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Jim Grimsley Posted on March 8, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyMarch 8, 2021

There is a certain kind of book that makes me crazed. Well, exaggeration, of course. But which irks me. The chatty, wise first person narrator. Constantly pausing the drama to give me observations on LIFE. “I do like bean burritos,” … Continue reading →

Year of the Dog by Shelby Hearon

Jim Grimsley Posted on March 5, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyMarch 5, 2021

Year of the Dog by Shelby HearonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars This is my introduction to Shelby Hearon; the book was very readable, clear, and moved forward nicely, the story of a woman who must reinvent her emotional life … Continue reading →

Augusta Locke by William Haywood Henderson

Jim Grimsley Posted on March 3, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyMarch 3, 2021

Augusta Locke: A Novel by William Haywood Henderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars For the pure pleasure of reading prose this book is at the top tier; the writing is strung through with paragraphs that are glorious, evocative of … Continue reading →

Reading

Jim Grimsley Posted on March 1, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyMarch 1, 2021

Now that I have all my time more or less to myself, reading has become a reward rather than a duty. Now when I read it is an act without obligation. I find that I am kinder to fiction, more … Continue reading →

Noble Norfleet by Reynolds Price

Jim Grimsley Posted on March 1, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyMarch 1, 2021

Noble Norfleet by Reynolds PriceMy rating: 2 of 5 stars I have read at least a dozen books by Reynolds Price, including the first two novels that were so incandescently drawn, A Long and Happy Life and A Generous Man. … Continue reading →

A Princess of Roumania

Jim Grimsley Posted on February 20, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyFebruary 20, 2021

A Princess of Roumania by Paul ParkMy rating: 2 of 5 stars I enjoyed the beginning of this book, the modeling of the world, the writing, and the structure; I enjoyed so many parts of the book at that point … Continue reading →

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

Jim Grimsley Posted on February 15, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyFebruary 15, 2021

A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethMy rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, the book clocks in at 1500 pages and begins with an epigram that says, “The secret of being a bore is to say everything.” If you choose to … Continue reading →

O Beulah Land by Mary Lee Settle

Jim Grimsley Posted on February 4, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyFebruary 6, 2021

O Beulah Land by Mary Lee SettleMy rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the first-written book of Settle’s quintet about American identity and I think it is an impressive piece of writing in many ways, especially in the authority … Continue reading →

400 Years and Counting

Jim Grimsley Posted on January 25, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyJanuary 25, 2021

The thing about saying you think a race war is coming or this group or that group wants to start a race war is the sheer ignorance of people not knowing there has been a race war in this country … Continue reading →

Prisons by Mary Lee Settle

Jim Grimsley Posted on January 16, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyJanuary 16, 2021

Prisons by Mary Lee Settle My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a good companion read to Morrison’s A Mercy, from the same era of history, on the opposite side of the ocean, and with a different form of … Continue reading →

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