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Agatha Christie is Jesus; Also, Chimpanzees

July 11, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Another novel that couldn’t hold my interest enough for me to actually finish and review it in time for Canada Day (not to mention that I was in LA that weekend so reading time was limited to begin with). I was a very late comer to Life of Pi because despite the acclaim something about the description always made me hesitate (philosophy – no thank you!).  And yet, when I finally read it two or three years ago (after the movie release even), I enjoyed […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: literary fiction, magic realism, the high mountains of portugal, yann martel

I’m Only a Decade Behind the Crowd on This

March 6, 2014 by Jen K 3 Comments

I bought this book such a long time ago because it seemed like everyone had read it. However, I was hesitant to read it because all I knew was that it was about a boy named Pi that was very religious and ended up on a life boat with a tiger. Despite all the hype, I just didn’t feel much desire to read 300 pages of religious musings. Even the movie didn’t give me any motivation or desire to actually read this. However, I’ve been […]

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