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Gentlemen of the Road
Gentlemen of the Road
Author: Michael Chabon
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 10/10/2010


This book was a treat to read because it was entertaining AND challenging. The story is a swashbuckling adventure with laugh out loud scenes, but unlike so much modern fiction, I couldn't "skim" to get the gist and move on. This book required me to reread sometimes to make sure I was following the correct meaning and other times just because I relished the sentence structure, vocabulary, and meaning so much, I just wanted to read it again. As soon as I finished it, I started it again, and enjoyed it just as much.


Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
Author: Michael Chabon
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/5/2012


Gentleman of the Road is swashbucklng fun. I particularly relished Chabon's elegant language and flowing sentences to elaborate his intelligent and witty tale.


The Thief of Always
The Thief of Always
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/1/2012


A young man who was boxing my items at Costco told me this was his all time favorite holiday story, so I decided to read it to see if my students would like it. It's a really good story with the idea that special times are special because they don't happen every day, and even a kid can overcome immediate gratification and fear in order to hold out for the joy found in just living eveyday.


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