World LiteraTour
Reading the World’s Greatest Stories
Book reviews and analyses of literature from around the world, from the most ancient classics to the newest releases
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Goodreads’ “From 1925 to 2024: 100 Years of Popular Books” I thought I might do something fun today and take a look at Goodreads’ new list of the most popular book of each year between 1925 and 2024. It’ll be interesting to see how many I’ve read and how many I intend to read.…
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Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey: REVIEW Synopsis In Our Last Wild Days, journalist Loyal May isn’t exactly thrilled to move back to her hometown of Jacknife, Louisiana, or to work for its small local paper, but her mother is in the early stages of dementia and needs family close by. Loyal had left…
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Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane – REVIEW Synopsis Nature writer Robert Macfarlane travels to some of the world’s most polluted and/or threatened rivers to explore the crucial question, “Is a river alive?” My Review Is a river alive? Spoiler alert: The answer is YES, and humans should stop arrogantly trying to control or…
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Review: My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner Synopsis On January 1, 2023, actor Jeremy Renner was run over by his snowcat, a truck-sized vehicle designed to plow deep snow. Miraculously, he survived. In this memoir, he tells the harrowing story of the accident and his long road to recovery. My Review Full disclosure: I’m a…
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Review: Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes Synopsis In this sci-fi horror, a woman involved in a political scandal takes a solitary job aboard a space barge full of cryogenically frozen bodies, thinking it will be the perfect place to hide from the public for a while. Unfortunately, someone or something else already seems to be…
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Review: The Magician’s Daughter by Katy Grabel Synopsis A memoir of Katy Grabel’s coming-of-age behind the scenes of her father’s traveling magic show in the 1970s. My Review I think the word that best describes this memoir is “charming.” It’s a sweet and wholesome story of 14-year-old Katy’s experiences on the road with her family’s…
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May TBR and Posting Plans Hi everyone! How are things going? Read anything good lately? I gotta be honest, I don’t think I’ve read That Book yet this year. You know, the one that you love so much that you just KNOW it’s going to be your favourite book of the year no matter what…