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Preparation for the Next Life
This novel was chosen to be the first book for the Fall 2015 Berkeley Forum Project Lit session based off of its glowing reviews. You all…
Jay Mahabal
Jan 4, 2016
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Pulitzer Committee has done it again: awarded a great-not-Great novel the award, recognizing ambition at the expense of anything…
Jay Mahabal
Aug 5, 2015
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
We do not exist outside of context, and when a book is chosen to be read almost because of the criticism it has accrued, it’s impossible to…
Jay Mahabal
Jan 16, 2015
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Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
UC Berkeley has a program called “On The Same Page” where every year a book is chosen and free copies are given to all the incoming…
Jay Mahabal
Dec 4, 2014
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I absolutely adored The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. One could relate with Esther very easily, even fifty years after the books publication…
Jay Mahabal
Oct 16, 2014
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
One of the things that happens as you continually witness poverty is that you been accustomed to seeing it, and start to ignore it. Behind…
Jay Mahabal
Oct 15, 2014
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Perhaps one mistake that I made while reading this book was to hype it up as much as I did. How could I not, with everybody extolling its…
Jay Mahabal
Oct 15, 2014
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Aw man, what a great book. This novel was an absolute pleasure to read. The writing was fantastic. If it had not been so nice, the…
Jay Mahabal
Oct 15, 2014
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