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I really enjoyed Improvement by Joan Silber, because it was unlike any other book I have read. I...
I had rather mixed feelings about this book, winner of various prizes for fiction. I liked it -...
Improvement unfolds in a series of interconnected stories focusing on different characters,...
Reyna's boyfriend Boyd is in prison serving 3 months for selling drugs. Once out they plan to...
I really struggled with this one, and it's a book I picked up and put down and left on one side...
Author: Joan Silber Genre: Contemporary Rating: 2/5 stars at DNF **I received this book...
This book revolves around Reyna and her aunt Kiki. Reyna and her ex-con boyfriend Boyd get...
Seeing this book in the shop I probably would not pick it up yet after being sent it for review I...
This is a moving account of inter and intra generational connection and of the ability of the...
First of all I should definitely say that I loved how the book was set out. The fact that there...
I was absolutely devastated with how much I did not enjoy this story. I felt this story had a...
At first I struggled with this and stopped a couple of times and went back to it but really glad...
After seeing the tapestry on the cover of this book and being slightly confused, it makes sense...
OK, I'll admit that at first I struggled a bit and wondered if this was for me. It's not an easy...
I was really very pleasantly surprised by this book. I had thought it might be a little boring,...
This is a lovely collection of short stories based on family love and realtionships Kiki and...
After the reading the first impressions of this book I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read on....
I enjoyed this book, but felt it was a little disjointed. However, at the end it says that it...
It was not my regular read, and I had reservations for the story before taking the book for a...
Did finish this book but not happy as it was not really much focus on what the blurb said, which...
The plot of this book was carefully interwoven to show how interconnected and interlinked people...
This novel reads like a collection of short stories interwoven into one narrative which I...
The cover of this book is very lovely and the title of it improvement is doesn't really stand out...
Joan Silber’s insightful and compact novel, Improvement, takes the form of a series of...
At first I thought that this book might not be for me as I am the type of reader that likes an...
This novel reads like a collection of short stories interwoven into one narrative, which I found...
Ok, so first I need to say that the cover of this book is beautiful and I love how it ties into...
I absolutely adored this book! No way had I thought that going into this book would I be this...
Ah this was a quick and enjoyable read that intertwined many lives and narratives. There was a...
After reading the extract I was excited to find out that I’d been successful in winning this book...
Improvement is a very easy book to read, it flows very easily from one set of characters and...
I really enjoyed the first impression, and therefore chose to be entered into the draw for this...
I absolutely adored this book from the moment I began it to the very last page of the book. This...
what can i say about this one that hasn’t already been said by anyone literally anywhere that has...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was clever, intricate and a pleasure to read. The writing...
I read this book over 2 days and I enjoyed the way it was written. The characters, I felt I could...
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