Devourer of Books

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Release date: August 5, 2008
David Ebershoff’s “The 19th Wife” appears at first to be a daunting novel, weighing in at close to 600 pages, including the author’s note in the beginning.  I admit to cringing when I saw the size, sure that it would be awhile before I would [...]

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari from someone who received it as an Early Reviewer and passed it along to me:
This was a very poignant memoir of a very important issue. Daoud is a Zaghawa tribesman from Darfur. After being educated, he [...]

Inspired by another LibraryThing user, I have added another tool to this blog to help me be a more well-balanced reader.  On my “Reading Around the World” page I have one of those fun little maps of the world where you can show people all of the interesting places you have been.  Instead of showing [...]