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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Finished yesterday my SWAP suggestion Still Alice by Lisa Genova.
I've liked it quite a lot for how it describes a nightmare each of us is terrified about, but with no morbid notes.
Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've liked it quite a lot for how it describes a nightmare each of us is terrified about, but with no morbid notes.
Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished P T Barnum's autobiography recently, The Life of P.T. Barnum and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2760789909.
I read The Last Year of the War
. 2.5 stars rounded up to 3. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons.With its unorthodox structure, it compellingly depicts a young woman's devastating sense of loss at the death of her mother. I thought it was excellent.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just got through I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, the book that had been on my to read list the longest. At just under 900 pages, took me a while to finish it. 4 stars. Here’s my review.
Finally, as the month approaches its end, I have a five star book: Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Hilary Mantel's
Bring Up the Bodies. Compared to Wolf Hall, this appears to be a more balanced study of Thomas Cromwell's character. 4 stars.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read and enjoyed The Ugly Stepsister
, a Cinderella retelling.My 3⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
My March reads were:The Orphan's Tale, Pam Jenoff
Before I Met You, Lisa Jewell
Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Patti Callahan
The Wife, Meg Wolitzer
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
My review of The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War by Andrew Delbanco:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished right now Il tunnel by A.B. Yehoshua - strange to say it doesn't seem to be an English translation!
Liked it a lot; in these latest days I've read some books from writers of Israel, and even if I still think that Israel is not behaving rightly towards the palestinians - with all their faults! - I'm getting more and more curious about their life, country, habits. I hope I'll be able of going there soon...
Liked it a lot; in these latest days I've read some books from writers of Israel, and even if I still think that Israel is not behaving rightly towards the palestinians - with all their faults! - I'm getting more and more curious about their life, country, habits. I hope I'll be able of going there soon...
LauraT wrote: "Finished right now Il tunnel by A.B. Yehoshua - strange to say it doesn't seem to be an English translation!Liked it a lot; in these latest days I've read some boo..."
If you come to visit maybe we can meet up.
And if you want a more balanced account of what is going on here that you can get in the European news try reading The Jerusalem Post or Ynet.
It is amazing but I find Al-Jazeera is often less anti-Israel than AP and the BBC!
Read Clark Ashton Smith's collection Lost Worlds: Volume 1: Zothique, Averoigne and Others and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2764449018and
book 1 of Midori Snyder's Oran trilogy New Moon - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2769771728.
My review of The True Story of Maddie Bright by Mary-Rose MacColl
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Odd Child Outby Gilly Macmillan
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished ViciousI gave this book 4 STARS
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnès Martin-Lugand
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Yesterday I completed:The Known World by Edward P. Jones.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Esther wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Finished right now Il tunnel by A.B. Yehoshua - strange to say it doesn't seem to be an English translation!
Liked it a lot; in these latest days I'v..."
I will come, sooner or later!!!!
Liked it a lot; in these latest days I'v..."
I will come, sooner or later!!!!
But in the meantime if you happen to come to Italy let me know!!! I'm always glad to go around with people from other countries showing my place and its beauties!!!!
LauraT wrote: "But in the meantime if you happen to come to Italy let me know!!! I'm always glad to go around with people from other countries showing my place and its beauties!!!!"In May my daughter is planning a trip including Roma, Naples and Bari .
I don't think we will make it back this year but every time we feel the need to 'escape' work we dream about trips to Italy.
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie.Disappointing and not nearly as good as her Home Fire.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished the audio ofPromise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
. 5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer and Omg it was amazing. True Holocaust story. Everyone should read it!!
Esther wrote: "LauraT wrote: "But in the meantime if you happen to come to Italy let me know!!! I'm always glad to go around with people from other countries showing my place and its beauties!!!!"
In May my daug..."
Tell your daughter to come to Perugia then. From Rome is a couple of hours by trein. It is not a very famous city but I assure you it's worth a visit. If she manages, write me and we'll meet somewhere!
In May my daug..."
Tell your daughter to come to Perugia then. From Rome is a couple of hours by trein. It is not a very famous city but I assure you it's worth a visit. If she manages, write me and we'll meet somewhere!
LauraT wrote: "Esther wrote: "LauraT wrote: "But in the meantime if you happen to come to Italy let me know!!! I'm always glad to go around with people from other countries showing my place and its beauties!!!!"..."
I will tell her! Thanks.
My review of Gravity Is the Thing: A Novel by Jaclyn Moriarty
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo is terrific! Millions of readers and the Pulitzer Prize people weren’t wrong. Unforgettable characters and a great read!
5+★ Link to my review
Finished reading A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorMy very short review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read book 2 in Lian Hearn's Otori trilogy - Grass for His Pillow - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1404848121.
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