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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
LauraT wrote: "I said the same thing this summer, when I read it! "
In fact I bought it because you talked so well about it. It is really worth to be read despite those repetitions.
I do enjoy Aussie author Emma Viskic's stubborn, deaf detective. And Fire Came Down is #2 in the Caleb Zelic mystery series.
4★ Link to my review
Re-read Charmed Life by the late great Diana Wynne Jones after many years and didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped, as the whole thing depends on a failure to communicate which, on the part of the adults at least, seems inexcusable. Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1366155155.
The last one to the party on this one....A Man Called Ove. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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In fact I bought it because you talked so well about it. It is really worth to be read despite those repetitions."
Totally agree!
Have you seen the trailer of Sami blood? It's a film about Lappons in Norway and how they are ratially treated ...
LauraT wrote: "Have you seen the trailer of Sami blood? It's a film about Lappons in Norway and how they are ratially treated ...."I looked for it right now. It's interesting! I hope it will be broadcasted in the small theater I usually go.
"Remarkable and fascinating! . . . Frankly, I expected to be disappointed."
PattyMacDotComma, review of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders on Goodreads.
5★ Link to review[This is a totally tongue-in-cheek parody of the reference style used to such great effect throughout the book. :)]
I read The Tree House. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Having a problem with Goodreads and cannot add the book link. I'll try to fix it later.
I just got through The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein - not raving about it as much as most people, 3 stars from me. My brief review
I just finished The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler & wow, was it great! I thought that this would be a reread for me, but after the first few pages, I realized that I had never read this before. Chandler kept surprizing me right up to the end & while there was some violence, it wasn't really graphic.
Finished
by L.M. Montgomery-- 3 Stars.The fifth installment in the Anne books.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have received my Year in Books roundup from Goodreads. Does anyone remember how to put this into a review form?
I enjoyed watching Celeste Ng's characters try to deal with the Little Fires Everywhere that they lit without considering the consequences.
4★ Link to my review
B the BookAddict wrote: "I have received my Year in Books roundup from Goodreads. Does anyone remember how to put this into a review form?"Sorry, no. But how did you get it? I saw a banner but was busy at the time and didn't click on it & it has now vanished...
I have finished a very short religious book with no English edition: L'umanità della fede: Fede che umanizza, fede da umanizzare.It talks about how faith should "humanize" the human being, but also that faith shouldn't be lived in a rigid way, but it should help to open to other people and emphatize with them.
Leslie wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "I have received my Year in Books roundup from Goodreads. Does anyone remember how to put this into a review form?"Sorry, no. But how did you get it? I saw a banner but wa..."
It’s on your profile now, right hand side.
Chinook wrote: "Leslie wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "I have received my Year in Books roundup from Goodreads. Does anyone remember how to put this into a review form?"Sorry, no. But how did you get it? I saw ..."
Thanks -- I have found it :)
Petra wrote: "Leslie, I'm going to give Twelve Drummers Drumming a try. Eleven Pipers Piping started slow and I was on the fence at first. But the characters and their squabbles ..."
Eleven Pipers was my favorite of the 3, probably because of the bagpipes, Burns Night, haggis, and all that. The first book required a second reading for me, with a notepad where I started keeping a detailed list of all the characters and the backstory of Father Christmas. But maybe all that paid off, because I felt so invested in it by then. I loved his quirky daughter, and his secretary, of course, with her notes to her Mum all the time.
Happy 75th Birthday to acclaimed Aussie author Helen Garner! To celebrate, Text Publishing has released two collections of short works (which I love). Stories: The Collected Short Fiction is classic Garner Real people, loving, fighting, hurting.
4.5★ Link to my review
Laurel wrote: "I started keeping a detailed list of all the characters and the backstory of Father Christmas. But maybe all that paid off, because I felt so invested in it by then. I loved his quirky daughter, and his secretary, of course, with her notes to her Mum all the time. ..."There are a lot of characters. :D
I like Madrun, too. Her letters to her Mum are hilarious. I didn't put much thought into the daughter, I have to admit. I found her love of French a little strange for a child that age but that's a great skill to have so early in life.
My review of A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945. Phew.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Everything Here is Beautiful. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently finished two good reads:
The Runaway Children by Sandy Taylor. My spoiler free review (despite what it says at the beginning of the review, which I cannot figure out how to remove) can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...The second book was
Killman Creek by Rachel Caine. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Here what i think:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Deal of a Lifetime. 4 Stars . My short review of this short but affecting novella: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you haven't dared try Ali Smith, you should.I liked Autumn and will soon be picking up the next in the series..
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Great review, Christie. I liked the book as well but I do agree I felt like there were a lot of loose ends.
I just finished A Long Way From Home by acclaimed Aussie author Peter Carey. He's someone whose writing I do have trouble getting into but I gave it 3 stars as he tackles Indigenous culture and the white man's rewriting of Australian history for the first time in his career. My review.
Heather wrote: "Great review, Christie. I liked the book as well but I do agree I felt like there were a lot of loose ends."Thanks, Heather. I particularly marvel at her ability to switch between different jargons, play with words and ........I like the strength of character Daniel imbibed in Elisabeth. I like how one character molds another.
I have completed The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark. This one by the author totally stumped me. My very short review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I had finished reading Negroland by Margo Jefferson last week. Here is my short review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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There isn't an English edition and it is a pity because I think a lot of people would like this bo..."
I said the same thing this summer, when I read it!