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What Are You Reading - Part Deux
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Angela M
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Apr 14, 2018 06:20AM
I read My Mother's Son. 4+ stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Just re-read and enjoyed the classic short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway. I added a link to the (free) story in my review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After. 4.5 stars rounded up. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder At the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill – N.M.Kelby – 3***
Reminds me of Carl Hiassen, but not quite so well written. Still it’s a fun, ridiculous romp of a tale that kept me entertained and engaged despite its total outlandishness. Frankly, none of these characters made sense to me, and the plot was completely unbelievable. But I did laugh out loud a few times and it was a fast read.
LINK to my review
I've been meaning for ages to read some Agatha Christie but was reluctant to start in the middle of a series. This classic standalone needs no introduction.And Then There Were None is so clever that I can't imagine anyone figured it out.
Link to my review
Trains and Lovers – Alexander McCall Smith – 3***
In this novel – not part of any series – four strangers meet on a train bound for London from Edinburgh. As they get acquainted their stories come out. I love Alexander McCall Smith. I love the way he puts together an ensemble of characters and slowly reveals their everyday lives and the little (and big) dramas hidden in plain sight.
LINK to my review
I recently finished Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. It was fascinating to learn about how Lincoln put together and worked with a team of his most experienced and successful rivals to save the union. It's quite a long read that unfolds like an epic novel!
Here's my review
I just finished It's Not Like It's a Secret
by Misa SugiuraThis was a YA LGBTQ book. It was very good and unique.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For World Book Day, I will read The Great Passage by Shion Miura.I changed my mind. I will not read the book.
I just finished Beartown by Fredrik Backman. I loved it. I highly recommend it. Hockey is the town and school sport, and there is a lot about hockey, but it is engrossing for non-hockey fans like me.
I read The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. 4.5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
In the spirit of working on all the series I've started but never finished I'm also reading Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe. Read #2 at Christmas time and followed that up with #3 so now I'm reading #1 and #4 is on my Kindle. Just a really sweet easy to read series.
What a wonderfully satisfying read Susan Glaspell's short story A Jury of Her Peers is! I thoroughly enjoyed it. There's a link to a free copy of this 100-year old gem and others in my review.
4.5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Canadian author David Chariandy has already won an award for Brother, his story of Trinidadian migrant brothers and their struggling mother in Canada. Well worth a look.
4,5★ My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Gateway to the Moon. 4.5 stars rounded up. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Rusty The Squeaky Robot is a cute new children's picture book by Neil Clark that shows how very different "people" can join together to make a joyful NOISE!
5★ Link to my review
Old Heart – Peter Ferry – 3.5***
85-year-old Tom decides to “run away” after his adult children make plans to forcibly move him to a retirement community. If it hadn’t been for an F2F book club I probably would never have come across this little gem of a novel. I loved these characters (or loved to hate … in a couple of cases). In a short work the author addresses issues of aging, marriage (good and bad), lost opportunities, holding on to one’s dreams, taking chances, being responsible, and the meaning of love.
LINK to my review
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Birds Of a Feather – Jacqueline Winspear – 3***
The second book in the Maisie Dobbs series. She is a resourceful, intelligent, assertive young woman, who listens carefully and shows compassion when helping others confront their demons. Billy Beale is a wonderful sidekick and I like the relationship between Maisie and Inspector Stratton of Scotland Yard.
LINK to my review
In her new book West: A Novel, author Carys Davies takes a man obsessed with finding the giant creatures he's heard about on a long, dangerous journey, leaving his little girl at home.
Link to my review
I'm reading The Last Mrs Parrish by Liv Constantine and I have to say it's really not very good so far. Here's hoping it picks up!
Karen M wrote: "Pulled The Light Between Oceans off my TBR list because I'm reading for my ftf book club!!!"I reckon that would be a great book club pick - there will be disagreements, I bet, about who decided to do what, when. Enjoy!
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from Netgalley. Good so far.
So Brave, Young and Handsome – Leif Enger – 3***
I was caught up in the road trip. The story takes place in 1915, when automobiles were scarce, and more people lived in the rural area of America. As Monte and Glendon head West and South, the landscape virtually becomes a character in the novel.
LINK to my review
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Lucky Jim – Kingsley Amis – 1*
Maybe I’m too far past my college years. Perhaps it’s the dry British humor. Or the 1950s setting and writing style (first published in 1954). But I just don’t see the humor in this. I struggled to finish and did so only because I had committed to a buddy read.
LINK to my review
I finished reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller this week. The review is below:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stuck at the car dealership for service so I took along another Agatha Raisin since my other book is a hardcover and Agatha is a mass market.There Goes the Bride
Ah, a satisfying, award-winning debut mystery (2008 Edgar Award). What's not to love? In the Woods by Tana French is an excellent novel set in Dublin.
4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nichole wrote: "I am now opening New England White by Stephen L. Carter..."Another change. I will read Zeno of Bruges by Marguerite Yourcenar. New England White will be read some other time.
It is torture but I am reading Bleak House. Interesting story but too many characters to remember.
Later today I'm going to start reading The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne. I've really been looking forward to it as he's one of my favourite authors.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue – Melanie Benjamin – 4****
Benjamin turns her attention to New York City’s social elite in the 1950s and 1960s. I was completely entranced and immersed in this deliciously gossipy tale. Benjamin really puts the reader into this glittering celebrity world. I could almost taste the caviar and champagne.
LINK to my review
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Dispatches From the Edge – Anderson Cooper – 3***
This is Cooper’s memoir of how he came to be a senior anchor for CNN. The chapters are divided according to various memorable assignments covering war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, famine in Niger, a tsunami in Sri Lanka, and culminating with his coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
LINK to my review
I finally read the simple, heart-rending The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, who writes for both adults and children. The language is easy enough for children to read, but the observations and insights are all too ashamedly adult.
5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One of my favourite authors, Aussie Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and no wonder. Brutal, tender, unforgettable.
5★ Link to my review
Finished Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure by Amy KaufmanReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
At the Water’s Edge – Sara Gruen – 2**
Historical fiction / romance … or is that “hysterical” fiction. Maddie gives “hysterical women” a bad name. Still there’s some suspense and Gruen keeps the plot moving. Add the Loch Ness monster and a ghost to the mix. Not to mention World War II happening in the background.
LINK to my review
We Band of Angels – Elizabeth M. Norman – 5*****
Subtitle: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese. The book details the personal stories of the nurses and civilians interred as well as the historical events. Norman did extensive research and was able to interview a number of the surviving nurses as well as the families of others who had passed on. Their story is gripping and inspiring
LINK to my review
Angela M wrote: "I read Love and Ruin. 4+ stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."I'm about 2/3 through this read. I had previously read The Paris Wife by the same author and I enjoyed it but this one different. Different in a good way. 😊
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