{"id":1867,"date":"2016-08-04T20:45:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T11:17:20","slug":"ten-best-reads-in-the-first-half-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/ten-best-reads-in-the-first-half-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Best Reads in the First Half of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
The list includes the best books read till June, 2016. This is a super late list, but better late than never.<\/p>\n
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Ephram is on his way to Ruby’s hut with an angel cake. To the town folks she is a mad, possessed woman; to him she is the same girl he fell in love with as a boy. As the church, people and haunted spirits try to dissuade him from the journey, read what keeps him going.<\/p>\n
Ruby<\/em> is one of the most powerful contemporary books that I have come across. I was enthralled by the prose as well as the unapologetic way in which Bond handled the different themes of the novel. This is a brilliant debut and a must read. Ruby is an Oprah club read as well as in the Bailey’s prize shortlist of 2016.<\/p>\n Warning : There is quite a bit of abuse – sexual, child and mental.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read <\/em><\/strong> : Ruby by Cynthia Bond \u2014 Madness and Magic in An Ethereal Love Story<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n