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What must it have been like to be a Jew falsely imprisoned for a crime in early 20th-century Russia? This Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1966), offers some insight. Continue reading
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Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier (1966)
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Original Title: The Silver Sword (1956) This old Scholastic book jumped out at me from a church library years ago and followed me all the way across the ocean, where it’s sat patiently on my shelf waiting to be enjoyed. … Continue reading
Kilrone by Louis L’Amour (1966)
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He rode into the Fort a renegade. When he left, his name was legend! I’ve never been drawn to Westerns. That goes for the old Roy Rodgers shows as much as the John Wayne films. It also goes for Zane … Continue reading
The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton (1966)
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As I near my 1,000th book review on this blog, I’m finally understanding a bit more about my own reading tastes. I think it’s safe to say that the 1960s are my favorite decade for fiction. I mean honestly, just … Continue reading
The Menorah Men by Lionel Davidson (1966)
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UK title: A Long Way to Shiloh I can’t tell you how excited I was to get my hands on another adventure novel by Lionel Davidson! I’m not one to go shopping on Amazon for used books if I don’t … Continue reading
Arrows of His Bow by Sanna Morrison Barlow (1966)
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Another book saved from an old church library’s dustbin! My copy of this book literally fell to pieces as I read it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It’s the story of one Don Richter who, under the umbrella of Gospel … Continue reading
The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke. (1966)
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The Nine Billion Names of God (1967) is a collection of 25 short stories that Arthur C. Clarke consider his personal favorites. A Christian review. Continue reading
America and Americans by John Steinbeck (1966)
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My first taste of John Steinbeck came in reading The Grapes of Wrath one summer weekend while at my grandparent’s cottage with nothing to do but peruse their library. Following that was picking up the short novel, The Pearl, and … Continue reading
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov (1966)
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“Translated into the feminine, ‘tired’ means ‘disheveled.’” (p.8) For the 4th books my Siblings’ Book Club this year, I chose Fantastic Voyage, the book Issac Asimov wrote shortly after the film of the same name debuted in 1966. Though this … Continue reading