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Read The Lives of Christopher Chant number 4 in the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones, which is set years before the first one, and enjoyed it more - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2210202653.
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Read Gate of Ivrel by C J Cherryh and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219392175.
A short read by M C Beaton - A Highland Christmas - which I've reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219430295.
I just have to recommend this one. Five stars. Benissimo!Orfeo by Richard Powers
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Orfeo by Richard Powers
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"
Sounds like a great book Kathleen!
I finally read Wonder after seeing the movie. 5 Stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished The Last Day of a Condemned Man. My edition has three stories by Hugo, but for now I have read only this one. 3*English review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventurehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Seen that my brain "switched" to French, I decided to read also another story by Victor Hugo that is in my edition of The Last Days of a Condemned; Bug-Jargal. Claude Gueux: Claude Geux. 4,5*Here the topic reminds me even more of Les Misérables. Claude Geux is a convicted: he had stolen because hungry and to feed his wife and child. It's a very short story but the descriptions of Claude and the prison director are just marvellous and Hugo is able to point out his ideas.
I have added another piece to my English review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
After loving Aussie author Jane Harper's debut novel, The Dry, I was really looking forward to her second one, Force of Nature, which takes place in the wet.
3.5★ My review
I have completed Appointment in Arezzo: A friendship with Muriel Spark.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It took me forever to finish The Great Influenza, which could have been so much better. But then took no time at all to plow through The Girl in the Tower, which could not have been better.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. BarryReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have listened to two really good but very different audiobooks in the past few days.
The Reversal by Michael Connelly a legal thriller/ Detective story. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...The second book was
] by Susan Mallery, my go to author for a light amusing read. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I recently finished Her by Garry Disher, pretty intense, a quick read, wished it was longer, 4.5 stars. My short review
Well, most everybody seems to love Ordinary Grace...........except me. My review; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I ask myself why I should even bother to give examples proving the validity of what I claim when no one thinks as I do anyhow. Books I like make me happy, but books like this depress me. I do NOT, NOT, NOT undertand this book's popularity.
I finished The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories.4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
Unnatural Causes by Dawn Eastman, a quick and quick paced cosy read. My no spoiler review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Love the title - thanks for the superb review Angela. All I've read by him was Jesus' Son - most of those are addiction/drug oriented, and I've always been curious to read one of his later works.
Greg, thanks so much . I loved the title too . In that story there is only a mention at the very end of reading a collection of folk tales . “Apples that summon sea maidens”. I’m not too sure I really get the significance. I have only read Train Dreams by him and liked that a lot.
I read The Runaway Children. 3.5 stars rounded to 4. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've just finished Jacob M. Appel's sometimes funny, sometimes touching contemplation of suicide in Millard Salter's Last Day.
Link to my review
I think Jacob's Room is my favorite by Virginia Woolf. Juliet Stevenson gives a fantastic readng of the audiobook. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally Finished
by Carson McCullers-- 1 starI did not enjoy this one...
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I keep hearing good things about him Phrynne, and I will certainly read one eventually .. it seems though that his books are often very long, close to 1,000 pages! That's quite an investment, but from what everyone tells me, it might well be worth it!
Greg wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "My review of Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I keep hearing good..."
As long as you like fantasy Greg I think you will enjoy his books.
Just finished The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway. I loved it. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Well of Shiuan, book 2 of the Morgaine saga by C J Cherryh and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219441259.
Greg, just seen your comment on my review and replied, but I'm not much help I'm afraid :-( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219392175?comment=174383379#comment_174383379.
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I do definitely enjoy fantasy and sci-fi! Other than perhaps a certain sort of romance novels, there are really no genres that I dislike as a whole - it all depends on the book and the author!
Finished Bloodline (War of the Roses series #3). The action part is engaging, but I liked the characterization of the major players (Richard Neville, Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville) better. It's good historical fiction overall. 4 stars.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed Restoration by Rose Tremain. It's good. The audiobook narration is very good. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A couple of days ago I finished Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong - I reckon it's a pretty good debut novel but I didn't get into it as much as many other people, 3 stars. My review.
Finished
by Fredrik Backman-- 4 StarsBeautiful short story that packs a punch
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My Boxing Day read was
An Off-Piste Christmas by Julie Houston. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I have a quick review of Woman in the Nineteenth Century up finally: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm a sucker for short stories, and some of these were good. Pure Hollywood: And Other Stories by Christine Schutt, who has won prizes for other works.
3.5-4★ Available on NetGalley until March Link to my review
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