Tag: The Lost Language of Oysters

• Book Review: The Lost Language of Oysters by Alexander McCall Smith

  Being Louisiana born and bred, especially in southeast Louisiana where oyster fishermen have made their living for decades on an oyster boat, when I saw the title of this new book pop up in NetGalley, I just had to request it. Seeing though, that it was book #6 in a series where I had not…

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  March 4, 2026

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• Book Review: Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith

  

  Alexander McCall Smith, is a Scottish legal scholar turned prolific author of fiction. He was born in present day Zimbabwe and grew up there, starting his education at Christian Brothers College, before moving to Scotland to study law at the University of Edinburgh where he earned a LLB and a PhD. He returned to Africa…

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  February 20, 2026

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  Alexander McCall Smith, book-review, books, British, fiction, Kindle, literature, Louisiana, New Orleans, novel, Portuguese Irregular Verbs, reading, Scotland, short stories, The Lost Language of Oysters, writing