Welcome to my blog, a place where I write about books, and occasionally, about education and about life.
I hope this will be a place for friends, family, new acquaintances, and anyone interested in books to read and share your thoughts.
If you’d like to recommend or review a book, please do so on the Recommend or Review a Book Page.
About Me: I’m a reader, a recently retired English teacher, and a sort-of writer. The best way for me to remember a book and to keep my writing skills from withering is to compose a thoughtful review each time I finish a book.
Happy Reading,
Bean Klusendorf
Thank you your helping me understand why Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers In The Sky fell flat for me. The endless analogies and the part about ‘too many coincidences’ and then that ridiculously strange connect between Narin, Zaleekha and Nen. Great review (for me!).
Hi Bean,
I wanted to recommend The Story of Edgar Sawtell. A great read and it is a modern spin on Hamlet. It is a beautifully written coming of age story of a mute boy and his beloved dog, Almondine. I loved it and have recommended it to all my fellow book freaks! Jan Nealer
Hey, nice tips on books. I’ll buy a glass of beer to that person who told me to visit your blog 🙂
Hi Bean,
At first, I thought, “Well, I really should be working rather than reading Bean’s Blog.” But then I justified it as “sort of working”. I was looking for inspiration as I need to create a blog for our NCA Reading group. I got side-tracked by your book reviews, though. I now plan to read The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears as I am trying to read work by emerging African writers. I’ll also give three Cups of Tea another go. For me it was put-downable – at least on the first try.
Nancy