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A book review may be a primary source, an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view. [2] Books can be reviewed for printed periodicals, magazines, and newspapers, as school work, or for book websites on the Internet. A book review's length may vary from a single paragraph to a substantial essay.
The surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) is English, but Old Norse in origin. [1] The name originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. It has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”.
The book received generally positive reviews from critics. On The Omnivore, an aggregator of British press, the book received an "omniscore" of four out of five. [2] [3] According to Book Marks, from American press, the book received a "rave" consensus, based on twelve critics: eight "rave" and four "positive". [4]
Alma, whose full name is Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela, thinks she has too many names and so she asks her dad about them. He explains the various people she was named to honor. The book was spurred by Martinez-Neal's Peruvian immigrant experience and the birth of her children.
A variant spelling is found in the person of Godwin le Rede, recorded in Norfolk in 1273, and a Thomas Read is recorded in 1327; their use of the name would have been as a heritable surname. [6] [7] A Read family was prominent in early American history, George Read of Delaware was signatory to the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution.
Last of Her Name received praise from literary critics. Michael Schaub writes, "Lok's literary debut is among the strongest of the year, thanks to her excellent writing and uncanny ability to create complex characters with the same stubborn flaws as real people"; [7] and according to Alexis Burling (SF Chronicle), "Last of Her Name is a smorgasbord of powerful writing and angsty emotion ...
According to The Greatest Books, a site that aggregates book lists, it is "The 233rd greatest book of all time". [13] In a poll of US literary critics that was conducted by BBC Culture and had its results shared in January 2015, Gilead was voted the fourth greatest novel written since 2000. [ 14 ]
The History of Love: A Novel is the 2005 novel by the American writer Nicole Krauss.The book was a 2006 finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the 2008 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for fiction. [1] An excerpt from the novel was published in The New Yorker in 2004 under the title The Last Words on Earth. [2]