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- Behind the Scenes at the Museum (74)
- By Kate Atkinson
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Reading since Jul 10, 2011
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- Fatal Colours (2)
- Towton, 1461. by George Goodwin
- By George Goodwin
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Finished on Oct 24, 2011
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- Virgin Widow (4)
- By Anne O'Brien
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Finished on Jul 6, 2011
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Anne O’Brien’s “Virgin Widow" is set during the tumultuous reign of Edward IV, in the Wars of the Roses. The protagonist is Anne Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, a man known as The Kingmaker. Although she was both Princess of Wales and Queen of England in her lifetime (as R ... (continue)
- — Jul 11, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- Through a Glass Darkly (28)
- By Donna Leon
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Finished on Jun 25, 2011
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This is an average Donna Leon novel -a decent read with the brain switched off, but better than the previous one I read of her. Two stars mainly for the setting of her stories in Venice!
- — Jul 11, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- The Book of Fires (6)
- By Jane Borodale
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Finished on Jun 16, 2011
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As I was reading this novel, I kept waiting for something to happen! Unfortunately, the only part I really enjoyed was the last 50 pages or so. Not good if you have to wade through more than 250 pages of tedious story-telling to get there! Slow, slow but with an interesting final twist.
- — Jul 11, 2011 | 1 feedback
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- The Anonymous Venetian (24)
- By Donna Leon
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Finished on May 29, 2011
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- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (1251)
- By Jonathan Safran Foer
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Finished on May 21, 2011
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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A very good book and very well written. It deals with a very difficult topic: a boy loses his father in the terrorist attack of the Twin Towers in New York. Nevertheless, it is somewhat funny, the humour is nice. It is worth reading it. I finished and found myself weeping because the three last chap ... (continue)
- — May 22, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- Perfect happiness (2)
- By Rachel Billington
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Finished on May 17, 2011
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A sequel to Jane Austen's Emma that is a surprisingly witty and enjoyable book in its own right.
- — Jul 11, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- Sostiene Pereira (12583)
- By Antonio Tabucchi
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Finished on Apr 26, 2011
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1 person find this helpful
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Un piccolo capolavoro della letteratura italiana contemporanea, ambientato nella Lisbona anteguerra durante la dittatura di Salazar. Bellissimo,quanto mai attuale il messaggio che lancia: intellettuali non nascondetevi, date voce a chi non ce l'ha.
Trasposto in un film altrettanto straordinario di ... (continue) - — May 18, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- I dolori del giovane Walter (1186)
- By Luciana Littizzetto
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Finished on Apr 23, 2011
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1 person find this helpful
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Sempre simpatica e intelligente la Littizzetto e la sua lettura non stanca mai, seppure gli argomenti siano spessi triti e ritriti. Vale la pena leggerlo per farsi un paio di risate.
- — May 18, 2011 | 1 feedback
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- One Good Turn (74)
- By Kate Atkinson
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Finished on Mar 31, 2011
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2 people find this helpful
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How does Kate Atkinson do this? She takes three different genres -literary, detective and humorous fiction - puts them in a bag, shakes them together and ends up with a book you can neither classify nor put down.
- — May 18, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- The Daughter of Time (47)
- By Josephine Tey
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Finished on Mar 14, 2011
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1 person find this helpful
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The Daughter of Time is an entertaining and thought-provoking fiction. I recommend it for all amatuer historians out there. It opens your eyes to the bias of history. And for someone like me who is passionate about the Plantagenets and Richard III...
- — Mar 23, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- Tulip Fever (17)
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- By Deborah Moggach
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Finished on Mar 7, 2011
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Tulip Fever began in a deceptively simple style which made me think I was too old to read it. However, after the first twist I was hooked, trying to guess all possible outcomes (and not succeeding). It was exciting, original and clever and left you wanting more.
- — Mar 8, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- Tiger Hills (8)
- By Sarita Mandanna
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Finished on Feb 28, 2011
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In Tiger Hills, Sarita Mandanna has created a mesmerising world which the reader is drawn into. The vivid descriptions of the landscape transport the reader to Coorg in Southern India, in the spanning between the 19th and 20th centuries, where the story if set. The beautiful settings make a perfect ... (continue)
- — Mar 2, 2011 | Add your feedback
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- Started early, took my dog (44)
- By Kate Atkinson
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Finished on Feb 18, 2011
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Another fabulous read by Kate Atkinson, my favourite contemporary English writer, featuring the main character Jackson Brodie again, who has been the thread running through the previous three 'crime' type novels by this writer. If you haven't read Kate Atkinson's other Jackson Brody novels yet (Case ... (continue)
- — Feb 25, 2011 | Add your feedback
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Fatal Colours
As a passionate reader of anything about the Wars of the Roses, I couldn't overlook this book. It's a very accurate and interesting rendering of the one the most devastating battles fought on English soil and of the causes that led to the conflict. Pity about the author's old fashioned views of Rich ... (continue)
As a passionate reader of anything about the Wars of the Roses, I couldn't overlook this book. It's a very accurate and interesting rendering of the one the most devastating battles fought on English soil and of the causes that led to the conflict. Pity about the author's old fashioned views of Richard III's evilness!
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