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Oct 25, 2020 04:10PM
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. A gritty good one. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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Loved the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Housewarming by S.E. Lynes https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Just finished A Gentleman in Moscow...a historical fiction novel about a man serving a lifetime of house arrest in a hotel near Red Square. Fascinating glimpse into the post-Soviet revolution, as it related to purging of anything considered "artsy" or those associated with the humanities. Count Rostov is a colorful character, the world he creates within the confines of the Metropol hotel seemingly a world within itself. The prose slowed down a bit for me around the 4/5th mark, but the final twenty pages of the book made up for it. Think Count of Monte Cristo, meets War and Peace, meets Casablanca. Toles is a talented writer. I recommend this one to any historical fiction lover.A Gentleman in Moscow
I need to catch up! Here are a few recent reads:
Close Range by Annie Proulx contains the iconic and wonderful Brokeback Mountain, but was otherwise a little too much Wyoming for me. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A very fun time-travel story: Time and Again by Jack Finney. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And a re-read: The Street by Ann Petry. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Freedom Hospital: A Syrian Story by Hamid Sulaiman; translated by Francesca Barrie.A graphic novel blending fact and fiction about the carnage and devastation during the Syrian civil war. A heartfelt attempt, but I didn't think it was entirely successful may be due to the nature of the medium.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished this wonderfully crafted book:The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai - 4.5 stars - My Review
Just finished ⭐⭐⭐ crime thriller set in New Delhi
You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Death of a River Guide was the absolutely stunning 1994 debut of the 2014 Booker-winning Aussie author Richard Flanagan, and I loved it. The wilds of Tasmania's Franklin River - terrifying and beautiful!
5★ Link to my review of Death of a River Guide
Countless readers have loved the thriller I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes, and I wish I were among them. I did read nearly 300 pages before I gave up, though.
Link to my review of I Am Pilgrim
I finished listening to The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin. I really enjoyed this quiet family saga. 4-stars.Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Peter Ackroyd's The History of England: Volume II the Tudors and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3606344500.
My review of The Long Shadow by Anne Buist
3 and a half stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Seems in my line of book this one!!!
I'll never manage to get my TBR list shorter!!!!
My review of Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy by Connor Towne O'Neillhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another honest and disarming ⭐⭐⭐⭐ look at aging:
The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I read The Whispering Muse by the Icelandic author, Sjón. It is a curious blend of fiction with mythic elements. I thought it was quite good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as The Blue Fox.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This one is just GREAT reading.
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne.Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished listening to the ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The House Swap by Rebecca Fleethttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Now listening to
Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime by Claire Harman
The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Power is by one of my favourite Aussie authors, Helen Garner. Men AND women; men VS women? This 25th anniversary edition includes other writings about Garner and the lively controversy over the indecent assault scandal.
5★ My review of The First Stone
Kathleen wrote: "This one is just GREAT reading. The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne...."Agreed.
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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman - 4 stars - My Review
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt - 4 stars - My Review
My review of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Murder at the Mushroom Festival by Janet Finsilver
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Our New Normal by Colleen Faulkner
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Latest:The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - 3 stars - My Review
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty - 3 stars - My Review
My review of A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the ⭐⭐⭐⭐ second book in the Jimmy Mullen series
One Way Street by Trevor Wood https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished:Starlight Symphonies of Oak and Glass: A Novel of the Great Lakes by Alexandria V. Nolan - 4 stars - My Review
My review of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Although I didn't love
A Galway Epiphany: A Jack Taylor Novel by Ken Bruen quite as much as other books I have read in this series, it's still a good solid ⭐⭐⭐⭐ read. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I've just finished One Good Dog, and it was alright. I can think of a couple people I would recommend it to, and it was a good story.
Finished the 3rd book in McCarthy's Border Trilogy:Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy - 4 stars - My Review
My review of The Quality Street Girls by Penny Thorpe
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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