Category: Book Reviews
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Fri, Apr 24, 2026 – I’m reading The Princess of 72nd Street, by Elaine Kraf now. Join me if you can. I’ve started writing a few short reviews and the main book review is at the link. The woman narrator has lofty ideals. She thinks she is The Princess of 72nd Street. She talks about…
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Ellen, Princess of 72nd Street, paints tangerines, brown tea pots, rolls and books. (Kraf, p. 18) Ellen paints tangerines. The Princess of 72nd Street paints tangerines.
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Elaine Kraf’s character, the narrator of the book “The Princess of 72nd Street”, said she was told by medical staff she had manic-depression, but she called it radiance. She felt radiance and that was why she called it as such. The narrator Ellen said: “They want ne to believe that a radiance follows some terrible…
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What does Melita do when her painting subject, plums, is not available, as they are out of season, and she has no plums to pose for her studio to paint? Melita feels stressful and it shows in her face and back as she overeats and breaks out with pimples. Ellen, aka The Princess of 72nd…
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Why are the nights quiet in Tehran? What is happening in Tehran? There is a revolution. The Shah has left. Shida Bazyar is an Iranian woman, and this novel’s narrator is a man. Why? Sometimes, the author selects the gender of the narrator. I guess a male protagonist would be bold, moving around in the…
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Margaret Atwood wrote in her Book Of Lives: Memoir Of Sorts, that her brother was born on Valentine’s Day, so he had Valentine themed birthday cakes.
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Summary of reviews for Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces #1) https://booksreviewsandmore.com/margaret-atwood-read-frozen-in-time-by-owen-beattie-john-geiger/ #2) https://booksreviewsandmore.com/margaret-atwood-recommends-marilyn-frenchs-from-eve-to-dawn/ #3) coming soon #4)
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These are my favorite quotes from Blinding The Left Wing by Mircea Cartarescu “We were, my family, three insects, each only interested in our own chemical trails, occasionally touching antennae and moving on. ” ( Cartarescu, p. 13) The book was first published in 1996. The quote is so true and still relevant even today,…