Tag: Ruth Ozeki

• Favorite Books of the 2010s: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

  This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (2013) A writer living on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia finds a package washed ashore from Japan containing a diary and becomes obsessed with finding out what happened […]

  Shannon Turlington

  December 19, 2019

  Best Books of 2010s

  2010s, A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki, Slipstream

• Top Five Reads of the Year

  Here are my five favorite reads of the year, a nice mix of old classics and new discoveries. Please post your favorite reads of the year in the comments. (These are books read during the past year and enjoyed, but not necessarily published in 2015.) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (my essay on a kinder, gentler […]

  Shannon Turlington

  December 30, 2015

  Reading

  A Tale for the Time Being, Age of Innocence, Annihilation, Best of 2015, Edith Wharton, Emily St. John Mandel, Jeff VanderMeer, Ruth Ozeki, Station Eleven, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Top 5, Zora Neale Hurston

• Recommended Reading: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

  I absolutely loved A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. A writer living on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia finds a package washed ashore from Japan containing a diary and becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to the teenage girl who wrote it. This novel has all the elements I enjoy, […]

  Shannon Turlington

  May 28, 2015

  Reading

  A Tale for the Time Being, Buddhism, Multiverse, Ruth Ozeki, Slipstream, Story within a story