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A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Great Stories by Chekhov, a recent publication of stories from 19th century Russian author Anton Chekhov. My review (with many quotes to give you an idea of the Russian winter and philosophy)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've just finished Birdcage Walk. I didn't like it anywhere near as much as the other books I've read by Helen Dunmore.Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Stranger (My Review). I savored this (that is my way of saying I did not read this in an appropriate time frame).
Another pretty children's picture book asking the question we've all been asked: Why is the sky blue? Why Blue?
My review (with a couple of the illustrations)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read A Cotswold Casebook by Rebecca Tope and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1967530739.
An Australian classic The Harp in the South by Ruth Park
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
As part of my project to read all of Mikhail Bulgakov’s work, I’ve just finished a volume of his plays, Flight and Bliss.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another Australian classic My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is the link to my review
Peppermint Chocolate Murder by author Wendy Meadows:-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Misery by Stephen King. Wow it was.... gruesome. But a great read, my favourite of his so far! My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was so interesting! The Last Bar In NYC by Brian Michels
.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Susan wrote: "As part of my project to read all of Mikhail Bulgakov’s work, I’ve just finished a volume of his plays, Flight and Bliss.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
What an interesting project, Susan. How long do you think it's going to take?
Just finished a re-read of Ariel by Steven Boyett which this time around was rather a disappointment - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1954253265.
My review of Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstein
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mixed feelings about Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South – which I first heard about on NPR and picked up from the library on a whim. The story is great, the way it's told is ... less so. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gill wrote: "Susan wrote: "As part of my project to read all of Mikhail Bulgakov’s work, I’ve just finished a volume of his plays, Flight and Bliss.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."..."
Gill — I started in September 2015, and I'll definitely finish before the end of this year. I have only four books to go: The Life of Monsieur de Moliere, A Dead Man's Memoir: A Theatrical Novel, Don Quixote: A Dramatic Adaptation, and The Master and Margarita.
I'm reading Mikhail Bulgakov's work in chronological order, using Mikhail Bulgakov: A Critical Biography as a reference. It's certainly been an interesting project!
I'll publish a review of the critical biography when I've finished.
A debut novel and a bestseller by an Aussie author. Win-win for me! The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman was terrific. 5★
And now a film as well. My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pam wrote: "Just finished a re-read of Ariel by Steven Boyett which this time around was rather a disappointment - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...."I read that in high school and liked it. However, when I re-read it a few years ago, I was rather disappointed, too. I don't think it aged well (like a lot of other things I liked back then). There's a sequel, though I don't remember the name.
I am reading
and I am about half way through with this book. I have read A through H so far and now I am reading I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton. This is her Alphabet Mystery Series. On My Kindle I am reading
. This is Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher. This is a 900 some page book so that is why I am reading this one on my Kindle. This book is really good. I dearly love this book. I am also reading
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner. This is Book #1 in the Boxcar Children's Mystery Series. There are 125 Books total in this Series and I am planning on Reading every one of them in order. I have read three of them already. Two this year and one last year. I dearly love this Series. It is really good. A Good Clean Children's Mystery Series which I dearly love.
I have finished reading Il mondo in una scuola: Storie e viaggi dell'operaio europeo 4*There isn't an English edition. It's a non-fiction about refugees, about the various wars around the world, or countries with a precarious working life, that lead people to flee from their countries. Every chapter talks about the different routes these people take to arrive in Europe, the reasons why they flee and and the end of every chapter there are also real short stories of people who survived these long trips to arrive in Europe.
More thoughts about it here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Read a crime story by Anne Perry set in Victorian times; good setting evocation but ultimately the lack of conviction in the plot derails it - Resurrection Row- review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1840405217
Diane wrote: "Pam wrote: "Just finished a re-read of Ariel by Steven Boyett which this time around was rather a disappointment - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...."I read that in high school and liked it. However, when I re-read it a few years ago, I was rather disappointed, too. I don't think it aged well (like a lot of other things I liked back then). There's a sequel, though I don't remember the name."
Hi Diane. The sequel is Elegy Beach. I added it to my TBR when I heard about it but having re-read the first book, I'm now having second thoughts.
Susan wrote: "Gill wrote: "Susan wrote: "As part of my project to read all of Mikhail Bulgakov’s work, I’ve just finished a volume of his plays, Flight and Bliss.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho..."
I'll keep my eye open for your review. Thanks
I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story this morning. This shouldn't be listed as a "non-fiction" book as the events were moved around by the author. It's also a bit repetitive. However, some parts of it were interesting and that kept me reading along. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's the link to my review of
A Cold Day For Murder by author Dana Stabenow:-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is an important story many people have loved. Couple fleeing war.
I didn't quite love it, but you might!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
. The cover is as good as the story. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis, a non-fiction read about two unique individuals who through an unlikely collaboration challenge the standard thinking of their time.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished No Man's Land. The author, Simon Tolkien, is the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien. I was curious how the authors would compare. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Albert wrote: "I read The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis, a non-fiction read about two unique individuals who through an unlikely collaboration ..."I want to read that one. It sounds fascinating.
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