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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
I ended 2018 with two excellent, beautiful books that I'd like to recommend.The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
and
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
2019 will have a lot to live up to!
We know there is A Rule Against Murder, but one takes place anyway in Louise Penny's picturesque Quebec. I am not alone in loving Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Penny's delicious, atmospheric writing. (aka The Murder Stone)
4.5★ Link to my review
I have completed my first book for the year--Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945. It is a tough read. I particularly liked its global aspect.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kathleen wrote: "I ended 2018 with two excellent, beautiful books that I'd like to recommend.The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
What a coincidence! I enjoyed both books. I read The Member of the Wedding in April and posted my 5- star review.
I finished Moon Tiger yesterday and will post my review later today.
Tamara wrote: "What a coincidence! I enjoyed both books. I read The Member of the Wedding in April and posted my 5- star review. I finished Moon Tiger yesterday and will post my review later today. "
Yes! I enjoyed your Member of the Wedding review, and look forward to your thoughts about Moon Tiger, Tamara.
I just finished 'Good bye, June' by Sarah Jio :)
Mine was my mum tracey beaker by. Jacqueline wilson
I finished Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively. The new year is off to a good start.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For my first book of the year I chose Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them
and after having finished it already I can say that I chose well!My 5⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show
Catch up of last few books of 2018 - read Keith Badman's Marilyn Monroe: The Final Years - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2639561849 andThe One-Armed Queen by Jane Yolen - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2628671752.
Finished Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiecehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of In Search of Us by Maria Duffy
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Tombland by C.J. Sansom
Perfect. Brilliant . Amazing.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiecehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Thanks for the review, Diane. I do still want to read it, for that which it says about art.
My first read of the year was a poetry book that I loved. Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne RichMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have been intensively listening to Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.I thought it was really good!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Diane, I definitely recommend it.
Chrissie wrote: "I have been intensively listening to Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.I thought it was really good!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Definitely going to read it Chrissie as I bought a collection of his books. Hope you are feeling better. I'm starting out the year back n steroids, so I can relate.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been intensively listening to Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.I thought it was really good!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/s..."
((((((((((((((Diane)))))))))))))))))) You are a GOOD friend, Diane. So very nice you are out there. While I am glad the steroids exist, its bad to hear that you are on then again!
Diane , sorry to hear you're back on steroids. Hopefully they kick in soon and you'll be feeling much better. Sending a hug and my best wishes. :)
I very much enjoyed The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thanks, Chrissie and Tracey. Hugs back!!
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been intensively listening to Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.I thought it was really good!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/s..."
Hope you are feeling better soon Diane.
Both Christmas and post-WWI France feature in Aussie author Jackie French’s novella With Love from Miss Lily: A Christmas Story. Not so much sugar and spice - more like Spanish Flu and a surprising bit of intrigue!
3.5>4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I became very fond of “reincarnated” Virgil Wander and the varied characters in Leif Enger’s excellent new novel.
4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wrapping up 2018, here are the books I scrambled to finish at the end of the year:
Dread Nation by Justina IrelandReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Interpretation of the New Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism by John Granger Cook Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A few days ago I finished The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. 5 stars. I thought it was brilliant. Here’s my review
My review of The Summer of New Beginnings by Bette Lee Crosby
my first five star read for 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Elizabethan history and mystery is such good, page-turning fun in A Famine of Horses, the first in a series by P.F. Chisholm. Looking forward to some more buckling of swashes!
5★ Link to my review of A Famine of HorsesThen to contemporary Queensland and a prize-winning debut novel The Yellow House by talented young Aussie author Emily O'Grady. She's one to watch.
3.5★ Link to my review of The Yellow House
I have completed Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I think people should be told about this book and this author. I totally loved it. Absolutley everything about it!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
To top it all off, Mark Bramhall gives a superb narration of the audiobook.
I read The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken. I gave it 2 stars. Disappointing.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The first one The Red Collar: A Novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, the story of a strange soldier after his retourne from WWI, havong to cope with the relationship between idials and real life. Very short, extreamly well written
The second Joyland by Stephen King. A mystery always hinting to inner sins rather than external bad behaviour.
I've just finished Circe which I enjoyedhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm now reading Shadow of The Fox
I just finished reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. I did not enjoy this book. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews of Murder on Sisters' Row by Victoria Thompson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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a good fun start to the year
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