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Jul 26, 2019 03:14AM
has anyone read a good horror story lately? I've been looking for a good page turner.
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My review of A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just caught up with a big pile of book reviews:Ian Rankin's Tooth and Nail - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2898128107.
Another Rankin Rebus novel - Dead Souls - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913019901
Third Rebus novel - A Question of Blood - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913048350.
Neil Spring's The Lost Village - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913063374
And four from Jodi Taylor's time travel series - first book 1 - Just One Damned Thing After Another - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913098729
book 2 - A Symphony of Echoes - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913129437
book 3 - A Second Chance - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913163772
and finally book 7 - Lies, Damned Lies, and History - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913232735
Karin wrote: "Hannah wrote: "I've finished Severance by Ling Ma.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
4.5 stars! I have this home from the library so didn't read ..."
I hope you like it too! It's such a unique book and simultaneously reminded me of books I've read before and nothing I've read before.
Finished
. The writing, awesome. The content, well, it left me uncomfortable for parts of it.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Winter by Ali Smith, the second book in her seasonal quartet.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished New Boy a few dats ago. There are many reasons for liking a book. I enjoyed this one because it's part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series and I'm interested in how the series reflect the original plays. I'll be reading Othello soon, which is the play this book is fashioned against.
That said, this story has a number of flaws, I found, and I don't know that I recommend it unless one is interested in the series.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was surprised to find that Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is not his usual reassuring self in Louise Penny's sixth in the series, Bury Your Dead. History, mystery, and haunting flashbacks in Old Quebec make for a good read.
4★ Link to my review
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Read a couple of non fiction for a change - Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Joshua Levine - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2913467762
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People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil by M. Scott Peck - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2917670343.
"Cherry" Ingram was a somewhat eccentric Englishman who became one of the world's experts on flowering cherry blossom trees. I gave 'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms by Naoko Abe 3.5 stars rounded up to 4, mainly because I thought it had a great overview of Japanese culture and history. Here’s my review
Read book 7 of the Indigo series by Louise Cooper - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2784951361.
Finished
The Iron King by Maurice Druon. This is the first book in "The Accursed Kings" series which inspired George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones. An enjoyable read. 3.7 stars.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Done reading A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Minutes of Glory by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. A compelling collection of short stories addressing the topics of colonialism, classism, and corruption in Kenya. Woven throughout are threads of magic, superstition, and folklore.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Messy, Wonderful Us by Catherine Isaac
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just enjoyed a re-read of an old favourite, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It's been adapted as a play and a film more than once, and it's as powerful now as ever. People haven't changed.
5★ Link to my review with a couple of illustrations
Another re-read was John Steinbeck's wonderful, funny, poignant Cannery Row. There were some real characters in Monterey, California in the 1930s!
5★ Link to my review
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Great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LauraT wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I just enjoyed a re-read of an old favourite, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It's been adapted as a play and a film more than once, and it's as ...Great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sure is, Laura!
I finished Lock Every DoorIn one sitting. Solid 5 stars for me.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Lost Daughter
and I cannot even begin to explain how much I loved it!My 5⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
David Vann’s Caribou Island, Alaska is not the stuff of glossy tourist brochures.
4.5★ a Link to my review of Caribou Island
Read Daphne Du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2920392442 and The Fresco by Sheri Tepper - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1381976366
I finished reading VerityIts amazing - 5 stars I gave it.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming. An engaging and well-researched history book. 4 stars.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Am just starting
The Perfect Wife byJ.P. Delaney after finishing the diabolically brilliant
Never Have I Ever byJoshilyn Jackson which is my new benchmark for judging other books. You can find my spoiler free review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
My review of The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher. I liked the poignancy. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Colson Whitehead’s new historical fiction is only barely fiction, and it is infuriating! Even the worst of The Nickel Boys deserved better than the slavery that passed for a reform school.
4.5★ Link to my review of The Nickel Boys
My review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
a 5 star gem
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani. It focuses on the fate of a young girl passionate about making rugs. The setting is 17th century Persia. The details bring the sights and sounds and smells of the city to life. The description of rug-making was fascinating. And in true Middle Eastern fashion, there are folk tales within the tale. It reminded me of some of the writing of Elif Shafak. I think if you enjoy her writing, you will probably enjoy this.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now I get what all the fuss was about! Just read Gillian Flynn's bestselling Gone Girl. Twisty story with twisted people. Not perfect, but very entertaining.
4.5★ Link to my review of Gone Girl
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