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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Kathleen wrote: "I've just finished Laurus by Evgenij Vodolazkin. Look how pretty it is:
This is a great book for anyone interested in the mystical, 15t..."
I enjoyed your review. The book sounds intriguing. I've put it on my to read list. Thanks.
Tamara wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "I've just finished Laurus by Evgenij Vodolazkin. Look how pretty it is:This is a great book for anyone interested in ..."
I'm so glad, Tamara. I think you will enjoy this one.
My reviews of No Place I'd Rather Be by Cathy Lamb2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Clock Dancehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Diane, you were wondering what I would think of Breath, Eyes, Memory--look at message 2016.
Huh, so you gave Anne Tyler's latest book 3,5 stars........ Remember how the previous one was to be the last?!
Seventy years old next year. Scary how well George Orwell forecast in 1949 what might occur in 1984, some of which we deal with in 2018. Can't find any reference to Fake News, but the whole premise is based on continually rewriting history. This was a re-read for me, so I re-reviewed it.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
by Sandhya Menon-- 4 StarsThis book was exactly what I needed-- now I want iced coffee! ;)
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stunning and wintry. The Snow Child was a debut by Eowyn Ivey and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. No wonder!
5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Clock Dancehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Diane, you were wondering what I would think of Breath, Eyes, Memory--look at m..."
Bummer Chrissie, I have liked some of Danticut so but not all. Will skip this one, thanks.
I do remember it was supposed to be Tyler's last. Guess she wasn't quite ready to stop or she needed more money. Decent book though, not terribly exciting but then again everything doesn't have to be.
Finished The Real Michael Swann
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Stunning and wintry. The Snow Child was a debut by Eowyn Ivey and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. No wonder! 5★ https://www..."Like you, I thought it was a stunning novel. i didn't know it was a finalist for the Pulitzer.
Finished The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read two very different books:Memory by Margaret Mahy, review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437971448
The Exile Waiting by Vonda McIntyre, review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2437987231.
I just finished reading Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien and I really enjoyed it.This novel shows the affects of Mao's regime through 2 families. Interwoven throughout is music and it's nuances.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt3 and a half stars
and
The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Look what I finally got around to. Jeez.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Better late than never?!
I thought I was going to listen to Meditations for a couple of days. I failed to realize I was almost at its end. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. It is about South Africa in the 1980s as apartheid begins to crumble. In order to survive, a white family has to escape to the village of their servant of 15 years. Gordimer explores the shift in the balance of power between the Smales family, and their servant, July. It is a short book, but it packs a heavy punch.(Thanks to Raul for bringing it to my attention.)
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished a couple of excellent books at the end of the month:
The Plot Against America: A Novel Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Educated: A Memoir Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tamara wrote: "I just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. It is about South Africa in the 1980s as apartheid begins to crumble. In order to survive, a white family has to escap..."Raul and I discussed Gordimer's book too. I gave it three, you four stars--I am very stingy with my stars! I liked the book so that is why I gave it three. The writing, the language, I found rather ordinary. Still, definitely a book worth reading for its subject matter.
The Ballad of Huck and Miguel is a brave updating by Tim DeRoche of Mark Twain's American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Easy reading, powerful linocut illustrations.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
by A.J. Finn-- 5 Stars.I couldn't put this one down!
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Lawrence Osborne:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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This has been on my to-read list for quite a while Tamara!
Greg wrote: "Tamara wrote: "I just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. It is about South Africa in the 1980s as apartheid begins to crumble. In order to survive, a white fami..."I enjoyed July's People. I want to read Gordimer's The Pickup. I've heard that might be an even better book.
Read a short story collection - Mango Shake edited by Debjani Chatterjee and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2439123382.Then did a retrospective review of volume 1 of a Louise Cooper YA trilogy, as I've just read volume 2 - Daughter Of Storms and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441623871.
Read volume 2 of the Louise Cooper YA trilogy - The Dark Caller and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441623301.
I have finished Catalina: A Romance by W. Somerset MaughamMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading
A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni after finishing a lovely read
When Archie Met Rosie: An Unexpected Love Story by Lynda Renham. If you are no romance fan, don't let that put you off. This is an amusing slice of life of a sixty something woman who has a turn of fortune that just may not be as wonderful as she first thought. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compelling true-crime. If it weren't so well-documented, it would be hard to believe.Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann reads like a novel with an outrageous plot that will outrage YOU!
5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished this intense and disturbing thriller - not for the faint of heart for sure.
. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read volume 3 of the Louise Cooper YA trilogy - Keepers Of Light and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441657359.
I finished Three Things About Elsie. 3.5 stars rounded up. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Jeanette WintersonA beautiful start to the Vintage Minis series. 5 stars...
My review:www.go..."
Sounds great Amalia! - I've quite liked some of her other books, but I haven't read this one.
A second look with the benefit of hindsight. Talented Aussie author Aoife Clifford has written her second book Second Sight. Lots of seconds there, but it's a first-rate read!
4.5★ Link to my review
Finished Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau. It's an unusual book about a slave escaping from a plantation in Martinique. He is chased into the rain forest by his master and a vicious dog. The rain forest assumes mythic proportions with strange happenings and hallucinations. The novel is more akin to lyric poetry than a straightforward narrative. I thought it was very well done and gave it 4 stars.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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This is a great book for anyone interested in the mystical, 15th century history, and quest stories. There was a little about Russia, but not as much as I expected. It is really different!
Four stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...