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Neale Lucas
Apr 12, 20203 min read
HEAR THE WIND SING.
You could almost call Hear the Wind Sing a short story or a novella it is that short. It is the debut novel of Haruki Murakami. It is set...
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Neale Lucas
Apr 3, 20203 min read
DOMINICANA
The story is told in the first person by Ana. Ana’s world is turned completely upside down when she is virtually forced to marry Juan...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 21, 20203 min read
ROOM FOR A STRANGER.
Meg knows that Atticus her African Grey Parrot is no help with her growing anxiety about her safety. Months ago, Meg confronted an...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 18, 20203 min read
HOW WE DISAPPEARED.
Wang Di is a disappointment to her parents. Why? Because she was born a girl instead of a boy. The name her parents gave here “Wang”...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 13, 20203 min read
A THOUSAND SHIPS.
This is another retelling of the Trojan War. The novel covers events which happened before and during Homer’s two epic poems, The Iliad,...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 9, 20203 min read
HUNGER FOR LIFE.
The novel opens with a prologue. James’ baby sister has just been born. He cannot believe how tiny she is and when he and his father must...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 5, 20203 min read
THERE WAS STILL LOVE.
On the cover of this book there is a comment from Sarah Winman, “A beautifully crafted book from a wonderful storyteller. It sings with...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 3, 20203 min read
THIS IS HOW WE CHANGE THE ENDING.
If you are a reader who refuses to read YA novels, then don’t let the moniker put you off with this one. This book has a young character...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 29, 20203 min read
DIVING INTO GLASS.
At twenty years of age Caro’s father was struck down by Polio. He was confined to an iron lung, his own lungs unable to perform their...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 25, 20203 min read
LUCKY TICKET.
Lucky Ticket is a collection of short stories. A collection of short stories that all basically revolve around racism, refugees, and...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 18, 20205 min read
THE WEEKEND.
Sylvie’s death has left Jude contemplating her own steady decline. She thinks that her frontal lobe is inevitably shrinking, she wonders...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 14, 20204 min read
SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO.
In the very first paragraph of the introduction, the brief statistics given have enough force to make you stop and reread them. In the...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 13, 20206 min read
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARING.
A reread. 4.5 Stars! Griet had not been told that she is to become the painter Vermeer’s maid, her mother only revealing the job to her...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 6, 20204 min read
ALLEGRA IN THREE PARTS.
The greatest praise I can give this novel is that at times I felt like I was reading Tim Winton. If you are a fan of Tim Winton, Aussie...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 3, 20202 min read
OPTIC NERVE.
This novel is about a woman, an art historian, an art lover, who is reminiscing about her life. As an art lover, much of this reminiscing...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 30, 20204 min read
GOLDEN STATE.
The Golden State is a state in which everything is recorded and when I say everything, I literally mean everything. Devices called...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 25, 20203 min read
WE CAST A SHADOW.
Let’s cut to the chase, this is a book about a black father, whose name we are never given, who wants his son to be white. That sentence...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 20, 20204 min read
YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY.
Yvonne Park, an elderly Korean woman is shot while closing her store just after seven o’clock in the evening. However, Yvonne Park is not...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 15, 20203 min read
THE WATER DANCER.
The novel opens with a very interesting first chapter. A beginning that seems to start with an ending. It appears as if Hi, and his...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 6, 20203 min read
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE.
This novel is almost like a snapshot, a section cut out of the pie graph of life. It covers the life of, predominantly Toby Fleishman and...
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