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Oct 02, 2016 01:08AM
Thanks for telling us about the book, Jenny. I appreciate that.
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Petra wrote: "I just finished the first part of the Memory Of Fire trilogy, Genesis by Eduardo Galeano. Although not always easy to read, the resilience and inner strength of the ..."
I've been looking for these as ebooks, Petra. They sound very interesting.
I'm a fan of short stories and was pleased to discover this collection that's just been published recently. It's The Journey Prize Stories 28: The Best of Canada's New Writers, and I'm please to say Canada is producing some imaginative authors. I must remember to keep an eye out for the next lot!I gave them 5★ for the lot - some better than others, some getting there. Great effort!
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Good review, Pam. I've only just discovered how to get to your reviews.
Some of you had asked me about The Well of Loneliness, which I finished reading earlier today. I didn't like it, and here's where I briefly try to explain why: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finished Far & Away: Places on the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years by Andrew Solomon today. It's a great collection of travel essays, informative, deeply emphatic, often witty and written extremely well. A lot of the pieces deal with the situation of artists in places like Russia, China, South Africa, which I found particularly interesting.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An unusual non-fiction book about two subjects that interest me (and others): Aboriginal culture and language.4.5★ for Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker by Robert M.W. Dixon, a pale (socks and sandals) linguist from England who fell in love with the place (most is in Far North Queensland) and brought his family to live here. He's now at James Cook Uni in Townsville.
There are countless stories about the people he's met since 1963 along with his linguistic discoveries. Amazing.
My review and how I came to receive the book:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A little indulgence right here 44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel. 4★My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is very cool Patty! I love short stories and it's great to see a collection of young Canadian writers. Thanks for sharing!PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I'm a fan of short stories and was pleased to discover this collection that's just been published recently. It's The Journey Prize Stories 28: The Best of Canada's New Writers, and ..."
Leslie, have you read The Flanders Panel? It's my favourite of his mystery books!. My all-time fave of his is the Queen of the South. Have you read either?Leslie wrote: "I finished The Club Dumas which I enjoyed a lot!"
Jenny wrote: "I've finished Far & Away: Places on the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years by Andrew Solomon today. It's a great collection of travel essays, informative, deeply e..."Jenny, thank you for your wonderful review.
I have finished a collection of short stories by an emerging Italian author so there isn't an English edition: Non hai mai capito niente. This is a collection of short stories by an emerging Italian author that has sent me a free copy for an honest review.
The stories deal with problems like losing a job, family problems, loneliness... The stories feel real and the characters seem very common people that we could meet during everyday life.
It was good, I liked these stories though they don't have a real end and usually this is something I can't stand. Though the stories deal with sad situations, at the end of it I wasn't sad or upset; on the contrary, I felt calm and relaxed. Maybe because there is a positive feeling, that we shall never stop dreaming and that if there is a problem, we have to face it instead of despairing.
My only Italian review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Johanna wrote: "Leslie, have you read The Flanders Panel? It's my favourite of his mystery books!. My all-time fave of his is the Queen of the South. Have you read either?Leslie wrote: "I finished [b..."
This was my first book by [author:Arturo Pérez-Reverte|40398]. I will keep an eye out for those two you recommend!
I have finished Main Street which was well written but went on too long for my tastes or mood. 3*And I finally managed to read a Murakami, unfortunately he is no longer our seasonal author! I read Norwegian Wood which is much more straightforward than the only other Murakami I have read, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (which was a relief!). Don't read it if you get upset by teen suicide though! 4*
I highly recommend Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds. If you have never read this author, you must. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Leslie wrote: "I have finished Main Street which was well written but went on too long for my tastes or mood. 3*And I finally managed to read a Murakami, unfortunately he is no longer our seasonal ..."
Leslie, we both gave Main Street three stars. :0)
Leslie, have you read Babbitt? I ws introduced to this novel in Recommendations thread (can't remember by who?) but was so pleased it was picked for me.
Chrissie wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I've finished Far & Away: Places on the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years by Andrew Solomon today. It's a great collection of travel essays, informa..."Thanks Chrissie :)
Jenny wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I've finished Far & Away: Places on the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years by Andrew Solomon today. It's a great collection of trave..."Well, what I said is true.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Leslie, have you read Babbitt? I ws introduced to this novel in Recommendations thread (can't remember by who?) but was so pleased it was picked for me."I must have as it is on my shelf of 'books from college' but I don't actually remember it! I should reread it.
Chrissie wrote: "I highly recommend Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds. If you have never read this author, you must. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1..."
