Tag Archives: death

Observations

Posted on October 24, 2023 by dianeledet

Peter Orner is one of my favorite contemporary authors. When his most recent book, Still No Word From You was published in 2022, I was ecstatic! It took me a long time to sit down and read it obviously, but … Continue reading →

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Three Musketeers

Posted on February 1, 2019 by dianeledet

The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells is a new fiction release on the shelves. Translated from the original German, the emotion filled story is one I enjoyed very much. Told in the first-person by Jules who is the youngest … Continue reading →

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From My Purr-spective

Posted on November 4, 2018 by dianeledet

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa is a recently published novel which has been translated from Japanese. The novel is written in the first-person. What makes it unique is that a cat named Nana is the narrator. Satoru is … Continue reading →

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Family By Choice

Posted on January 30, 2018 by dianeledet

The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg is a philosophical tale about life. The recent fiction novel centers on a widower named Arthur, his unhappy neighbor Lucille, and a high school loner named Maddy. During one of Arthur’s daily … Continue reading →

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Footprints

Posted on November 19, 2017 by dianeledet

The Deal of a Lifetime is a new novella by Fredrik Backman. The unusual story requires a short amount of time to read, but took me a good while to contemplate. Told in the first-person, a father with cancer meets a … Continue reading →

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Saab

Posted on November 19, 2016 by dianeledet

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman finally came into my hands after a long wait in the library que. I am happy to have read this touching story. It was worth the wait. Ove is a 59-year-old man living … Continue reading →

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Red Ball

Posted on November 14, 2016 by dianeledet

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley moved me from laughter to tears. I knew absolutely nothing about this novel other than its catchy title and popularity which further increased my astonished reaction to it. When Ted, a forty-something gay … Continue reading →

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Primate Connections

Posted on July 15, 2016 by dianeledet

The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel is an unusual novel. I am unsure what to make of it. The novel consists of three interrelated stories. I thought the first two stories were quite bizarre, but the final story was … Continue reading →

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Before His Time

Posted on February 13, 2016 by dianeledet

James Agee died before his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Death in the Family, was completed. The book was edited and published posthumously.  I share this story about the novel because as I read it, it seemed to me as if … Continue reading →

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In Here

Posted on February 10, 2016 by dianeledet

A seven-year-old named Millie Bird, is the heroine of Lost and Found by Australian author Brooke Davis. Millie’s father has died and soon afterward her mother takes her to the ladies’ underwear department at the store. Instructing her daughter to … Continue reading →

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