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  • Ian McEwan’s 2025 Novel: What We Can Know

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    This novel is described by some as “immersive.” No argument there. But this book is likely going to appeal to a reader of a certain age, (I mean older) and certainly one who reads a lot. The plot centers around Tom and Rose, two academics in what is left of the UK, in 2119. Tom…

  • Martyr, by Kaveh Akbar

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    I just finished reading Kaveh Akbar’s novel Martyr. My copy of book has more than 25 effusive praises from mostly (but not entirely) east or west coast reviewers. So here again I find the number a bit overstated and feel like the inclusion of all this “doth protest too much.” And yet, not all the…

  • Update to Why Belize? Available June 10

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    My novel Why Belize? is available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and online through Apple books. June 10 delivery. Besides the positive review by Kirkus part of which is on the book’s cover, a review by Readers’ Favorite says in part: Reviewed by Divine Zape for Readers’ Favorite “In Rodney Nelsestuen’s Why Belize?…

  • Some Links

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    Here are some links to my books, reviews, and to a couple of literary accounts. You can also download from Apple Books to the app on your Apple device: https://bookfinity.com/reader-type-results-share/Bookworm/Time%20Traveler/Lifelong%20Learner/ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/rodney%20nelsestuen/_/N-8q8 Rodney Nelsestuen on Amazon Too Many Stones, A Novel Neighbors, A Novel Quiet Desperation, A Novella Why Belize? A Novel Kirkus Books – Reviews…

  • With Caution, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    Over the past year and a half, I have been reading, and finally finished, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. This is a book I do not take lightly. Nor do I take writing about it lightly. Originally published in Paris in 1934, the book was banned in the US. The life of the narrator (presumably…

  • Review of The Overstory (sort of) by Richard Powers

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    Rodney Nelsestuen
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    First, I need to thank poet Janice Northerns for urging me to read The Overstory. While it had been on my radar for some time, and it was a Pulitzer Prize winner, I hadn’t really taken the time to slot it into my reading calendar. Janice asked if I had read it and when I…