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Dale, both your reviews go to Ava's place.
People should know about this book: Bhowani Junction. It is very good.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "No, it is not yet fixed, dely, but we do have the computer back so I can register bg values - which is a relief!. My husband has spent the entire day trying to restore my audiobook..."Thanks for you good luck wishes! I remember the problems you had with GR - computer problems are terrible.
I finished reading Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor and found it incredible. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An honest, unexpectedly good memoir. Hooked by Samantha X
.Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A very enjoyable thriller - psychological, maybe? See You In September by Charity Norman
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
The Idiot by Elif Batuman, and that ... didn't go well. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Great new favourite book in my favourite genre (short stories) is Caitlin Hamilton Summie's To Lay To Rest Our Ghosts, a collection of stories, often inter-connected like those of Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout.
4.5★Link to my reviewIf you're a NetGalley reviewer, it's still available till July 31. https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo...
Mod
a "normal" mystery.
Hi, finished The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, liked it but its not a light and happy readmy review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here are my thoughts on Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read book 3 of the Time Master trilogy, The Master, by Louise Cooper and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2064528040.
Read Midnight Sun by Ramsey Campbell, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2077985229.
my review of The One True Ocean by Sarah Beth Martinwent up yesterday
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
Lady of Fortune by Graham Masterton a rich family saga with mystery, crime and thrills! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See for my new f2f book group. There are 9 women and for some of them this is their first experience bring in a book group. I led the discussion which was quite lively. This book was good but as someone said not great.
I finished The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father last week, then left town for a short vacation, then wrote the review. My initial thoughts and feelings are still the same but the initial flood of words is gone, so my review is lackluster. I found this a truly touching story of the immigrant experience. The isolation and loss are apparent throughout the pages.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished this magnificently farcical riddle of a book - Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. My Review
Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost all my audiobooks..."
Argh! Computer problems are so frustrating.
My DD was doing homework on my laptop when the hard-drive gave out. She was distraught because she thought it was her fault (it wasn't) and I lost a year's worth of photos including an old album I had scanned, binned but forgot to back-up!
Ben Andrews wrote: "This will seem crazy but I've read a lot of books in the last week. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos was quite good although I had to read about a third to really engage. I thought ..."I am a big Scalzi fan. Fuzzy Nation is a joy I have yet to experience.
Chrissie wrote: "Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Little Fires Everywherehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hope you manage to solve your computer problems, Chrissie. Know how frustrating ..."
That is terrible about losing your diabetic report. I hope the situation improves soon.
I have finished The Solace of Trees but am stuck on how to review it. I have also almost finished The Essex Serpent and a partial review for that is already swirling round my mind.
Paul wrote: "Just finished The Idiot by Elif Batuman, and that ... didn't go well. Maybe the book wasn't so great but I enjoyed your review.
I enjoyed Jerome K. Jerome's classic Three Men in a Boat. It proved to be a good diversion. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Esther wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost al..."
I sympathize totally. Grr. The worst is that computers don't last forever so you know every time you have to change one it will be horrible. Nowadays, computers are something you need; they are not just for fun!
I have been considering The Essex Serpent but just cannot make up my mind. I wouldn't mind some help from people who know me.
Quirky first novel Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller, channelling her 'inner Lakota' to show the plight and humour of the disenfranchised American Indians (as they are always called in the book).
4★ Link to my review
Last night I finished A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen. It was a light & entertaining book to have with me on my mini-vacation last week. After a day of walking, this was a fun story to read in the evenings. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished Fantasmi: Dispacci dalla Cambogia by Tiziano Terzani 5/5Sadly there isn't an English edition and it is really a pity. The book contains the reportages and articles he wrote from 1970 to 1996 about Cambodia while living there as long as he could or going again to the country after the war of Pol Pot. As usual his is a flowing and easy style, he adds personal considerations and the reader has an excellent description of what was going on in Cambodia before, during and after Pol Pot. There are also some photos.
Petra wrote: "I finished The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father last week, then left town for a short vacation, then wrote the review. My initial thoughts and feelings are still the same but the in..."Don't you hate it when you lose your initial train of words for a review?
B, I sure do. I left this review for too long. I was away for 6 days and then wrote it. The momentum was gone.
However, I did enjoy the book and will be reading another one that Chrissie recommended (forgot the title right at the moment).
B the BookAddict wrote: "Petra wrote: "I finished The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father last week, then left town for a short vacation, then wrote the review. My initial thoughts and feelings are still the s..."The worst is when I am thinking about a book in the shower and I compose a brilliant comment. Can I ever remember it later? Of course not:(
Petra wrote: "B, I sure do. I left this review for too long. I was away for 6 days and then wrote it. The momentum was gone.
However, I did enjoy the book and will be reading another one that Chrissie recommen..."
It is o much easier to write a review when you have just finished it. I am glad you liked it. Do you mean this one - The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by the same quthor or a book by another? Also it is harder to review books listened to when traveling!
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