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What have you just read? Opinions, Recommendations, and Reviews, part 3

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Rosh wrote: "LauraT wrote: "A book with such a review deserves a try!!! I'll give a look around to see if I find it.
Thank you! I hope you do - it is an indie work that deserves a wider audience. :)"
I'll let you know!
Thank you! I hope you do - it is an indie work that deserves a wider audience. :)"
I'll let you know!




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These were all good though:

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I enjoyed your review of R.K. Narayan's anthology. His work is a tad dated now, but still relevant. Glad you enjoyed it. :)


If you like fairy tale romances in a gorgeous setting, this one will work for you.
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Thanks, Rosh! Yes, it felt a little old-fashioned in style, but that gave it a special charm for me, and as you say, the content is still relevant. I look forward to reading more from him!


4 stars
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Fab cover and atmosphere. Nothing else works.
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Waking the Witch by Rachel Burge - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5670543085
The Forgetting by Hannah Beckerman - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5685548416
Three Ships and Three Kings by Georgia Sallaska - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5685002428


4 stars
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2 stars
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I love the series, but this would be just as good as a standalone.



This made me realise that heist stories are better watched than read. A decent debut though.
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Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser

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The Woman in Black - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5689915706
The Various Haunts of Men - re-read - original review and update note - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2683554462
The Risk of Darkness - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5690093775




3 and a half stars
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Finished yesterday The Girl in the Woods by Camilla Läckberg. I've found it extreamely interesting, couse to the well constructed Mystery plot, she adds here - on all three temporal levels in the book (i.e. 1600, end of 1900 and nowadays) - the same "file rouge": all disaster come from fear, fear of what we deem different, of what we don't know...


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Browning interrupts his narrative at the mid-point for a 400-line digression discussing whether he will finish it, which is not merely a modern but indeed a post-modern gesture, and has to be considered one of the most striking such oddities in any 19th Century text.

I appreciate this recommendation, Patrick!


PattyMacDotComma wrote: "As the title suggests, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies is an amusing historical fiction about the daring adventures of twin aristocratic sisters who risk more than the..."
Sounds interesting!
Sounds interesting!

I was hoping and expecting it would feature more of Don Quixote (one of my favorite novels) and Cervantes. I was disappointed when it did neither. It's a historical romance with intermittent appearances of Cervantes as the on-again, off-again, lover.
The book just wasn't for me.
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Enjoyed the story almost as much as I did decades ago. Loved the free Audible version narrated by Martin Jarvis.
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Loved this.

My review 5★
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A good book with an average ending. The 'book about books' aspect is superb.
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My review 3★
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My review, 5★ then some
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4 stars
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