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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Karin wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I have finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I gave this 3* but that came from my indecision between 2* and 4*. It is, I suspect, somewhat of a 'marmite' book -- you ei..."I can understand that!
dely wrote: "Yesterday I've read a very short book during a train trip. Though very short, it was very thought provoking and it's a book I would recommend to everyone, not only those that are into religion..."That is on the Guardian's list of 1000 novels that I am working on so it's good to hear your opinion (1000 being too many to actually read!). I have been intrigued by the other books by Gide I have read.
I finished The Death of the Heart, which was beautifully written but not my kind of book. 3*Also I finished The Beautiful and Damned in audiobook, which I liked more than I had anticipated - 4*
Over the past couple of weeks, I had a little minor medical procedure, which led to some quality book-on-couch time. Here are the novels I finished, and in the next post, I’ll put the nonfiction I read during that time:
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie5-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams3-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage5-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And as promised, here are the nonfiction books I read over the past two weeks:
Paul: An Apostle's Journey by Douglas Campbell 4-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives by Phyllis Trible 5-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My two reviews now upSee You In September by Charity Norman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Mistletoe Matchmaker by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Leslie wrote: "That is on the Guardian's list of 1000 novels that I am working on so it's good to hear your opinion (1000 being too many to actually read!). I have been intrigued by the other books by Gide I have read. "It's the first book I've read by this author and I liked it. I found the book on a stand with used books; I liked the title and I was sure to have read somewhere positive opinions about this author, but I think that I confused his name with that of another French author.
Which books have you read by him? Which would you recommend?
Mod
Probably one of the best was The Fountain Overflows, even if I've found it a bit ... too much
Read the third in Robin Hobb's Soldier's Son trilogy, Renegade's Magic, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405972939.
dely wrote: "Leslie wrote: "That is on the Guardian's list of 1000 novels that I am working on so it's good to hear your opinion (1000 being too many to actually read!). I have been intrigued by the other books..."I have read The Immoralist and Strait is the Gate. They both gave me a lot to think about but I liked Strait is the Gate better so I would recommend that one.
Finished this one this morning folding laundry The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Leslie wrote: "dely wrote: "Leslie wrote: "That is on the Guardian's list of 1000 novels that I am working on so it's good to hear your opinion (1000 being too many to actually read!). I have been intrigued by th..."Thanks! I've added Strait is the Gate in my wishlist.
Mod
When in University I was studying English and German Literature. But my fellows students studying French one year had a course on Gide, and they had to read The Immoralist, La symphonie pastorale and La Porte étroite. I've so many of them talking about them that I can't think of reading them myself!!!!
I read the first of a thriller series, Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz. Evan Smoak is the Nowhere Man, the one you need to find when you can’t get help anywhere.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Done reading The Vegetarian by Han Kang which was a fascinating but bizarre readMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read a cosy crime by Simon Brett, but wasn't keen - Bones Under the Beach Hut - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2525692907.
My review of Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Publication day in Australia. My review of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton now uphttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Some historical 'faction' in R.J. Gadney's fictionalised biography, Albert Einstein Speaking. He was a real character and a trial to his teachers (and lovers).
3.5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed another by Paul Theroux. This time The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas. I definitely recommend it.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I must say my review got a bit long, I just couldn't stop telling you more and more about it. That is because I enjoyed it so much.
Loved The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger, probably the best holocaust survivor book I have read. 5 stars. Here’s my review
Read Foundation book 1 of Mercedes Lackey's Collegium series and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2527138898
I just finished Fractured by Karin Slaughter yesterday. I haven't written my review yet.I really enjoyed it and am loving Will Trent even more than before.
Phrynne wrote: "My review of A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Have pre-ordered a copy, Dale. Won't read your review until then.
I think you clicked the wrong reply button Bette! You are actually talking about The Clockmaker's Daughter and I know this because I know you love Kate Morton's books:)
My reviews of Let Me Lie by Clare Macintosh
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Helen Cullen
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bette, is your reading slump on the mend?
My review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Not Our Kind. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "Bette, is your reading slump on the mend?"No, but I plan to kickstart it with The Clockmakers Daughter.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Bette, is your reading slump on the mend?"No, but I plan to kickstart it with The Clockmakers Daughter."
You should enjoy it Bette.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Bette, is your reading slump on the mend?"No, but I plan to kickstart it with The Clockmakers Daughter."
Good luck! I keep wondering if you are out of the slump.
Bette, good luck . Hope this one does it !
I have completed The Mosquito Coast by Paul TherouxMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Last to Know by Elizabeth AdlerIt is not one I would recommend for reasons explained in the review., though others may have different ideas.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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