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Just read my first James Lee Burke, and I'm sure it won't be my last.He sure can write! This is one of his latest, I think, The Jealous Kind, which paints quite a picture of 1952 Houston teens and crims.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my review to
A Deadly Delicious Delivery by Cindy Bell:-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gill wrote: "If you want to know about the countries, I don't think this is the book to read, Marina."Good to know. I think I'll take it off my wishlist, then. Thanks :)
I finished The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have just finished a Man Called Ove, I gave it 2 stars. It was 'ok' I really liked Ove, and the back story about his wife. Liked the neighbour too, overall I just found it quite boring and even found myself skimming towards the end. Didn't live up to the hype for me,
I've just finished reading New York Stories. It contains a good mix of stories; I've now read P.G. Wodehouse for the first time.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gill wrote: "I've just finished reading New York Stories. It contains a good mix of stories; I've now read P.G. Wodehouse for the first time...I find it shocking that this is your first time reading Wodehouse Gill! I guess that I thought all English people were introduced to his books in their teens. Off to look at your review now.
Leslie wrote: "Gill wrote: "I've just finished reading New York Stories. It contains a good mix of stories; I've now read P.G. Wodehouse for the first time...I find it shocking tha..."
I know what you mean, Leslie. I think I may have glanced at a couple when I was younger, but they didn't appeal to me at all. Each time I've read one of your comments on him, I've wondered whether I should give him another chance!
It's never too late!
I think that his books might fall into that 'marmite' category -- you either love them or hate them. They are supremely fluff but if you find him funny, they are hilarious! But if you don't see the humor, don't persevere; he doesn't have a variety of styles as some authors do.
Leslie wrote: "Gill wrote: "I've just finished reading New York Stories. It contains a good mix of stories; I've now read P.G. Wodehouse for the first time...I find it shocking tha..."
I haven't read them either Leslie ... probably because they came over as being about "posh" people. But I will give them a try one day as you've recommended them - just need to get through my existing backlog first ;-)
Finished Good Bones by Margaret Atwood and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1867145413
Phrynne wrote: "Loved Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi 
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review. I am relatively new to Scalzi but am trying to read through his back catalogue.
Esther wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Loved Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi My review
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Great review. I am rel..."
He's completely new to me so I will be close behind you reading his other books:)
Phrynne wrote: "He's completely new to me so I will be close behind you reading his other books:) ."I started with Redshirts - so funny.
Then a colleague lent me the first four books of Old Man's War series - brilliant.
Quirky novel about young girl who tries to earn a living in what was a real exotic dancer club, Market Street Cinema in San Francisco. The author, Michele Machado has done a good job of describing what it was like without it being erotica.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon.A fun read for most of the book, but I feel the ending let it down. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A great read. Just so nice! Another View by Rosamunde Pilcher. Here is my review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished the audiobook of The Princess Diarist - I started off reading it and switched to the audio. I gave it five stars - it might be a bit of an emotional rating and I think that reading the book would have been at least one less star but Carrie Fishers wit works for me, so hearing her read it was great. I also read The Origin of Species. It was full of a lot of sad, difficult topics but ultimately the spark of hope wins out. I really liked it and wish I hadn't waited so long to finally read his author, who was recommended to me twenty years ago when I was
in high school. It's also very, very Canadian.
Finished reading Cathedral by Raymond Carver 3*I enjoyed these short stories and Carver's writing style. All these stories deal with less important moments in life, or moments that don't seem important to us, but nevertheless they are. There aren't great happenings, and the reader is put in the story when things already happened. The many themes of these stories are: loneliness, divorce, alcoholism, loss of a job.
I recommend it to who loves short stories and essential writing.
I finished The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family earlier today. It was a book that gave me quite a bit of trouble in the beginning, but by the end I really, really liked it! My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
review of The Three Miss Allensis now up here
debated between three and three and a half stars and finally settled on three. Didn't love it as much as some other people have
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Night of Fire. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It took me years to get to it - I was the last of my family reading it. A really beautiful book, with many themes and really well written and organied. Still ... it has too many words. If he finished it 3/400 pages before it coul be a real masterpiece. Like this is "only" a really good book. In Italian we say "ha voluto strafare" - he has "overdone" it
Just finished my first book of 2017 from my physical shelf! It was a good one: Radiance of TomorrowMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood and reviewed it https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1869024837
Superb, perfect debut novel by Aussie author Jane Harper - The Dry. I'd give it 10 stars if I could.Country Victoria, drought, mysteries, memories - WOW!
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Black No More and it was both powerful and timely. 5 stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Terri wrote: "I just finished Black No More and it was both powerful and timely. 5 stars:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Wow! I was completely unaware of this book. I have added it to my to read list. It sounds fascinating
I had never heard of this book either, Elaine. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. Definitely thought provoking.
A little book for parents, teachers, and little people of any colour.Sara O'Leary's new picture book You Are Three about three-year olds and how they've changed in a year.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my first book of the year, and really enjoyed it: The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my review of
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead:-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was extremely impressed by the last audiobook I have completed: First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished some reviews I've been backlogged on:
An Ember in the AshesMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Conversations with FriendsMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lincoln in the BardoMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's hard to believe Trevor Noah, the well-known comedian and presenter of The Daily show (used to be Jon Stewart's), had such a scary upbringing in apartheid South Africa. Everybody had a tribe . . . except him.Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
4.5★
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've just finished reading Hamlet Globe to Globe which I found very interesting.Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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