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Amandla, a Novel
South Africa’s story Amandla (meaning ‘power’) is a self-published novel by South African native Alix Jans. For full disclosure one should know that Alix is a friend of mine. But I hope that will not deter you from reading this review and the novel. Jans wrote the book as a way to leave information about…
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Great Reviews of Too Many Stones and Quiet Desperation
Both of my novels have been professionally reviewed by either Indiereader, or Kirkus reviews, or both. Here are summaries of those reviews with links to the full documents: Too Many Stones IndieReader reviewed Too Many Stones and gave it a 5 star rating which says in part: “Rodney Nelsestuen’s TOO MANY STONES is an emotionally…
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Septology by Jon Fosse
July 5, 2024 I am going to tackle a book that some call epic and some call a new way of writing, with at least one critic to declare a renewed belief in the divine because of it. But first, the author. Jon Fosse (Yon Foss- eh, b. 1959) is a Norwegian author who won…
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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
German author Jenny Erpenbeck’s books are slathered with praise and for good reason. She has an impressive body of work and her most recent book won the Booker Prize for fiction. The title, Kairos, means different things but essentially ‘timely’ or ‘at the right time’ or maybe I’ll use my favorite term where Kairos =…
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Book Reviews
While reading is a requirement for any writer, what we read makes a difference to how we see our own writing. I judge books in several contests and while there are some good finds, there are also some duds, to be honest, and mostly self-published work that didn’t go through a thorough review, revision, and…
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