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Finished reading Wool and loved every page. Recommended for dystopian lovers.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Oh wow wow wow wow wow wow,
The Color Purple, y'all. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old is a novel that reads like a real diary, but I believe Hendrik Groen is an alias. Old folks in the Netherlands may have slowed down but are still full of mischief as well as memories.
4★ Link to my review
I liked If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things. I liked its message and I liked its prose. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Paul wrote: "Oh wow wow wow wow wow wow, The Color Purple, y'all. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Paul, I read it probably 20 years ago and it is still very clear in my memory. That says something for me.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Amaila, it's the Suchet version or nothing for me; after all, Suchet is Poirot."Exactly!
I finished the audiobook of Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende. I really enjoyed it and definitely want to read more of her work
I expect Rizzoli and Isles fans will enjoy Tess Gerritsen's latest I Know a Secret, which is still available on NetGalley for NetGalley readers.
3.5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. An exciting and somewhat terrifying book that I enjoyed. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2140404455.
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman is going to forever be a favorite of mine. My review https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
If you are a dog -person, you just have to read How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Because I love dogs so much, I am picky with dog books. This one I recommend.
A light-hearted cosy mystery that's the first in The Jamie Quinn Series, Death by Didgeridoo by Barbara Venkataraman. Jamie's a lively young lawyer in Florida.
3.5★ My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Her Last Secret by Barbara Copperthwaite was a DNF for me 😕 My review https://wordpress.com/post/sandysbook...
Jamie Quinn is back in #2 of The Jamie Quinn Mysteries, The Case of the Killer Divorce by Barbara Venkataraman.
3★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've just finished the aptly-titled Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by political journalist Katy Tur. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the 2016 US election campaign.★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have finished Skylark Farm and for me it's a 3,5 *. I liked it, I was moved by the story, but there was something lucking. I don't know if it's because it's too short and I wanted more, or because some parts go on too fast as if there's a "hole" between what happened first and what was happening later.This morning I also started The New Gods by Emil M. Cioran but I gave up. I tried to read this book a few years ago, gave up, and now I tried again for my challenge to finish books I already own. I have read the first 3-4 pages of every chapter (everyone about a different topic) but it's not my cup of tea.
Finished A Hundred Small Lessons. 3.5 rounded up. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Oh, what an extraordinary book Washington Square is for a novella written in 1880! I can only give it 4 stars and not 5 due to some wandering and oddness of character in the middle, but it starts beautifully and ends even better. This is a book that refuses to follow any of the Victorian tropes of its time .. even more so than books by women authors of the period, it upends expectations.
By the end, I adored Catherine. She reminds me very much of my real-life sister in so many ways, many facets of her personality both good and bad but the preponderance is endearing and very much to the good. Overall, I adore her!
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Read this on holiday earlier this year, just now catching up with reviews.
The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick.It was a really good read https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Glad you liked it Raul!
Greg wrote: "Raul wrote: "5 stars for Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerMy review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
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It was just brilliant! It will stay with me for quite some time.
I read Red Shoes for Rachel: Three Novellas. 4 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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That is encouraging.