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Jul 07, 2016 04:43AM
Read and completed Roberto Bolano's By Night In Chile. This is my first Bolano. I have no complaints. And I will certainly look for his other books. As for this book, I rated it 4 out of 5 stars. Here is the link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Among the Wickedhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Diane, your link goes to someone else's review of an entirely book. ???
Fixed it Bette, thanks as usual. Lol
Dhanaraj wrote: "Read and completed Roberto Bolano's By Night In Chile. This is my first Bolano. I have no complaints. And I will certainly look for his other books. As for this book, I rated it 4 ou..."I like Bolano's writing as well. 2666 was excellent.
The Third Reich was entertaining but not as good. It was his first written novel and not published until after his death. I suppose he had a reason for not publishing it. It did seem unfinished somehow.
I had to give up on the classic The Marriage of Elinor even though I made it more than halfway -- Elinor was just annoying me too much to continue!
Finished Six Records of a Floating Life. What a wonderful treat to read. I really enjoyed this book. Shen Fu was a natural writer and artist. His words make him real and alive.
He was very observant and loved to live life. He felt his grief and sorrows but they didn't keep him down. His travels through China show his love for his country.
A very delightful little book.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Added that one Petra, sounds so good. Joy, love Bauer, her books are just creepy enough for me.
I've read day strider by jaye patrick
Esther wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I liked how Nicole Krauss managed to make the voices of all the characters in The History of Love so distinctive. 5★ from me for her unique look ...""
I nearly didn't read History of Love because I was so put of 'New York Novels' by Jonathan Safran Foer (Krauss' husband).
But this turned out to be one of my favourite books. There seemed to be true love expressed and characters were real people not a collection of quirky habits."
Glad you decided not to hold her choice in husbands against her, Esther. It's hard to admit a book is good if you really don't like the author, though.
Silent Spring is a fantastic book. Absolutely everyone should read it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The udiobook narration by Kaiulani Lee is fantastic. Simply couldn't be better.
Chrissie wrote: "Silent Spring is a fantastic book. Absolutely everyone should read it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The udiobook narration by Kaiulani Lee is fantasti..."
Phew that was quick! I'm taking it slower, I'll read your review when I'm finished :)
Pink wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Silent Spring is a fantastic book. Absolutely everyone should read it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The udiobook narration by Kaiulan..."
There are absolutely no spoilers. I promise. i will definitely read more by Carson. Just added the one Paulfozz mentioned.
Read my butt off today to finish A Woman Transported by Sharon Robards. It has wormed it's way to my favourites list. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Fragments of Isabella: A Memoir of Auschwitz. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished All the Light We Cannot See and am HIGHLY disappointed.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read three of the Agatha Raisin crime series - book 2 The Vicious Vet, book 17 - Love, Lies and Liquor and book 22 As the Pig Turns.
Pam, I have an elderly friend (age 80) at the library who just adores MC Beaton's books.
As I have been struck down by a horrid case of flu, I've set aside White Guard for lighter fare. I've just finished What Alice Forgot by Aussie writer Liane Moriarty. It was a disappointing read, mainly because it was too long. So many pointless digressions and unnecessary details!★ ★ ★
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Glad you decided not to hold her choice in husbands against her, Esther. It's hard to admit a book is good if you really don't like the author, though. .."Me too. They are often classed together as the same genre and it wasn't that I simply didn't love his books, that they really annoyed and on some points offended me.
I read another book in a similar genre The Marriage Artist: A Novel that so upset me I couldn't bear to have it in the house.
Reading Krauss was quite a leap - I am so glad I made it.
5★ Really enjoyed Noah Hawley's new mystery Before the Fall.A private plane crashes and could have been the target of all kinds of attacks. Owner is rich, one passenger is accused of money-laundering, one is a poor artist who paints disasters.
Great read. My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
B the BookAddict wrote: "Pam, I have an elderly friend (age 80) at the library who just adores MC Beaton's books."Unfortunately, I don't I've discovered, or at least not the Agatha Raisin ones! But as I made the mistake of buying a couple, here's another review - The Terrible Tourist.
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Oh no Susan, hope you feel better soon!
I thoroughly enjoyed The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047. I love apocalyptic situations and that this one is financial was really interesting. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is a surprising one by an Aussie author Our Stories: Sportsmanship by Net Brennan. Loved it! My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I absolutely loved Sunset Song. My review:
no, it is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished My Last Continent: A Novel. A great debut. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World and I really liked it. It was a different aspect of the Middle East than I feel I am usually exposed to. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "I absolutely loved Sunset Song. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Chrissie, your link went to something else. I think this is the right one. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thanks, Patty. I will go and correct it. I LOVED Sunset Song. I want people to read it or listen to it preferably!!Here is the correct link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. A strange story. Not sure what I think of it. But, despite that, Kazuo Ishiguro writes well. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review: https://www.goo..."
He is a strange writer Petra ...
Greg wrote: "Oh no Susan, hope you feel better soon!"Aww, thanks! I've started to perk up, and will resume my usual reading program soon.
I used my time in bed to finish another page-turner, Behind Closed Doors, a darkly disturbing psychological thriller. Think I'll sleep with the light on tonight...
★ ★ ★ ★ for sheer suspense!
Petra wrote: "I finished The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. A strange story. Not sure what I think of it. But, despite that, Kazuo Ishiguro writes well. My review: https://www.goo..."
I've enjoyed/appreciated everything I'd read by him, before this one, Petra. However, I didn't really get on with this one. I gave up on it, which is very unlike me.
Gill wrote: "I've enjoyed/appreciated everything I'd read by him, before this one, Petra. However, I didn't really get on with this one. I gave up on it, which is very unlike me. ..."LauraT wrote: "He is a strange writer Petra ... ..."
I've only read one other by him (The Remains of the Day), which I loved.
The Buried Giant is strange. Gill, I almost gave up on it a few times but am glad that I didn't. It's a dulled story, for sure, which makes it hard to get through at times. Ishiguro is too good an author not to have done this deliberately, so I kept going and I'm glad I did. I thought it ended perfectly.
That said, my general feeling of the story is "bold but dull". Ishiguro took a chance with the style in which he told this story. That took confidence and guts.
I listened to it, which may have added to the dreamy, slow, misty story-telling.
Petra, one of my top two favourite Ishiguro novels is When We Were Orphans. Set in Shanghai in the 1930s, English detective Christopher Banks is bent on solving the mystery that has plagued him all his life: the disappearance of his parents when he was eight. The novel presented a much more straight-forward telling of a story for me, rather like The Remains of the Day is, which I also loved.I tried The Buried Giant but it failed to capture my attention.
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