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What is the last book you read, and how much did you rate it?
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The Madness of King George

Alan Bennett
I rated it 3 stars.
The plot definitely made me very curious about what problem afflicted king George III but there were too many minor characters in the play so it got rather confusing.

This guy knows how to write a twisty novel! I've read most of his books and this one definitely had me metaphorically clutching my pearls and gasping in shock a few times.

The Fury of the Gods

John Gwynne
I rated this 2 stars. I found the plot too dull (mainly hack and slash) and the size difference between Lik-Rifa and the humans was incomprehensible.
Cold as Thunder

Jerry Apps
4 stars! I really enjoyed this Dystopian story set here in Wisconsin. It made me think too. I do recommend this book if you like dystopian stories.

Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination

Sadie Dingfelder
4 stars
It covers stuff like face blindness (you don't recognize people you know if they change something about themselves), aphantasia (you can't visualize), topographical agnosia (you get lost in hallways and maybe lost outside too), stereoblindess (no depth perception - you can't do those Magic Eye puzzles), SDAM (think / memory is in words not visual)... And faceblindness is called prosopagnosia. The author tells her own entertaining problems with these conditions but it's also packed with science info.

It was helpful and informative. I gave it five stars.


The Fear Place

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
5 stars! This was a short quick read but it was very vivid and full of suspense. I had no idea what would happen to Doug as he was alone in a national park and a cougar was in the area too.. plus there was a problem with his older brother missing up on some dangerous cliffs. And Doug is scared of heights! An exciting story.
Then late the day before (Thursday night) I had finished
Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a ChangingWorld

Theresa MacPhail
4 stars!
Found out lots of new fascinating tidbits of information in this book, things I hadn't known before.. the author did lots of interviews with experts in here. The book covers skin conditions as well as food + environmental allergies.

The Empire of Dirt

Francesca Manfredi
4 stars
A coming of age story set in Italy in a small village where rumors are going around that the family who lives in The Blind House is cursed. All freaky bad luck befalls young Valentina and she thinks it's her fault.


The Lonesome Gods

Louis L'Amour
Rated 5 stars!!
This story is definitely one of the best I have read recently! Lots of action, gunfights, survival out in the desert plus all of those mysteries running through the plot. This is no "revenge" cowboy story like some westerns are. It's so much more!

Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

Buddy Levy
Rated it 4 stars.
The book has 3 sections. The first section was very dull. But the story for section 2 and 3 were great! Especially the third part: life or death on the pack ice! It's a disaster story!! Very vivid. If you never heard of the Italia (the airship) and Nobile her commander than you should definitely check this out.
One could easily skip the first part and just read the other two parts.

By Sam Holland. She is a fairly new author. She has 3 books out and I rate them. all at a 5. If you like Serial Killer books, she is great. Her books get you from the first page.Love them.


4 stars
Read as an ARC from NetGalley
Jason Bourne is back and close to canon.
My review here -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Enchanted Greenhouse

Sarah Beth Durst
5 stars!
This is quite the rare story in my opinion!

I also finished last night Tokyo Revengers Vol. 3-4 and Crying Freeman Vol. 1. Crying Freeman is a qualified good. Koike has done better work, but it reeks of late 80, early 90s ideas of what drug gangsters were like. I put Revengers aside for too long, I barely remembered the plot, but its good.
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