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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
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Two Nights by Kathy Reichs.Excellent audio version. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
English author C.J. Sansom, who wrote Dissolution, is a new favourite. This is mysterious historical fiction at its best. Love it!
5★ Link to my review
I can recommend Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finally read 84, Charing Cross Road. 5 stars for this lovely little book that sat on my nightstand for far too long . I read it in one sitting. My very brief review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read The Grey Horse by R A McAvoy and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1649453442.Also read The Changeover by Margaret Mahy and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2186487449.
Have just finished
Millard Salter's Last Day by one of my very favorite authors, Jacob M. Appel. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., or
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Diane!
My latest read, audio Other People's Secrets by Louise Candlish
. My revew: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...It was a nice one.
I've finished The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe by Joseph E. Stiglitz.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading The Girl Who Slept with God. It was a GR Giveaway.The story started strong, interesting & mysterious. But it got stranger and stranger. It's a light read. Very YA and with Jr. High conversations & situations.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading
The Lullaby Girl by Loreth Anne White. A good solid ☆☆☆☆ read. My review https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...Or https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Greg wrote: "Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished What Unites Ushttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review Diane!"
Thanks, Greg.
Children Of The Furnace - 3*Dystopia from a new author.
My review (which is sadly not funny or mean):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed Longbourn. As always,the author writes beautiful prose, but this time I found the story lacking. I have preferred her other books more.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill, the fifth in a series I love. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my review of The Girl in Room Fourteen by Carol Drinkwater:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Escape and Reverse by Chelsey Johnson. My 2017 reading goal of 20 books has now been reached. Yeh!
Finished
Dying Day: Absolutely gripping serial killer fiction by Stephen Edger, last night. My review https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...Or https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nichole wrote: "I just finished Escape and Reverse by Chelsey Johnson. My 2017 reading goal of 20 books has now been reached. Yeh!"
Congratulations Nichole!
Beautiful Yellowstone back country is full of dangers in this pack trip mystery, Back Of Beyond by C.J. Box.
3.5 to 4★ Link to my review
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I finished another GR Giveaway win. This was a very interesting book. I enjoyed what the author had to say and how he said it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
So do you ever read holocaust stories? If you do, you have to read In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. It is really well told. If you don't usually, give this one a try. I think you will be impressed. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "So do you ever read holocaust stories? If you do, you have to read In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. It is really well told. If you don't usually, give this one a try. I t..."Looks interesting Chrissie.
I am pleased to report that I have successfully completed my Proust challenge for this group. I've finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. 4 Stars.
Pink wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "So do you ever read holocaust stories? If you do, you have to read In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. It is really well told. If you don't usually, give th..."I remember once your telling me you didn't like holocaust books and another time you did, so I am a bit confused. In any case I think it is worth your time. It is short and too the point and what she lived through is an eye-opener. The author she got to tell her story did a very good job. I like the lack of melodrama in the telling.
Tom wrote: "I am pleased to report that I have successfully completed my Proust challenge for this group. I've finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. 4 Stars."Wow! congrats!
Chrissie wrote: "So do you ever read holocaust stories? If you do, you have to read In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. It is really well told. If you don't usually, give this one a try. I t..."I already have that marked to read. It looks very interesting.
Esther, the problem is that we all have so many books on our lists that we cannot choose which to read. (My problem being only that I must stick to audiobooks.) I say read it SOON.
Chrissie, I do like holocaust books, but haven't read any for a while as I felt a bit overloaded with them. There's plenty I'd still like to read though. Tom, well done for completing Proust. I'm going to give him another try in the new year.
Pink wrote: "Chrissie, I do like holocaust books, but haven't read any for a while as I felt a bit overloaded with them. There's plenty I'd still like to read though. "At present WWI and the Holocaust just seem to be a literary band-wagon that everyone is trying to jump on.
There are some stars but also there is also a lot of mediocrity out there.
For me books like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Book Thief were incredibly moving.
But I found Sarah's Key almost offensive in that it seemed after finding an intriguing morsel of forgotten history she lost steam doing her research and turned the story into a romance.
There is also another phenomenon I have noticed that Jewish writers feel the need to 'find themselves' by writing about the Holocaust. Some do it very well but I recently read Anna and the Swallow Man which was obviously written by a debut writer who had a good idea but got lost on the path of bringing it to fruition.
Pink wrote: "Chrissie, I do like holocaust books, but haven't read any for a while as I felt a bit overloaded with them. There's plenty I'd still like to read though. Tom, well done for completing Proust. I'm..."
I do know what you mean about holocaust overload.
Tom wrote: "I am pleased to report that I have successfully completed my Proust challenge for this group. I've finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. 4 Stars."High five, Tom!! Congratulations on a great read!
I've really enjoyed our discussions of this work here on AAB.
Great accomplishment!
I hope to be posting a finish very soon, too.
Petra wrote: "Tom wrote: "I am pleased to report that I have successfully completed my Proust challenge for this group. I've finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. 4 Stars..."To be honest, it was the discussion (and the fact that others were persevering through it too) that kept me going.
Awesome ,Tom! Quite an accomplishment, from one who sheepishly admits to not finishing book one.Finished Deadly Cure
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
As soon as I found out I had won the very latest Flavia de Luce book in a Giveaway, I got Book 8 out of the library to catch up with the series, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd. What an ending!! Now, when my Giveaway book arrives, I'll be ready to start right away.
My review of Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tom wrote: "I am pleased to report that I have successfully completed my Proust challenge for this group. I've finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. 4 Stars."YOU deserve a big bright medal, what an accomplishment. I struggled through the first and then gave up.
What could it have been, maybe a decade ago? I was in Paris and asked a Parisian in a second-hand book store whether Proust REALLY was loved by all. Oh yes, was the answer. he tried to get me to buy the whole lovely set in French. I returned to my senses and thought I better read the first one before buying a fancy set of all.
In one word, tedious, is my description even if I do recognize Proust had a unique style.
How do you feel now? Simply relieved? Are you happy you read ALL? I am curious to know where you stand now in relation to Proust.
My review for Not Forgetting the Whale
by John IronmongerThis was an unexpected treat!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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