Very scholarly book; a compendium of what appear to be research papers. Interesting bits and pieces about Roman architecture.
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kerry reviewed Companion to Roman Architecture by Roger B. Ulrich
Review of 'Companion to Roman Architecture' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
kerry reviewed The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about …
Review of 'The Sixth Extinction' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Humankind is screwed.
kerry rated The Secret Place: 4 stars
The Secret Place by Tana French
Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in …
kerry rated The Seven Hills of Rome: 4 stars
kerry rated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: 5 stars
Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (2010, Penguin Random House)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American …
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred (1988, Beacon Press)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred (Paperback, 1988, The Women's Press)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (The Women's Press science fiction)
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …
kerry reviewed The invention of wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Hetty "Handful" Grimke, an urban slave in early-19th-century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating …
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Gave up: July 21, 2014
kerry rated A tale for the time being: 3 stars
kerry reviewed I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith
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1 star
I am interested in ancient Rome, and a novel from a woman's point of view sounded like a good idea. That good idea does not come to life in this dull book.
July 8, 2014: Quit partway through Chapter 4.
I am interested in ancient Rome, and a novel from a woman's point of view sounded like a good idea. That good idea does not come to life in this dull book.
July 8, 2014: Quit partway through Chapter 4.
kerry rated McSweeneys Issue 45: 3 stars
kerry rated Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: 3 stars
kerry rated Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: 3 stars
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (Thorndike Press large print nonfiction)
Jennifer Armstrong introduces readers to The Mary Tyler Moore Show's creators; its principled producer, Grant Tinker; and the writers and …