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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
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by Michelle McNamaraI'll never think about a shoeprint the same way again...
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I strongly recommend Jo Rooks's lovely new children's book about emotions, A Box of Butterflies, for all families and schools. It includes helpful notes for the adults, too.
5★ Link to my review with lots of pictures
I stuck in a short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. The story, A New England Nun, is available free online in audio and written format. It is also in A New England Nun and Other Stories. I have put a link to it online in my review.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished an old Kindle freebie (2014) mystery/thriller - Elusive. Above average for a freebie; decent writing and plenty of suspense. The plot was not very original (shades of Robert Ludlum and Helen McInnes) but still enjoyable. 3*And I listened to the audiobook of Wodehouse's Big Money which was marvelous fun. 4.5*
This was so sweet Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern
.Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally reviewed this cool book, unfortunately too long after finishing. Hangman by Jack Heath
. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This fiction book by Paul Theroux, The Lower River, I liked a lot; it captivated me. It's much , much better than The Mosquito Coast!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Diane, will read your review when I read/finish the book.
Finished The Enchanted by Roberta Murphy and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1773841929.
Read Surfacing by Margaret AtwoodHere are my thoughts on the book:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Unsheltered. 3.5 stars rebounded up to 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished England, their England - a book I would never have heard of if not for the Guardian's list of 1000 novels. I thought it was very funny & am glad that I decided to buy it when it wasn't available in my library! 4*
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Well, I gave the mystery genre a try. I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I will test Miss Marple later this month.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
was an audio read that I did not gel with.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LauraT wrote: "FInished both Phineas Finn and The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy. The first I've loved - RE-loved! - the second liked; not as much as the film ..."Laura, I thought the same about The King's Speech. The book was interesting but not as good as the movie.
I hardly ever say that.
My review of Parting Words by Cass MoriatyThe book raises some interesting questions
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LauraT wrote: "FInished both Phineas Finn and The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy. The first I've loved - RE-loved! - the second liked; not as much as the film ..."I liked Phineas Finn a lot too. Trollope is a Victorian author I do like. He has tons of books, but they tend to be rather similar.
I finished reading a non-fiction about various wars of recent times, but also that are not well known: Il male inutile: Dal Kosovo a Timor Est, dal Chiapas a Bali, le testimonianze di un reporter di guerra 3,5*It's a collection of reportages written by a war reporter.
My Italian/English review. The English review can be found at the bottom and I added it because the book will soon be translated into English: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I do agree, but I sometimes need to know what I'm going to find ...
LauraT wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "LauraT wrote: "FInished both Phineas Finn and The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy. The first I've loved - RE-loved! - the second ..."You are right; each is not exactly the same.
Finished Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2534211918.
Finished Sashenka by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Entertaining but a bit fluffy. 3.4 stars.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffrey Ford:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is a belated review of Secret of NIMH as my edition has it - a film tie-in - usually known as Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367357351 read around 24 August but which I forgot to review.
I finished two rereads today: The Brandons and The Lady in the Lake.I reread Angela Thirkell's The Brandons by listening to the audiobook from Hoopla, narrated by Nadia May. It was even better that way & I give the audiobook edition 4.5* and highly recommend it to fans of Jane Austen and/or Miss Read. Similar gentle humor & romance.
Chandler's 4th Philip Marlowe remains my least favorite - more violence than I care for. Though the book is much more comprehensible than the film versions!
My review of Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Fordhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I need to look for them then!
LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I reread Angela Thirkell's The Brandons by listening to the audiobook from Hoopla, narrated by Nadia May. It was even better that way & I give the audiobook edition 4.5* and highly r..."Yes, I think that you will really like it!
I have completed The Narrow Corner. The novel starts with the following quote: "Short therefore, is man's life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells." It is taken from Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. Both the book's title and the quote well fit the novel. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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