Chrissie, the book makes me think of a series on portraits of animals that has recently been published here which I like very much. I've read Owl by Desmond Morris, and I have my eyes set on Krähen: Ein Portrait (Kråker, not sure if there's a Swedish one, no English and no audio version yet I think). I am only finding out now that I have a thing for birds apparently, so I really enjoyed reading about the Raven book.
Jenny, the Owl book looks very interesting, by the same author as The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal! Is Desmond Morris still writing?! He must be old by now. I too have a love hate relationship with owls. Of course they are magical but not when they poop and vomit on our balcony in Sweden. It is a terrible mess to clean up. I forgot to say, the raven book also discusses ravens in Nordic myths. There is so much more I should have said about the book; particularly their symbiotic relationship with wolves is fascinating. DO read it.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "An unusual non-fiction book about two subjects that interest me (and others): Aboriginal culture and language.4.5★ for Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker..."
This looks good, Patty. Thanks
Chrissie wrote: "I to have a love hate relationship with owls. Of course they are magical but not when they poop and vomit on our balcony in Sweden. It is a terrible mess to clean up. "LOL! I didn't know they were that messy, but then you hardly ever see them here in the city.
Have an owl in the field park across the street from my house. He hoots at me every morning when I leave for work. I leave at 5:30 so it is still dark.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Have an owl in the field park across the street from my house. He hoots at me every morning when I leave for work. I leave at 5:30 so it is still dark."How wonderful! Owls fascinate me, but I have never heard or seen one in the wild. (But I wouldn't want them pooping or vomiting on my balcony!)
Susan wrote: "Diane S ☔ wrote: "Have an owl in the field park across the street from my house. He hoots at me every morning when I leave for work. I leave at 5:30 so it is still dark."How wonderful! Owls fasci..."
Owls fascinate me too -- I have only seen a wild owl twice (I think it might have been the same owl even though my sightings were a year apart as the location was almost identical, just outside the house we rent in Maine for summer vacation).
Jenny wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I to have a love hate relationship with owls. Of course they are magical but not when they poop and vomit on our balcony in Sweden. It is a terrible mess to clean up. "LOL! I did..."
Messy is putting it lightly.
Oh Jenny, if you want a really good book about an owl you simply must read Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl! I gave it five stars. I absolutely loved the book.
Everyone fascinated with owls ought to read about Wesley!
A delightfully funny 5★ ridiculous romp of a book about a poet who thinks he's lost his muse because he's married for money instead of love.Mind you, the fact that his wife is drop-dead gorgeous, young, and charming seems to have escaped his notice. He meets the Devil, complains about his wife, and then . . . she vanishes. YIKES!
A hoot! For Python and Pratchett lovers and anyone who enjoys the absurd.
Forrest Leo's new novel
The Gentleman
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I to have a love hate relationship with owls. Of course they are magical but not when they poop and vomit on our balcony in Sweden. It is a terrible mess to clean up...."Thanks Chrissie, I will have a look at it!
Oh, Jenny don't just look at it......
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good review, Pam. I've only just discovered how to get to your reviews."Thanks B!
I just finished the first two books in the "Tales of the kin" series and I really enjoyed them, it's basically fantasy mafia with a relatable crime boss,however incriminating that may sound, 4 stars.
Chrissie wrote: "Oh, Jenny don't just look at it......"haha, no i meant...ah you know what I meant ;) It's on my list now!
Jen wrote: "Just finished Lions. Here is my review for a 5* read: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I've just started this, and I am glad to see you've rated it so highly, I will wait until I am finished before reading your review though.
Chrissie, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl sounds wonderful so I'm adding it to my tbr.
And while you talk about owls and ravens, today I received a book from my son about flies: The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg. I hope to read it soon.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Chrissie, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl sounds wonderful so I'm adding it to my tbr."Good! It came out a long time ago so I sort of assume everyone has read it!
Jenny wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Oh, Jenny don't just look at it......"haha, no i meant...ah you know what I meant ;) It's on my list now!"
Now I am happy. It is that good!
Gill wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "An unusual non-fiction book about two subjects that interest me (and others): Aboriginal culture and language.4.5★ for [book:Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs o...
This looks good, Patty. Thanks."
It's interesting and I'd never have found it if my friend hadn't sent it! Glad she did.
Jenny wrote: "Jen wrote: "Just finished Lions. Here is my review for a 5* read: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I've just started this, and I am glad to see you've rated it so ..."
Hope you enjoy it, Jenny!
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