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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2

I loved Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor. This couldn't be more different. It is full of really disturbing sexual violence, bondage, humiliation, etc. etc. I didn't get the point at all. This novel just wasn't for me. I suggest you stay clear of it if you have difficulty reading about this subject.
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Live Wire by Harlan Coben
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4 stars
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Now I can keep going with the series on audio!


4 and a half stars
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Me, too, Paul. Loved it! Great review, by the way.





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My review, 4★
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I've loved everything I've read by Rebecca Solnit, and this was no exception. Here she takes as her starting point Orwell's love of gardening and then explores a variety of subjects, including Orwell's life and writing, totalitarianism, climate change, social justice, and the degradation of the natural environment.
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And some wonderful short stories
Odour of Chrysanthemums by D.H. Lawrence
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The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence
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My Father as I Recall Him by Mamie Dickens
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Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
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4 stars
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A Class Act by Gervase Phinn
4 stars
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I've finished the trilogy - which I think is such for a selling purpose, since it is actually one long novel! - of Antonia Scott by Juan Gómez-Jurado: Red Queen, Black Wolf and White King.
Very strange book!!! But extramly well written; strongly advisable
Very strange book!!! But extramly well written; strongly advisable


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My review 4 ★
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read The October Country by Ray Bradbury - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5090952175
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The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5108125458
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A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5108195077


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Clarke
2 and a half stars
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3 and a half stars
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