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Jim is on page 193 of 336 of The Adversary

Still loving this one!

— Jul 12, 2024 03:34PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 91 of 336 of The Adversary

Fabulous writing and a rather compelling narrative.

— Jul 10, 2024 03:32PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 100 of 320 of The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9 and St. John Strafford, #4)

A bit of a long-ish lead up, but Banville's writing is grand and his characters are, as always, interesting and varied.

— Jul 07, 2024 01:38PM Add a comment

The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9 and St. John Strafford, #4)

Jim is on page 31 of 166 of When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)

Pretty damned awesome already.

— Jul 06, 2024 05:08PM Add a comment

Jim is starting Portrait of an Unknown Lady

— Jun 03, 2024 03:23PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 21 of 402 of Trust

Great characters can make a book. Diaz seems to have his in this one.

— May 23, 2024 02:36PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 11 of 245 of Beyond the Door of No Return

Powerful prose. Need to get back to reading this...

— May 11, 2024 08:24AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 44 of 480 of Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

Funny as hell!
More importantly, it is overwhelmingly informative, intelligently presented, and powerfully myth-dispelling.
Woop!

— May 01, 2024 06:20PM Add a comment

Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

Jim is on page 91 of 272 of Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage

Fun and quite imaginative!

— Apr 29, 2024 03:00PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 29 of 355 of The Marriage Portrait

I grabbed this because I loved 'Hamnet', and it is surprisingly interesting, considering the dramarama subtext.

— Apr 13, 2024 02:19PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 44 of 305 of The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)

A bit too many POV changes for me so far. And no real sense of danger either. A bit tepid.

— Apr 06, 2024 10:53AM Add a comment

Jim is starting The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)

Tried to start this a long while ago, but failed. Back to it!

— Apr 06, 2024 06:21AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 189 of 304 of Learwife

Such powerful writing. A must-read for fans of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' (either version).

— Mar 29, 2024 04:29PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 88 of 304 of Learwife

The writing in this book is incredible! Shakespeare would be proud. Nervous, even. Ha! Kidding.

— Mar 25, 2024 04:46PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 21 of 304 of Learwife

LOVE this book already! Shakespeare was/is/will be the best writer ever, and so I had to grab this one and see what's what. Wow. The writing is just fabulous.

— Mar 09, 2024 05:36AM 2 comments

Jim is on page 270 of 320 of The Singularities

Part II was a bit of a lull, but things got back to Banville's usual style in Part III.

— Mar 06, 2024 03:09PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 77 of 320 of The Singularities

Typical Banville amazingness.
:)

— Mar 04, 2024 02:57PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 2 of 480 of Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

Pretty sure I'm not the target audience but I love to learn things so I signed up for the Giveaway and won a copy! The Introduction was fabulous, and I am excited to learn more about menstruation than I ever thought I needed to.

— Feb 25, 2024 07:12PM Add a comment