forth plot between two time frames didn t work for me and i just wanted to learn more about elizabeth s plight more so than laura all in all i appreciate bohjalian s passion and his elucidation of a little known historical event but i wouldn t recommend this book to a first time reader to bohjalian s fiction this review was written for librarything early reviewers the mirrored world by debra dean in her latest book debra dean explores the world of st xenia a russian saint who was known for her gifts to the poor through a fictional account told by xenia s cousin xenia was a selfless soul throughout her life she met her husband and eventually had a daughter but tragedy struck xenia leaving her grief stricken seeking solace she began to give away her money and items of wealth to the poor xenia also had a keen sense of the future often predicting how people would die between her charity and soothsaying xenia became revered by the poor but a threat to the crown specifically catherine the great it took me a long time to fall into the rhythm of this book i almost abandoned it when i reached the halfway point but i am glad i persevered the mirrored world is brilliant in leaving you with the question of whether xenia was truly a godly creature or a woman driven mad by grief additionally its exploration into the ascension of catherine the great left me wanting to learn more if you like historical fiction consider the mirrored world for a quick read i received an advanced reader s edition of this book from the publisher for review on my blog playing with matches by carolyn wall playing with matches is a story in two parts the first part is about the childhood of clea shine a precocious white girl living with a black aunt who takes care of her because clea s mother a prostitute refuses to do so the second half of the book is about clea as an adult herself a mother running from her cheating husband and her past the shell of this story is interesting a white girl being raised by a black woman in mississippi however i found the story to be choppy and disjointed i never bought into clea as a character which made her story even harder to digest with that said i liked the character development of clea s aunt jerusha perhaps reading the story from jerusha s viewpoint would have made the whole story more believable all in all this story needed another good edit and rewrite it was almost there this review was written for librarything early reviewers and the winner of bring up the bodies is 01 aug 2012 2 comments by mrstreme in giveaway tags orange july 2012 jenny congratulations please email me your mailing address mrstreme gmail com thanks to everyone for participating in orange july i hope you had fun orange prize giveaway 23 bring up the bodies 31 jul 2012 11 comments by mrstreme in giveaway tags orange july 2012 giveaway closed up for grabs bring up the bodies by hilary mantel orange connection just published perhaps a 2013 contender your activity i predict bring up the bodies will make the orange prize short list next year if not win the whole thing have you read any books this year that you think will get nominated for the 2013 prize let us know in the comments below reminders orange july giveaways are open to all orange july participants you must be signed up through this mr linky page is open to anyone around the world and you can win more than one giveaway you re welcome to participate in any giveaway activities without being entered into the drawing just let me know in your comments giveaway closes at 9pm eastern have fun and the winner of eveless eden is 31 jul 2012 1 comment by mrstreme in giveaway tags orange july 2012 neer congratulations i already have neer s address so i will make sure to send this book out soon love everyone s answers i hope you one day get to visit your dream spots orange prize giveaway 22 eveless eden 30 jul 2012 11 comments by mrstreme in giveaway tags orange july 2012 giveaway closed up for grabs eveless eden by marianne wiggins orange connection short list 1996 your activity you just won a fake trip to any place in the world how awesome where would you go and what orange book s would you throw in your suitcase or upload to your e reader reminders orange july giveaways are open to all orange july participants you must be signed up through this mr linky page is open to anyone around the world and you can win more than one giveaway you re welcome to participate in any giveaway activities without being entered into the drawing just let me know in your comments giveaway closes at 9pm eastern have fun and the winner of the night circus is 30 jul 2012 1 comment by mrstreme in giveaway tags orange july 2012 ally at snow feathers congratulations i already have ally s address so i will be sending this book to her soon also have to chime in my agreement about the english patient a fantastic movie i actually liked the movie better than the book orange prize giveaway 21 the night circus 29 jul 2012 9 comments by mrstreme in giveaway tags orange july 2012 giveaway closed up for grabs the night circus by erin morgenstern orange connection long list 2012 your activity when i read the night circus i kept thinking how it would make a good movie have you ever read a book and hoped it would be adapted to film what is your favorite book to movie adaptation tell us in the comments below reminders orange july giveaways are open to all orange july participants you must be signed up through this mr linky page is open to anyone around the world and you can win more than one giveaway you re welcome to participate in any giveaway activities without being entered into the drawing just let me know in your comments giveaway closes at 9pm eastern have fun and the winner of a short history of a prince is 29 jul 2012 leave a comment by mrstreme in giveaway tags 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