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Michelle is Currently Reading

Michelle is currently reading:

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

by Paolo Giordano

bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction

My rating:

Michelle said: "Book Club May 2011."

Apr 28, 2011 03:19pm · see review

Michelle is currently reading:

The Coral Thief

by Rebecca Stott

bookshelves: currently-reading

read in January, 2010

My rating:

Michelle said: "I love books set near the turn of the 19th Century. 2/3 through Stott's latest, and my initial impressions still remain...an enjoyable read overall, yet it could use a deeper plot, more characterization, and simply more historical detail. It comes ...more"

Jan 02, 2010 08:12am · see review

Michelle is currently reading:

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction

My rating:

Jul 22, 2009 07:03pm

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Michelle's Recent Updates

Michelle is currently reading: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano	My rating:
Book Club May 2011.
Apr 28, 2011 03:19pm · see review
Michelle gave to: Beneath the Lion's Gaze: A Novel by Maaza Mengiste read in April, 2011	My rating:
Book Club April 2011. Ethiopia in the 70s; how one family struggles to survive a brutal period in history. Insightful and well-written; it dispelled the impression of Ethiopia as a barren dust bowl (that impression was formed by images from news repo...more
Apr 28, 2011 03:02pm · see review
Michelle gave to: Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Re-read this for my SF book club. Really clever use of tropes & psychology. It was going out on a limb for our club members (we usually read hard SF), but they enjoyed the writing.
Apr 28, 2011 02:49pm · see review
Michelle gave to: Bright Hair About the Bone (Laetitia Talbot, #2) by Barbara Cleverly	My rating:
Love the characters & dialog in Cleverly's novels.
Apr 28, 2011 02:47pm · see review
Michelle gave to: The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt	My rating:
My second favorite by Byatt (Possession still reigns). Loved the time period (Arts & Crafts movement), and the intertwined families.
Apr 28, 2011 02:46pm · see review
Michelle gave to: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer read in January, 2010	My rating:
January's book club selection. Everyone in the club praised the writing.
Apr 28, 2011 02:43pm · see review
Michelle marked as to-read: A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World by Lonely Planet	My rating:
Apr 28, 2011 08:01am
Michelle marked as to-read: The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 28, 2011 08:00am
Michelle made a comment on Michael's review of The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (A Flavia de Luce Mystery #2) "A friend & I were just proclaiming that we can't wait to read Bradley's next Flavia book. Glad to know it's not only coming soon, but that it's good!"
Jan 02, 2010 08:16am · see review
Michelle liked Susan's review of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: " In the author blurb, it says that this is the 1st installment in a new mystery series, and I, for one, am glad to know that. Flavia DeLuce is an 11 year old in postwar Britain, with a dead mother, an indifferent father and 2 sisters totally uni... " Read more of this review »
Jan 02, 2010 08:13am · see review

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“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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