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Finished The Lost Girls and I enjoyed it. I'm not sure I can totally convince Dawn to read it, but I was very disappointed when I had to put it down. It's been a busy week to so that happened a lot, unfortunately. The story is told from 2 points of view, Lucy reflecting on 1 summer of her childhood, and Justine, her great-niece in the "present" which is actually 1999. Lucy is told from 1st person POV and Justine from 3rd.
Hmmmm. Well, it's still on my "to read" list so I'll circle back to it eventually.
I just started Talking It Over by Julian Barnes. I like it so far. I usually like his stuff.
To say that I enjoyed it would not be a apt description due to what the book is about.
However, it is a very good book. The author's writing style is beautiful. Based on fact, the story is horrendous. Basically it deals with disabled children in Nazi controlled Austria before, during and after WWII. The medical "institutions" these kids were placed in were akin to the killing camps without work gangs.
As I neared the end of the book I yearned for some info on how these "medical" personal were punished after the war. I was not disappointed.
It's a tough read. It's devastating and very informative at the same time.
Well " The devil in Jerusalem " by Naomi Ragen . was a disturbing book to say the least . I have been picking disturbing books lately don't know why but I have been . Now I'm done and over with the disturbing books really .
I'm reading "Without Reservation" for the 2nd time. Story of Foxwoods, quite interesting to see how people lied about their Indian heritage when it became advantageous to be a Native American.
Also, the attorneys were able and will to bamboozle the politicians. All in all, lots of greed and corruption by most included. Very Interesting, written by Jeff Benedict
I finished up 1632 by Eric Flint. A six mile radius of an Appalachian mining town is suddenly transported to the Thirty Years War in Germany. I was bothered by the fact the author decided it was ok to try to write one character with a Scottish brogue. Hate when I'm pulled out of a story while I try to figure out what exactly the character is saying. I will try the next book in the series, 1633.
Currently back to reading the Discworld series - never realized how prolific Pratchett was!
I finished up 1632 by Eric Flint. A six mile radius of an Appalachian mining town is suddenly transported to the Thirty Years War in Germany. I was bothered by the fact the author decided it was ok to try to write one character with a Scottish brogue. Hate when I'm pulled out of a story while I try to figure out what exactly the character is saying. I will try the next book in the series, 1633.
Currently back to reading the Discworld series - never realized how prolific Pratchett was!
Which is the first book in the Discworld series? I've never read any of the books. I started one once and had trouble getting into it and it bothered me that I didn't know which order it was in the series. Does it matter which book you read first? There are an awful lot of the discworld books.
Which is the first book in the Discworld series? I've never read any of the books. I started one once and had trouble getting into it and it bothered me that I didn't know which order it was in the series. Does it matter which book you read first? There are an awful lot of the discworld books.
The Colour of Magic is the first book of the Discworld series. Here's a link to the reading order: Discworld Reading Order - Terry Pratchett I started reading the series randomly but found that a few were sequels to previous books. Now I look the series up on goodreads to figure out which one to read next.
Hope you enjoy the book. I must admit that I thought the first book was so-so when I read it but my son had given me 4 books to read, so I read the next and quite enjoyed it. I really enjoy his sense of humor and the cleverness.
Well I just finished "My name is Lucy Barton " and it was good I read it in two days ... finally one that was not so disturbing . Dreaming Spies by Laurie R King is next and I hope that one is just as good . I'm sorry Laurie King decided to kill off Mary Russell as she was a fave character of mine .
Believe it or not - I just finished A Gentleman in Moscow. I say believe it or not because I started it and loved it over a month ago (work, pesky, pesky work got in the way!). I really enjoyed it but my enjoyment was seriously impacted by reading it on the Kindle. I am going to try to get a cheap "real" version to go back and re-read parts. Russian names in novels have always been a confounder for me and I admit to losing track of some of the characters. This book deserves a re-read, but in a paper version.
The ending surprised me and confused me a bit - again, a re-read is in order.
One strange question for those of you who read this beautiful book - Why did every single chapter title begin with the letter A?
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