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Which book do you irrationally cringe away from reading, despite seeing only positive reviews?
Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. I [...]

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In the comments thread for Will the Series be Unbroken, Brad & Imani’s insights made me realize that I was thinking of series in a very limited way. I was only considering a series as having the following criteria:

Set in the same world
Recurring characters
A forward-moving story that aims for cohesiveness across multiple books
There is [...]

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Synopsis:
As her seven sons grow to manhood in 13th Century Norway, Kristin finds her marriage tested by long-simmering resentments, and struggles with her passage into senescence.
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This might be my favorite of all three Kristin Lavransdatter books, because I think Undset is operating at the peak of her narrative powers. She really brings to life [...]

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Now married to her beloved Erlend Niklausson, Kristin takes up her new life as the mistress of Husaby, fearful that the child that grows inside her will expose her secret shame and cause her father to reject her.
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I didn’t think it was going to be possible for Undset to outdo her achievement The Wreath, book [...]

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Kristin Lavransdatter is a girl in 14th Century Norway, betrothed to one man but desperately in love with another.
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