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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
My review of 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List by James Mustich:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Delightful historical fiction about the history of Italy's unification, set in 1860s Sicily. 3.8 stars.I must look for the movie.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed Rose Tremain's new memoir Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finished up two books:The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui.
It's a memoir about a Vietnamese family's struggles in Vietnam and their immigration to the U.S. It's a graphic novel. I really wanted to like it, but it just wasn't for me.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
More my cup of tea.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just read The Choke by Aussie author Sofie Laguna, who wins prizes with her work. 
4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed Jamaica Kincaid's novel The Autobiography of My Mother. It is my first book by this author and I will be reading more by her. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally posted my review of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Not world changing but a good 4 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Reading a fantasy trilogy by R A MacAvoy. So far read books 1 and 2: Damiano - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381969927 and Damiano's Lute - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381970298.
My review of We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Was totally excited to be the opening blog for the promotional tour for
Letterbox by P.A.Davies. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
my review of The Secrets We Keep by Shirley Patton3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Every Aussie (and every person everywhere, really) should know of this author Shaun Tan. My review of Rules of Summer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I have completed One's Company: A Journey to China in 1933, written by the brother of Ian Fleming.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Completed the R A MacAvoy trilogy with Raphael and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381970361.
Finished reading July's People by Nadine Gordimer My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Raul wrote: "Finished reading July's People by Nadine Gordimer My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Nice review. The book looks interesting. I've put it on hold in the library.
Tamara wrote: "Raul wrote: "Finished reading July's People by Nadine Gordimer My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
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Thanks Tamar. It was good read for me, I hope you'll like it too.
Amalia wrote: "Finished Medea
by Christa WolfA raw, poignant masterpiece....5 stars.
My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/2414433758"
Amalia, Medea is one of my favorite characters. I haven't read Christa Wolf's Medea, but I have her Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays on my to read list.
Have you read Bright Air Black by David Vann? He writes in the first person point of view as Medea. We get inside her brilliant mind and listen in as she hatches her plan for revenge. She comes across as such an amazing figure. I thought it was a stunning novel. I read it last year.
Here's my review if you're interesting in learning more about it.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you do decide to read it, let me know what you think.
I have listened to two short stories by Jamaica Kincaid:*Girl
*Wingless
Both are read by Edwidge Danticat
I have a link to them on the net in my review.
My review of the two stories: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finished a few books since my last update:Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum's adventures are almost always fun during a commute. Not good literature and cookie-cutter but a fun story.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Our Father: Reflections on the Lord's Prayer by Pope Francis - I've never read any of the Pope's writings. I enjoyed his remarks and thoughts.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Well-Tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker - an interesting story of a woman finding her true path in Life. A sequel, of sorts, to The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson - an odd little book. Well written, great descriptions, some wonderful segments, yet emotionless and aloof.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by neuroscientist David Eagleman is what I would take to a desert island because I’ll never get tired of enjoying his imagined afterlives, each only a few pages long.Some are funny, some scary, some philosophical, all entertaining. A FAVOURITE!
5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I very much enjoyed In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje. This author can write. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist. A compelling read about one man's obsessive quest for justice. 4 stars.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Petra wrote: "IA Well-Tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker - an interesting story of a woman finding her true path in Life. A sequel, of sorts, to The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats. ."I'm glad you liked it as I'm planning to read The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (not sure if it will be my cup of tea, but read a positive review somewhere and thought I'd try it),
I have completed The Summing Up by W. Somerset Maugham.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It improves after awhile.
Finished Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A couple of books finished, one bedtime readaloud with the kiddos that I really wanted to like more than I did, and a ibrary whim-pickup that turned out to be amazing.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl ZimmerReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This short story "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, is VERY good. I have provided a free online link to the story in my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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