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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
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Aug 11, 2018 06:05AM
I read The Masterpiece. 3.5 stars . My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I stuck in a short story by Eudora Welty--A Worn Path.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have put a free online link to the short story in my review. Having it there in my review is handy and others may want to read it too.
I finished a real fun story yesterday: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.. It's a real world-fantasy type of story.... a world-building event. It was funny and interesting throughout. I listened to the audio, which was really well done.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently enjoyed Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom. Everyone’s farourite hunchbacked lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, works reluctantly for evil Thomas Cromwell and survives (only just) to live another day in Henry VIII’s Tudor England. Great book but scary times.
4.5★ : My review
Finished
by Lily Brooks-DaltonGorgeous writing about two settings that one can only dream about...
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays by Christa Wolf. The novel is in the first-person point of view. The book includes four essays in which Wolf describes her trek through some of the ancient sites in Greece while her vision of Cassandra begins to take shape. I thought it was very interesting.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished the audio of God's of Gilt by Connely. Good story.I'm reading The Changeling by Lavalle. I understand what the author is trying to do but it's taken 124 pages before things happen
I was starting to get borrd. Now I'm tetrified.
Read a fantasy series by R A MacAvoy which I really enjoyed:Lens of the World - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2478479405.
King of the Dead - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1649453745
Winter of the Wolf - known in the USA as Belly of the Wolf - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1649453745.
Then started reading some Mercedes Lackey -
By the Sword - reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1423356426.
and an earlier book set in the same country/set up with two of the characters in their much younger days - The Oathbound - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2489520199
A few days ago I picked up an old book I had at home, not knowing if I had already read it in the past or not. I had nothing new to read, so decided to look among my old books.I've found a book that was really good. Sadly there isn't an English translation. Despite the French title, the book is in Italian: Je vous écris d'un pays lointain by Anna Banti. She is surely more famous for one of her other books, Artemisia.
Only Italian review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Done reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyIt was a frustrating read but one I enjoyed more than I thought I would.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Gatsby Affair: Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal That Shaped an American Classic. 3.5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
About to start
After Nightfall by A.J. Banner after finishing
Sins of the Fathers: A Family Mystery Set in Scotland and England by Anthea Fraser 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/...
I have completed The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
She writes a good story, does Aussie author Liane Moriarty. I just enjoyed The Husband's Secret.
4.5★ My review
I finally decided to dump Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty. My review explains why:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Welty is not an author for me. Her writing just doe s not work for me.
I have completed The Victim by Saul Bellow. Every book I read by Bellow I like more than the last.M y review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah and it was wonderful!I wrote a short review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I agree, Diane! Both Wendy and the book are inspirational.
There be dragons in the sunset!! Naomi Howarth's beautiful new The Night Dragon explains nightfall.
5★ My review (with some illustrations)
Finished The Fighter. Another refreshingly, harsh gritty read. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed Big Blonde, a short story by Dorothy Parker. A link to the story is in my review.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Robert Low's The White Raven, his third book in the Oathsworn series about a band of Vikings. It's very well done and totally immerses the reader in the possible sights, sounds, and smells of the era. I recommend it for folks who like historical fiction.My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Faith , this link goes to the book page not your review.
Angela M wrote: "Faith , this link goes to the book page not your review."Thanks Angela. I fixed it.
Wasn't a huge fan of this Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Helen Rappaport writes good books. I have given The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family four stars.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Angela M wrote: "I finished There There. 5 stars . My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I read that last month. Like you, I thought it was fantastic.
Read the second in the Vows and Honor series by Mercedes Lackey Oathbreakers - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2489520299.
I finished reading The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story by Patricia Posner. A difficult book to read at times. It's a combination of witness statements, Big Business in war and the attempt of justice after the war.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished Edith Wharton's Bunner Sisters and liked it a lot. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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