by M. Bijman January 8, 2017 Discussion of current events GoodReads 2016 – A Year in Books This is the report of my year on GoodReads.com, where I repost short versions of my reviews. Goodreads still hasContinue Reading
by M. Bijman December 14, 2016 Award-winning novel Discussion of writing style Modern fiction Review of literary fiction Review of new book Review of new novel “Kǔ lé”, a state of both joy and sorrow in Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien This important novel about two families of brilliant musicians in China during the “Great Leap Forward” (1958 – 1961), the “Cultural Revolution” (1966 –Continue Reading