SFBA Book Club

valeriesolanas rated Judas Priest: 3 stars

No cover — Z2 Z2 Comics: Judas Priest (2022, Z2 Comics)

valeriesolanas rated Victory Parade: 4 stars

Leela Corman: Victory Parade (2024, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

Victory Parade by Leela Corman

valeriesolanas rated The Promise: 4 stars

Chaim Potok: The Promise (Paperback, Anchor)

The Promise by Chaim Potok

Two young men question the "orthodoxy" of values and religion in a world cut off from their Hasidic traditions.

valeriesolanas rated Old Truths and New Clichés: 4 stars

Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Stromberg: Old Truths and New Clichés (2022, Princeton University Press)

Old Truths and New Clichés by Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Stromberg

valeriesolanas rated Songs for the Brokenhearted: 4 stars

Ayelet Tsabari: Songs for the Brokenhearted (2024, Random House Publishing Group)

Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

valeriesolanas rated Man's Search for Meaning: 4 stars

Viktor Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback, 2007, Beacon Press)

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its …

valeriesolanas rated Gold: 5 stars

Gold by Rumi, Haleh Liza Gafori

valeriesolanas rated House of M (X-Men, New Avengers): 4 stars

Brian Michael Bendis: House of M (X-Men, New Avengers) (Paperback, Marvel Comics)

House of M (X-Men, New Avengers) by Brian Michael Bendis

valeriesolanas rated Chosen: 4 stars

Chaim Potok: Chosen (2022, Simon & Schuster)

Chosen by Chaim Potok

It's about two jewish boys from different jewish sects with very differing doctrine. The kids meet in the unlikely circumstance …

valeriesolanas rated In the presence of absence: 5 stars

Mahmoud Darwish: In the presence of absence (2011, Archipelago Books, Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, Archipelago)

In the presence of absence by Mahmoud Darwish

"Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was …

valeriesolanas reviewed Dao De Jing by Laozi

Laozi: Dao De Jing (Paperback, University of California Press)

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4 stars

I will likely rate this differently upon reread. I came into this as a beginner, not knowing almost anything about classic Chinese philosophy, and left feeling like this version was particularly out of my league. Will do more research and reading and come back around to this version.