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"If you like books from other times, try Charles Todd. Start at the beginning, with A Test of Wills."
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| I was disappointed in this book because it got such good reviews when it came out and because I enjoyed the other two Silva books a lot. However, I thought this one had a plot that was just a bit too convoluted and contrived. I expect that in espiona...more | |
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| If this book wasn't due back to the library the day I finished it, I might have read it again. It is an unusual story, one that raises lots of questions about relationships, social conventions and self-deception. Although the book is not long, it is...more | |
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| It took me a while to engage with this book - the characters are not easy to know and I was not sure if I liked them. But Robinson is developing them for more books, so he takes his time introducing them. At the core, the story is about the tragedies...more | |
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| This was a good find - a complicated mystery set in Botswana. I liked the characters and the African setting. There is a feeling of the tradition, the exploitation and the modernization of the lands. The relationship between Kubu and his superior is...more | |
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| I am not sure how I learned about this author, but she was on my list and I found her first book in Foul Play, my favorite used book shop. It was better than I expected. I guess it should have been - it was a finalist for a Shamus, a Dilys and a Hamm...more | |
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Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster..
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"I have been an avid reader since elementary school, so I have dreamed of visiting numerous places that I have read about for a long time. Hemingways's...more
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Barbara Cleverly does not disappoint me. It has been a while since I last read one of her novels. This is the latest in the Joe Sandimans series, this one set in Paris in the 20's. It is the time of Josephine Baker and Lucky Lindy. I enjoyed the refe...more |
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss
― Dr. Seuss
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster..
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