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White Dog Fell From the Sky by Eleanor Morse

White Dog Fell From the Sky by Eleanor Morse


A novel about love in South Africa and Botswana seems to be few and far between. Never mind the novels with political nuances that came from the likes of J.M. Coetzee and Nadine Gossamer, White Dog Fell From the Sky doesn’t go down that path but tell the story about how the path of a … Continue reading »

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Welcome to my book review site. I'm JoV and I read contemporary novels, travelogues, translated fiction from Asia and Middle East, classics and prize winners. I write about my travel experience occasionally.
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Ratings Defined

0 = Abandon the book after first chapter

1 = Waste of paper, we will see what the environmentalist say about this!

2 = Skip it, read the book if you have got nothing better to do

2.5 = An average book, easily forgettable.

3 = A good read.

3.5 = A good entertaining read, a page-turner

4 = So glad that I read the book, a book with substance and invaluable for future reference

4.5 = So glad that I read the book, would pester everyone to read it, invaluable, I would want to own it and wouldn't mind a second read (something that I seldom do)

5 = The book is so good that I feel like I am on scale 4 and 4.5, and more, it blew me away and lingers on my head for weeks!

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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

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