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My review of The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5★ Compassionate look at early-onset Alzheimer's disease: Who are we when we aren't ourselves? Still Alice is by neuroscientist and author Lisa Genova. I don't know whether or not the lower case i in the title, ALiCE, is to show that she is disappearing, but that there is still a bit of her left at the core.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir. I highly recommend it.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading Internet Famous by Danika Stone, here's the link to a full spoiler-free review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I completed The Underground Railroad. It rubbed me the wrong way throughout. I kept hoping for things to turn around but they didn't. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just read a re-release of the 1979 Whitbread award-winner The Old Jest: A Novel by Jennifer Johnston.1920 Ireland, 18-year-old Nancy itches for Life, discovers war.
4★ My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have just read and reviewed Roseborough by Jane Roberts Woodhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished a sad but engaging read, The Winter in Anna. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "5★ Compassionate look at early-onset Alzheimer's disease: Who are we when we aren't ourselves? Still Alice is by neuroscientist and author Lisa Genova. I don't know..."
Patty I also thought this was a wonderful book, and would definitely recommend the film! The acting was amazing and I felt even more emotionally involved watching it compared to reading, which makes a change.
I have just read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. A quick read and I really liked it. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Alice wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "5★ Compassionate look at early-onset Alzheimer's disease: Who are we when we aren't ourselves? Still Alice is by neuroscientist and author [author:Lisa Gen...
Patty I also thought this was a wonderful book, and would definitely recommend the film! The acting was amazing and I felt even more emotionally involved watching it compared to reading, which makes a change"
Might have been even more emotional considering your name, Alice!
Loved my re-read of The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir by Vietnamese-born Australian comedian, (lawyer, who knew?), artist (we know now) Anh Do. 
5★ My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
After a couple of disappointing encounters with DI Helen Grace, I wasn't holding out much hope for
Pop Goes the Weasel by M.J. Arlidge . How wrong I was! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Alice wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "5★ Compassionate look at early-onset Alzheimer's disease: Who are we when we aren't ourselves? Still Alice is by neuroscientist and author [author:Lisa Gen..."
I totally agree with you Alice and Patty *:D
Just finished Reason and Persuasion: Three Dialogues By Plato: Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I. I thought this was a great introduction to Plato's philosophy. (The Republic is on my list for this month or next).https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood yesterday. 5* from me. :)
I have just finished Doomsday Book. It was a book club read but something I had been wanting to read for ages having received so many glowing recommendations.What a disappointment :(
It wasn't dreadful just meh and the writing style was so irritating. I will not be revisiting this author.
In contrast, and despite the long break, returning to Rotherweird was like picking up with an old friend. The world and its in habitants are so beguiling that just thinking about reading this book makes me smile.
I am glad I read On the Road: the Original Scroll, and I am glad I chose this edition of the book. It made me recall my youth. The book is not going to fit everybody.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my latest read His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
my nonplussed review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tracey wrote: "I finished The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood yesterday. 5* from me. :)"I love that book! Have you seen the TV series? It's amazing when it's brought up to scratch with modern society :D
Vicky I don't have TV so no not seen it..I was wondering if there was a film though? I have a DVD player..
Tracey wrote: "Vicky I don't have TV so no not seen it..I was wondering if there was a film though? I have a DVD player.."I know I wasn't in this conversation but I do have an answer. :) If Vicky is referring to the most recent adaptation, the series is on Hulu not technically on TV. You just need a Hulu account to watch it.
My review of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up with three fiction reads, including two big names from the last two years:36:
News of the WorldReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger BornReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Universal HarvesterReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Absolutely mesmerising, compelling, overwhelming. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is both harrowing and full of love.
5★ My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished 2 books overnight. The first,
The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell was an unexpected treasure. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...The second,
Blink by K.L. Slater, which I had been looking to, was a disappointment. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie author Louis Nowra wrote Into That Forest about Tasmania, inspired by stories of feral children elsewhere. I've added links in my review to the fascinating 'real' stories.My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I can highly recommend One Man's Meat by E.B. White. No, this author does not write just for kids! My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am telling you this book is even for those who are not into essays and short stories. BTW, White wrote for The New Yorker for 6 decades! That is some sort of proof.
Just finished Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - not my favorite by him, but still a fun read (my review).
Finished Mary Gordon's There Your Heart Lies. My 4 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Also, a thriller, Inside V. My 3 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Also, a thriller, Inside V. My 3 star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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