cjan
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I love to read , but sometimes finding a good book that I haven't read at the library can be tough. Isn't it cool though, that now , even though the local library may not have what one is looking for, we can ask them to find and borrow it from another library ? I've borrowed books from libraries located in other states and even university libraries. And it's all freeeee !
I would love to know what books y'all have read, enjoyed and would recommend.
Here are three that I just finished and enjoyed thoroughly. Btw, all three published in 2007.
The Duppy byAnthony C. Winkler
Some have called Winkler Jamaica's Mark Twain, and I can see why.
Synopsis from the back cover:
Baps, a Jamaican shopkeeper,drops dead unexpectedly one Saturday morning and finds himself being transportedto heaven via a crowded minibus. Everything about Paradise that he had been raised to expect and believe, he finds to be utterlyandcompletely wrong. For one thing, Paradise seems to suspiciously resemble Jamaica. Baps has much to learn about the afterlife. about God, about the distortions of established religions andultimately about humanity...With his characteristic outrageousness , and with more than a hint of postmodern playfulness,Winkler defies taboos and subverts conventional thinking in this entertaining, thought-provoking and ultimately uplifting novel.
The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
Synopsis from jacket::
In Douglas Coupland's ingenious new novel- think "Clerks" meets "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf"- we meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged "aisles associate" at Staples, condemned to restocking reams of 20lb. bond paper for the rest of his life , and Roger's co-worker Bethany, in her early 20's and at the end of her Goth phase, who is looking at fifty more years of sorting the red pens from the blue in aisle six....
These two retail workers strike up an extraordinary epistolary relationship. Watch as their lives unfold alonside Roger's work-in-progress, the oddity titled "The Glove Pond". A raucous tale of four academics, two malfunctioning marriages, and one rotten dinner party. Roger's opus is a Cheever-style novella gone horribly wrong...
Lottery by Patricia Wood
Synopsis from jacket:
"Lottery" is an extraordinary novel about the nature of luck and chance.Perry's IQ is only 76, but he's not stupid.His Gram taught him everything he needs to know to survive.She taught him to write things down so he wouldn't forget them. She taught him to play the lottery every week. And, most important, she taught him whom to trust...Poignant and funny, "Lottery" will leave readers wondering to the last page whether Perry's good fortune can possibly withstand such a perilous world. But never underestimate Perry L. Crandall.
I hope those who read these 3 enjoy them and am looking forward to your recommendations.
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