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I just finished The Blind Contessa's New Machine. I found the characters rather shallow and the storyline non-suspenseful. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Katherine by Anya Seton. I've given it 3.5 stars. It's well researched and well written, but some parts are too drawn out. And it's too "Cinderella" for my taste!My review:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Straight Man by Richard Russo. A very enjoyable experience that I highly recommend to anyone who likes Russo.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed The Absolutist, my first by John Boyne.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Petra wrote: "I just finished The Blind Contessa's New Machine. I found the characters rather shallow and the storyline non-suspenseful. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Oh, I absolutely loved The Blind Contessa's New Machine. Who says it is supposed to have suspense?! Loss of vision is extremely well portrayed.
I have finished the exceedingly short The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Throughly enjoyed In the Miro District and Other Stories by Peter Taylor.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "Oh, I absolutely loved The Blind Contessa's New Machine. Who says it is supposed to have suspense?! Loss of vision is extremely well portrayed. ..."Chrissie, I don't mean suspense in the terms of a murder/mystery but in the sense of anticipation or of not knowing what would happen. Something within the story should be unforeseen in some small way. This story was predictable. There were no surprises. She was very indiscreet about her actions, which just screamed everything that was to happen. No surprise, no suspense or hoping/wishing for an outcome. I guess the story just told itself without involving me as a participant.
The Contessa was a brave woman. She learned to navigate her world without sight and to live (not hide away). The blindness itself was well portrayed, I agree.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Finehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I'm so glad you enjoyed this, Diane. I'd like to read it sometime soon.
Petra wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Oh, I absolutely loved The Blind Contessa's New Machine. Who says it is supposed to have suspense?! Loss of vision is extremely well portrayed. ..."Chrissie, I don't mean suspens..."
For me how blindness stealthily changed her life and how she chose to deal with it totally captivated me.
Disappointed with
An Ideal Crime by Roderic Jeffries. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Camp of the Saints and it's one of the most provocative books I've ever read. My review:
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Also finished a collection of dystopian short stories:
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Also finished a collection of dystopian short stories:
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I've just finished The Essex Serpent, which I quite enjoyed.Here's my review:
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Two reviews have now gone up.One for The Proposal by Tasmina Perry
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and one for
An Unsafe Haven by Nada Awar Jarrar
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I just finished a wonderful warm story: Whistling Past the Graveyard. I really enjoyed every page. Starla and Eula were wonderful characters. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Anna Quindlen's newest: Miller's ValleyHere is how I looked at it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Womenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
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I just finished reading (well, it was an audiobook) The Color Purple
and I was not expecting to like it as much as I did. I ended feeling satisfied with the character development and how the story unfolded. I'm sad it's over! lol
I finished The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 2,5 stars.My English review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stumbled across this unusual short illustrated book in the library. The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman. 4★
My review
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I've just finished reading a really nice book of poetry. It's Plum.Here is my review:
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Good conversation starter. Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?
.Kids are kids! Great illustrations and questions to ask yourself or your kids or your class.
4★
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Just finished
Vicious Circle by C.J. Box. Definitely not my favorite book by this author. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Victim Mentality by Angelo MarcosAngelo Marcos is one of a very select group of authors of whom I cannot get enough.
Victim Mentality is a very clever and immensely enjoyable psychological thriller like nothing else I have read.
Nick is OCD and has reached a critical point in his life -no one likes him, not his girlfriend, his support group, his agent.
When he lands a role as a career criminal he wants to meet one so that he can get into the role. Enter Gideon Mathias, master criminal and manipulator extraordinaire.
Highly recommended.
Thank you to author Angelo Marcos for providing a digital copy of Victim Mentality for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
I've just finished A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel. I thought it was very well written, but unsettling.Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
In The Best of Adam Sharp, Aussie Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project, tackles the question:Is it possible to rekindle the love of your life a couple of decades later? (nothing to do with Rosie)
My review
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Just finished
From the Heart by Susan Hill I have loved every book of hers that I have read and although this is vastly different to her other works it completely absorbed and enchanted me. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Enjoyed this one by Aussie author Fiona Higgins Wife on the Run. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up on reviews. This was an odd one! The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished Dissipatio H.G. by Guido Morselli (no English translation).1 star for me, didn't like it.
I have written only an Italian review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I really enjoyed The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century. Don't think it is some boring book about a corporate leader. Henry Ford dramatically shaped the last century in ways I was scarcely aware of before reading this book. It was in fact better than I thought it would be! The audiobook narration is fantastic. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished the audiobook for Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded. I've been enjoying a lot of audiobooks by female comedians/actors lately and I assumed that being the chick from Drunk Kitchen that this would be funny. In fact, it left me sobbing. Her mother has schizophrenia and she had an incredibly difficult childhood. This book should be read in high schools or something to ignite a discussion about mental health and how it's treated in the US.
My review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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