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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
I finished The Flight from the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch last night. My first Murdoch.Murdoch's books are packed with too much stuff (symbols, fairy tale elements, etc...). That is why it was so hard for me to review this book. It was an easy read, though. I liked it. Here is my tiny review:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Other readers may enjoy this more than I did.3★ for A Lesson in Violence aka She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished a great book about the refugee problem in Germany, Go, Went, Gone. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a fairly contemporary mystery (set in 1990) which was quite good - the first in a series set in Shanghai China written by a Chinese author now living in the U.S. The first book is Death of a Red Heroine. 4*
Nichole wrote: "I finished Tholehe Flight from the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch last night. My first Murdoch.Murdoch's books are packed with too much stuff (symbols, fairy tale elements, e..."
Nichole, your link is to the book instead of the review.
Sorry. Here is the link to my review of The Flight from the Enchanter:www.goodreads.com/review/show/2114918615
If you have not read Amos Oz, you should. My Michael is my second favorite by the author.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My very short review of The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3,5 stars because I liked it, but in the middle it was a bit too dragging and slow for me.
Speaking, of Amos Oz, Chrissie, I liked your review of A Tale of Love and Darkness. I added it to my to-read list along with Jews and Words. Anybody confused by the slight difference between my review of The Flight from the Enchanter by Murdoch and my comment above? I understand. It was a good story, and I like a good story. That is why I gave it 3 stars and said I "liked it." I did not give it a higher rating because, honestly, it was not that engaging. I will try another Murdoch book in the near future. I have a weird love for "intellectual novels," and I have not given up on her.
Finished My Absolute Darling. Still digesting - this one was a tough one to read and to rate.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nichole wrote: "Speaking, of Amos Oz, Chrissie, I liked your review of A Tale of Love and Darkness. I added it to my to-read list along with Jews and Words. Anybody confused by the s..."
I have not read Oz's non-fiction. That one you added about words looks very interesting. I love how Jews discuss and talk about everything and clearly the book will delve into this.
Thank you for telling me you liked my review of A Tale of Love and Darkness. I read the book quite long ago.
Just finished a 💓☆☆☆☆☆💞 read
Broken Bones by Angela Marsons my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., or
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I finished By Light of Hidden Candles. 3 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I really liked Leonardo da Vinci. In the audiobook format, it is great. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Walter Isaacson is a very good author, a good solid bet.
I finished listening to Sir Gawain and the Green Knoight, translation by Armitage and narrated by Bill Wallis after seeing someone here recommend it. It was a four star for me.
I just finished reading Epic of Russian Literature Gb127 by Marc Slonim. Intense and rewarding! My review below:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An inexcusably shameful time in colonial Australia. Murder at Myall Creek by Mark Tedeschi AM QC pulls no punches, nor have I.
5★ Link to my review
I finished A Horse Walks into a Bar last night. It was a relentless test of endurance and yet I ended up giving it 4 stars.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Your link doesn't go to your review, Esther.
Esther, I could not read your review.I do not know how many times I have moved this back and forth between my wishlist and to-read list. The more I study it, the more I think it has important things to say, not at all to be read for humor. It is back on my wishlist again.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Your link doesn't go to your review, Esther."Thanks. Somehow I managed to add the link to the editing page not the actual review.
My review of The Great Walk of China: Travels on Foot from Shanghai to Tibet - 5 stars - a humbling and inspirational read:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie author Irene Sauman's prequel novella, Saddled with Death is still available free on Amazon, and it includes the beginning of the first book in the Emma Berry Murray River Mystery series, A Gem of a Problem.
3★ Link to my review
I finished Hap and Hazard and the End of the World. 3.5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I very much like the writing of Theodore Dreiser, not all but at least in two of his books. Here follows my review of Jennie Gerhardt:My review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished listening to The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel. I didn't find the story that interesting in the end. Not much happened, I found, and some aspects of Christopher's lifestyle were unsettling. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My favourite book of recent times is the stunning debut Freshwater by Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi, Fascinating, poetic, raw - demons and spirits. Publication in February 2018, but it's still available on NetGalley for any reviewers here.
5★ Link to my review
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Just bought this on Joan's recommendation - good to hear Chinook! :)
My review of To Die for
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I really am intrigued by Joyce Maynard, in a good way!
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