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CONTENTS: IN THIS ISSUE # 101
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”
— Henry David Thoreau, from Chapter 3 (Reading), in Walden
READING / WRITING
- The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words … by Tom Mole
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/the-secret-life-of-books/ - Alice Walker Talks about her Book (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=p7OaecJOuzg
HEALTH / LONGEVITY - Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art … by James Nestor
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/breath/
POLITICS / HISTORY / ECONOMICS - September Surprise of Tell-All Books (video)
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/september-surprise-of-tell-all-books/
NONFICTION - The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia … by Paul Theroux
Reviewed by Melanie Bush
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/the-great-railway-bazaar/
NOVELS - The Lower River … by Paul Theroux
Reviewed by Melanie Bush
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/the-lower-river/ - Severance … by Ling Ma
Reviewed by Melanie Bush
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/severance/ - Blue Ticket … by Sophie Mackintosh
Reviewed by Jennifer Lane
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/blue-ticket-review/ - The Book of Salt: a Novel … by Monique Truong
Reviewed by Sarah Schneider
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/the-book-of-salt/ - The Adventures of Mr Marigold … by Michael Charles Tobias
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Giannelli
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/the-adventures-of-mr-marigold/
POETRY - World Poetry (anthology) … Edited by Clifton Fadiman, Katherine Washburn, John S. Major
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/world-poetry-anthology/
AUTO/BIOGRAPHY - Harold E. Robles interviewed by Chris Nelson about Robles’s book — Albert Schweitzer: An Adventurer for Humanity (video)
https://bookloversreview.com/blog/albert-schweitzer-an-adventurer-for-humanity/
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— Michael Pastore
BookLovers Review # 101
2020 September 8
ISSN: 1530-4868
BookLovers Review (BLR) is published monthly, on the month’s 8th day.
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Publisher and Editor: Michael Pastore