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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Starting 2022 off with some prominent authors - 
If Beale Street Could Talk by James BaldwinReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Chimes by Charles DickensReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Gambler by Fyodor DostoevskyReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An audio book that was OK - 3 stars
Heresyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and another book that was not - 2 stars
The Fellhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I generally don't praticularly like travel books, but Venice is so beautiful that also reading about it could be a bliss.
And I definitly need to go back there soon!
I've decided to read some of the 'good' books I somehow missed when they were published, and the 1995 Pulitzer winner, The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields was one. What a writer! A life in a century!
5★ Link to my Stone Diaries review
I read The Celestial Hunter by Roberto Calasso, translated from Italian by Richard Dixon.Calasso moves at such a dizzying speed that it's hard to keep up with him. A fascinating theory of the shift in consciousness from man as hunted to man as hunter. Calasso weaves mythology, rituals, cults into his discussion. He cites philosophers, historians, and all manner of academicians. His leaps and bounds are difficult to follow at times. His knowledge is extensive. An amazing book.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America by Matthew Pearlhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Mystery of Albert E. Finch by Callie Hutton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read a short story by Isaac Asimov, recommended on another group - The Gentle Vultures - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4477659075
I just read "Brown Girls", by Daphne Palasi Andreades I highly recommend this wonderful short novel.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pam wrote: "Read a short story by Isaac Asimov, recommended on another group - The Gentle Vultures - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."Me, too, Pam!
I enjoyed Isaac Asimov's aptly named short story The Gentle Vultures about aliens waiting for us to blow ourselves to kingdom come. I share his anti-nuclear-war sentiments.
4★ Link to my review of Gentle Vultures with a link to this very short story online
Another in the Little People/BIG DREAMS series for children is the stunningly colourful Pablo Picasso by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. The illustrations by Teresa Bellón are outrageously wild - as was the artist himself, of course. Loved it!
5★ Link to my Pablo Picasso review with several of the striking, detailed illustrations
My review of I Left My Homework in the Hamptons: What I Learned Teaching the Children of the 1% by Blythe Grossberg:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.5 stars
Finished
. An interesting one about survival in the darkest hours. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It teases you, but make you think; a lot.
Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally got around to reading this one
by Mary KubicaMy review, four stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Writers & Lovers by Lily King.It was a light, entertaining read about an aspiring author. I wasn't as enthused about it as I thought I would be. It had the feel of a made-for-television show.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading The Three-Cornered World by Natsume SōsekiMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Women's words - finally found? Imaginative Aussie author Pip Williams's young character, Esme, wants to put together The Dictionary of Lost Words. Why were all the ignored words for, by, and about women considered dirty? (Many still are.)
4★ Link to my Dictonary of Lost Words review
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So many...
Just read for the umpteenth time, The Day of the Triffids which was later adapted to the big screen. The novel is way better than the movie, which had cool photography and great actors.
I loved this one:
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset MaughamReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Fun Robert! :)
I have yet to read it but definitely want to. Several of my friends have recommended it!
My review of The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kathleen wrote: "I loved this one:The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset MaughamReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
For some reason, I have never read W. Somerset Maugham and I have no idea why. I ought to try him one of these days!
Karin wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "I loved this one:The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset MaughamReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."..."
You should, Karin! He wrote a ton of books, but this one might be the best. :-)
The last book I finished was
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren.I really liked it. Nice and funny and a great distraction from the stupidity in the world.
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The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset MaughamReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/sh..."
Kathleen and Karin, I loved it back when I read it. I think it is my favorite of his so far, but I also quite liked The Painted Veil and some others too.
I've finished my first book of the year! Its a short one so that I could at least get something finished while I have some chunksers on the go. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
It was a well written and engaging essay but I'm not sure it merited publication as a stand alone as it is very short and quite basic.
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