I have read around half of The Typing Lady by Ruth Ozeki (published last week) and I’m enjoying it. The story titled “An Anthropologist’s Kid” was a really good capture of being somebody’s kid. It managed to see life from both a parent’s and a child’s viewpoint — in particular, the perspective of a faculty brat —
“In the winter we played in one of the empty seminar rooms or in my dad’s office. The secretaries let us type on their typewriters. They gave us scrap paper to draw on, and sometimes, if we begged them, they let us help run the mimeograph machine. That was our favorite. We loved the smell of the purple ink. You could almost get high on it.”
I’m planning to finish this book after I read the brand-new Martin Walker book! Bruno, chief of police is back today.
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| I’ve read all of them, but not reviewed every one of them. |
Review © 2026 mae sander
I'll be excited to hear about the new Bruno! Love that series!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your book reviews. Have a very nice day today.
ReplyDeleteThanks for another interesting title to look for!
ReplyDeleteI've never read anything by Ruth Ozeki. They sound like good books.
ReplyDeleteI love where Ruth Ozeki takes me, and I love it that I never know, from page to page, where she is going next. I skipped this book from my list because it's short stories, and I wasn't sure I would like that. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteI remember My Year of Meats. I read that book a long time agp, but had forgotten about it. Enjoy your new Bruno book. One of these days I need to read some of those.
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