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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Finished an Italian book, Gli ultimi giorni di quiete.
A terrible story of a mother - and a father - of a young man murdered during a burglary in their tobacconist shop.
The murder, after 6 years in prison, is released. And how can this be accepted by the family.
It is the same theme of the second season of Broadchurch - the rather new tv series. But with opposite results
A terrible story of a mother - and a father - of a young man murdered during a burglary in their tobacconist shop.
The murder, after 6 years in prison, is released. And how can this be accepted by the family.
It is the same theme of the second season of Broadchurch - the rather new tv series. But with opposite results
A short story and a little epic:A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What mother in her right mind enlists the help of her fourteen-year-old daughter so she can have an affair with her husband's best friend? Adrienne Brodeur had just such a mother, and she tells all in her autobiography, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me. It's all true and quite a read!
4.5★ Link to my Wild Game review
Finished reading Friend of My Youth by Alice MunroA brilliant collection of short stories. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have only managed to read two books this week, both Netgalley ARCs ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3
Suspicious Minds by David Mark https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
And the ⭐⭐⭐.1
Limelight by Graham Hurleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Just fiished The Buried Giant. Strange book indeed.
Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished this sad & disturbing, but relevant, book:A Burning by Megha Majumdar - 4 stars - My Full Review
I finished the last book of Samuel Beckett's trilogy, Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable.This was a ride, to be sure. A mixture of insight, intrigue, mystery and confusion.
My long review of each book and the whole:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ian McGuire's highly acclaimed novel, The North Water, is the brutal story of a nineteenth-century whaling expedition that goes terrifyingly wrong. It is also brilliant!
5★ Link to my North Water review
Finished this historical family saga set in Spain, France, Chile, and Venezuela from the 1930s to 1990s. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende - 4 stars - My Review
Nichole wrote: "My review of Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 stars"
Oh, happy day! I have this entire series on my want to read shelf after reading your first review. I ought to start putting them on hold soon.
Petra wrote: "I finished the last book of Samuel Beckett's trilogy, Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable.
This was a ride, to be sure. A mixture of insight, intrigue, mystery and confusion.
My long r..."
Hard task that one Petra!!!!
This was a ride, to be sure. A mixture of insight, intrigue, mystery and confusion.
My long r..."
Hard task that one Petra!!!!
I was looking forward to reading this children's edition of The Nutcracker by words&pictures during the Christmas season, but I was disappointed. Colourful but confusing (to me).
2.5★ Link to my Nutcracker review with illustrations
I absolutely love What Can You Do With a Line?, that makes my fingers itchy to try drawing! It would be a great Christmas (or other) gift, along with some pencils. Perfect pressie!
5★ Link to my review of What Can You Do With A Line", showing some of the artwork
My review of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedelhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The last book I finished was the excellent second book by Michael Robotham set in Nottingham and featuring forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven: When She Was Good. This is the sequel to Good Girl, Bad Girl and I rated both books as 5 star reads.
Finished The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Set in Nigeria. A sympathetic treatment of the desperate plight of illiterate women. A quick and easy read. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished four books this week, but only two were Netgalley reads.
Aunt Ivy's Cottage by Kristin Harper https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
The Open House by Sam Carringtonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The others were: audiobook
The Blood Card by Elly Griffithshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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And
Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disherhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It is hard for me to rate this book. I appreciate its literary merit, but it was hard to listen to 17 hours of an innocent child’s suffering:Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart - 3 stars - My Review
Amalia wrote: "Finished Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier5 stars"
I love her short stories.
I reread Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb and enjoyed it just as much second time around:)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Jinny Tapley Takemori. A delightful novella with an autistic Japanese heroine.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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3 and a half stars
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