What have you just read? Opinions, Recommendations, and Reviews, part 3 Showing 451-500 of 2,441

[Dale]

My review of The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett

4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tamara]

I read All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews. One would think a novel about the beautiful relationship between two sisters, one of whom wants to kill herself while other wants to save her would be bleak and maudlin. This novel was nothing like that. It was engaging, heartfelt, compassionate, and funny.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Saboteur is a very short story about a man who is arrested for no good reason and finds an unexpected way to deal with it. Great little read!
My review of Saboteur with a link to the story online

[PattyMacDotComma]

Garry Disher is a favourite Aussie author whose offbeat Wyatt series features the crook. In Deathdeal, while avoiding his main enemies in Melbourne and Sydney, Wyatt is summoned to Queensland to pull off a job. I reckon you could read these out of order.

My review of Deathdeal

[Phrynne]

My review of The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[LauraT]

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!

[PattyMacDotComma]

How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey is the first quirky sci-fi story in The Far Reaches collection. How many lives can you live in how many different places?
My review of How it Unfolds

[Kathleen]

I read Burmese Days by George Orwell, his first book and my least favorite of his.
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

These were all good though:

Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan, a lovely, gentle collection of short stories.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, a fantastic Arthurian adventure about Merlin's childhood.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and
Medea by Euripides, a classic Greek tragedy--short, but definitely not sweet!
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Kathleen wrote: "I read Burmese Days by George Orwell, his first book and my least favorite of his.
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

T..."

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

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

If you like fairy tale romances in a gorgeous setting, this one will work for you.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Search History by Amy Taylor

My review 3★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kathleen]

Rosh wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "I read Burmese Days by George Orwell, his first book and my least favorite of his.
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/s..."

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!

[Dale]

My review of The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe

4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My review of Hometown Girl by Courtney Walsh

4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Sci-fi, mystery. Void by Veronica Roth is an entertaining short story about the murder of a tourist in space.
My review of Void

[Phrynne]

My review of Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

The Woods Are Waiting by Katherine Greene

Fab cover and atmosphere. Nothing else works.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Long Game by Ann Leckie is another quirky and still topical sci-fi short story about people and humans - two different things.
My review of The Long Game

[Pam]

Review catch up -

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

[Christine]

Sandy how are 2 of your books going?

[Suz]

The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer

My review 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My reviews of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and

Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Killer Traitor Spy is a very current Aussie thriller in former journalist Tim Ayliffe's Greater Good series. It's not just Reds under the bed anymore! It's a big world and it's full of spies

I love the series, but this would be just as good as a standalone.
My review of Killer Traitor Spy

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

This made me realise that heist stories are better watched than read. A decent debut though.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kim]

Here is my review of:
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser - 4*

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pam]

Three by Susan Hill, the second a re-read:

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

[PattyMacDotComma]

I loved Katherine Heiny's latest book, Games and Rituals: Stories. Unconnected stories ranging from imagining who taught Ted Bundy to drive (yikes!) to worrying if your wife's Marie Kondo decluttering is going to turf you out next. (Do you still spark joy?!) Thought-provoking as well as entertaining.
My review of Games and Rituals

[Kim]

Here is my review for:
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious - 5*

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My review of Bay of Secrets by Rosanna Ley

3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[LauraT]

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...

[Kathleen]

Here's a really good classic that I'd never heard of before reading:
Precious Bane by Mary Webb

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Patrick]

^ There are excellent accounts of Mary Webb in Beyond the Lighthouse: English Women Novelists in the Twentieth Century and The Rural Tradition In The English Novels, 1900-1939. Another author who might be on your radar, and who is also treated in both of those books, is Constance Holme.

[Patrick]

Oh man. You thought Ulysses was difficult, but I assure you it has NOTHING on Robert Browning’s knotty narrative poem Sordello (1840), about 13th Century Italian politics and troubadouring. I used Arthur J. Whyte’s 1913 annotated edition - very helpful it was and very grateful I was for the help. But still, a tough go, lightened by beautiful lines and passages, but the difficulties always remain in view: Like, what is going on, what IS he talking about? Nonetheless, for true hardcore littérateurs, I unhesitatingly recommend.

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.

[Kathleen]

Patrick wrote: "^ There are excellent accounts of Mary Webb in Beyond the Lighthouse: English Women Novelists in the Twentieth Century and [book:The Rural Tradition In The English Novels, 1900-1939|..."

I appreciate this recommendation, Patrick!

[PattyMacDotComma]

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 their reputations to rescue women living in desperately awful circumstances. Fun, but also dark.
My review of ...ill-mannered Ladies

[LauraT]

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!

[Tamara]

I read Dulcinea by Ana Veciana-Suarez.
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.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of A Walk in the Park by Rebekah Weatherspoon

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My review of A Reason to Stay

3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dale]

My review of Two Weeks by Karen Kingsbury

5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

The Short Straw by Holly Seddon ⭐⭐⭐.5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Thing at 52 by Ross Montgomery is the most beautifully illustrated story of a small child and an enormous creature learning about life. The artwork by Richard Johnson is stunning and as moving as the story. Every child should read this one.

My review of The Thing at 52 with several of the illustrations

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Finally read the unabridged version of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

Enjoyed the story almost as much as I did decades ago. Loved the free Audible version narrated by Martin Jarvis.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Falling behind on my reviews, have been busy.

Loved this.

A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

My review 5★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Return to Valetto by Aussie author (living in US) Dominic Smith felt like someone's real story to me. Old women in an ancient Italian village conduct Google searches from their crumbling villa. War crimes are not forgotten.
My review of Return to Valetto

[Phrynne]

My review of A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn

A good book with an average ending. The 'book about books' aspect is superb.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

I Am the Mau and other stories by Chemutai Glasheen

My review 3★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of Jingo by Terry Pratchett

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

My book of the year.

The Turtle Warrior by Mary Relindes Ellis

My review, 5★ then some

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...