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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
These are my two reviews up now The Hideaway by Sheila O'Flanagan
2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
You Were Gone by Tim Weaver
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Pulitzer prize-winner you don't have to be a literary genius to enjoy! Less by Andrew Sean Greer is a delight!
5★ Link to my review
A very interesting look into the life of a court reporter Court Reporter: a tough and fearless memoir of the cases that have shocked, moved and never left us. written and narrated by Jamelle Wells
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I confirm my first impression: a real masterpiece! To be Red absolutely
I have completed The Face of War by Martha Gellhorn, the famed war correspondent and third wife of Ernest Hemingway. I think everyone should read this book.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed the very short but also very good False Dawn by Edith Wharton. My short review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read and reviewed Summer at the Lake by Erica James
an enjoyable read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I wanna recommend The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen! It was a great book❤
Finished reading Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena FerranteMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I do not recommend A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts. It is a book that has recently come out. I dumped this after 6 excruciating chapters. I explain why in my very short review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi.A very unusual book that explores multiple personalities within the same traumatized individual and blends it with Igbo folklore.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished American Legends: The Life of Harriet Tubman. It is very short. My very short review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I wish I had read Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero instead. This I will read soon.
Finished
by Anne Bogel If you have any interest in personality assessments, this is for you!
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two novels I finished this month, plus a doorstop of a biography I've been reading off and on since May and finally wrapped up. All of them a little disappointing, though. :-/
The Color of Magic ★★★☆☆ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Last Time I Lied ★★☆☆☆ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion ★★☆☆☆ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's one well worth trying: Austerlitz, by W.G. Sebald. It's a holocaust story told in very unusual fictional prose that can be difficult but also haunting and mesmerizing. A unique one for sure. I gave it 4 stars and a promise to re-read.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My small review of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Paul wrote: "...Texts of Terror Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives by Phyllis Trible Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives by Phyllis Trible Paul,
Just a quick note to say thank you for mentioning Phyllis Trible's book. I love her work but wasn't aware of this book. I just finished reading it. Brilliant analysis and scholarship.
I recommend it to anyone interested in the portrayal of women in religious texts.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of
Blind by Cath Weeks4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
Letters to Iris by Elizabeth Noble
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finally I've finished The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You! After 4 years! It means that I finished the book, but not my challenge to read all the books listed in my review, those that should "heal" me. I hope someday to read them, but several are out of print or difficult to find.Btw, the book deserves only a 2* rating from my side because it was really too long and after a while it got boring though here and there it's funny.
Only Italian review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
From my last message I've read also other books, but seen that they don't have an English translation, and I hadn't a lot of time, I didn't add them in this discussion.
I have completed Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Do you want a review in one sentence? Just read the last line of my review!
News Flash: My 12+ month reading slump might be over. Yesterday I picked up my sister's copy of The Peacock Summer and started reading! Read just of 200 pages while 'babysitting' the puppy in the backyard in the sunshine.
Bette , I’m so happy to hear that !
I am thrilled, Angela. I aim to finish the book today. It is very light fiction so is easy to read. I doubt there will be a review as at this stage, it's enough for me that I am actually reading. I have about eight new releases sitting on my coffee table waiting to be read.
B the BookAddict wrote: "News Flash: My 12+ month reading slump might be over. Yesterday I picked up my sister's copy of The Peacock Summer and started reading! Read just of 200 pages while 'babysitting' th..."I want your slump to be over! Go for it.
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How wonderful Bette!!
B the BookAddict wrote: "News Flash: My 12+ month reading slump might be over. Yesterday I picked up my sister's copy of The Peacock Summer and started reading! Read just of 200 pages while 'babysitting' th..."I'm so happy to read this!
I read The Travelling Cat Chronicles. 3.5 stars rounded up. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
HALLOWEEN! Click-Clack the Rattlebag is a satisfyingly creepy (and free!) short story by Neil Gaiman. Share with your friends and kids!
5★ My review with link to free story
dely wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "News Flash: My 12+ month reading slump might be over. Yesterday I picked up my sister's copy of The Peacock Summer and started reading! Read just of 200 pag..."Hope the slump is done and dusted Bette.
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[bookcover:Click-Clack the R..."
Thanks for letting us know about the free story Patty! Gaiman is great for Halloween!! :)
Thanks, everyone, for the wishes on my 'post-reading slump'.
I have completed The House of Broken Angels. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I would recommend that you instead read the author's The Devil's Highway: A True Story.
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I Loved the Lace Reader, somehow skipped over book 2 and found this one just a meh...
My Review:
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