The Plague / La Peste -- BOOK REVIEW — by The Ordinary Review on

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"L'orage qui secouait ce corps de soubresauts convulsifs l'illuminait d'éclairs de plus en plus rares et Tarrou dérivai...

The Cuckoo's Calling (2013) -- Book Review — by The Ordinary Review on

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“The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.”   Other...

The History of Love (2006) -- Book Review — by The Ordinary Review on

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“I want to say somewhere: I've tried to be forgiving. And yet. There were times in my life, whole years, when anger got the better ...

All of Us: The Collected Poems of Raymond Carver -- Book Review — by The Ordinary Review on

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I hate to seem greedy - I have so much / to be thankful for already. / But I want to get up early one more / morning, at least. / And...

Lord of the Flies (1954) -- Book Review — by The Ordinary Review on

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Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry— threw it to miss. The stone, that token of preposterous time, bounded fi...

The Grass Is Singing (1950) -- Book Review — by The Ordinary Review on

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"Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cram...