Joel A rated All Systems Red: 5 stars
A good mystery which tells a lot about life in Ghana
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Joel A rated Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries): 4 stars
Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries) by Andrea Camilleri
Inspector Montalbano, praised as "a delightful creation" (USA Today), has been compared to the legendary detectives of Georges Simenon, Dashiell …
Joel A rated A Fine Balance: 4 stars
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Oprah's Book Club (44))
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the …
Joel A rated Station Eleven: 5 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dans un monde où la civilisation s’est effondrée suite à une pandémie foudroyante, une troupe d’acteurs et de musiciens nomadise …
Joel A rated Extra Life: 4 stars
Joel A rated Our Country Friends: 4 stars
Joel A rated The Power Broker: 5 stars
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The …
Joel A rated The Kingdom of Gods: 4 stars
The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3)
The Kingdom of Gods is a fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin, the third book of her Inheritance …
Joel A rated The Android's Dream (The Android's Dream #1): 4 stars
The Android's Dream (The Android's Dream #1) by John Scalzi
The Android's Dream is a 2006 science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi.The title is a reference to Philip …
Joel A reviewed Missing American by Kwei Quartey
Review of 'Missing American' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce, #1)
It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with …
Joel A rated The Dogs of Riga: 4 stars
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Una fría mañana de febrero llega un bote salvavidas a la costa sueca arrastrado por la corriente. Dentro encuentran los …
Joel A rated The new Jewish holiday cookbook: 4 stars
Joel A rated Mao Zedong (A Penguin Life): 4 stars
Mao Zedong (A Penguin Life) by Jonathan D. Spence
An intimate history of one of the most formidable and elusive rulers in modern history From humble origins in the …
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce, #1)
It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with …