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I'm revisiting books I read in college. Just before picking up this book again, I had reread (for the hundredth time) Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" -- only to say, I find similarities in the wonderful humor of these authors!
In "A View of the Harbour," all the characters have ideas about one an...
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I’m not usually one for high fantasy but I love this one with its theater centric plot and incredibly complicated and nuanced characters
As a film composer trained in classical violin I have always been obsessed with the story of the foundling girls in Venice that Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons for. They were abandoned children raised by the church who were trained to be virtuoso musicians.
This book is a historical fiction about them...
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Picked book cos missed the lecture on it at university. Meaty prose opposed to minimum expletives of shorter sentences in recent modern fiction. Follows inner workings of protagonist’s mind in a bonkas sadistic dystopian society & smacks of sinister warnings for the future. Author highlights things...
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I recently read Down and Out in Paris and London, which I definitely recommend. All about Orwell struggling to get by in those cities during the Depression. For all that, we see a quite funny side of Orwell and his writing.
Debbie Croysdale On that Note- If you look for similarities you can see this one is a current event.
Animal Farm G.Orwell is the Pen Name
Manor Farm is like any other English farm, expect for a drunken...
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@Simon Thanks for info on Animal Farm. @Malcolm Thanks for info on Down and Out in Paris and London. I've got those two titles on my must read list!
Great review, Debbie, I really enjoyed it. Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm were life-perspective changing books for me. Those, along with Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451...
A great book. I read it when bed-ridden with a flu and I think it made my flu last longer.
Neither Animal Farm nor Brave New World are much more hopeful, but Fahrenheit 451 ends with a tinge of hope.
Hi, creative community and book lovers! Hope everyone’s having a wonderful week! What’s on your fall reading list? I’d love to hear your recommendations!
My husband and I listened to that audiobook on a road trip last year, Suzanne Bronson! It made us laugh a lot. We really enjoyed it!
Last book I read was The Book of Elsewhere a one off by China Mieville who played in the sandbox of Keanu Reeves' imagination. The novel crosses multiple genres among them science fiction, military th...
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That sounds awesome, Annie Marie Burdeos! I've never read China Mieville's work before. I'll have to check it out!
Will be adding as well Annie :) I'm intrigued!
Screenplays! Just read Godzilla (2014), so now:
- Godzilla (1998)
- Nobody (2021)
- Hitman (2007)
- Deadpool (2016)
Bang-bang-boom. Going through an action-phase but oddly enough I'm currently writing a dr...
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I love group pages like this but can't join in, only watch from the sidelines... (sigh!). I write books therefore don't read as many as I'd like due to time and fear of copyright/idea stealing. Keep reading folks, a good book is good for the soul. A big thank you from Authors ✨️ .... still jealous! ✨️
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I started reading Eragon because my son was reading it and he wanted to discuss it with me. I really did not want to read it on account that I have so many other books to get through, but I'm finding it really well done, and I actually like the author's writing style more than I like most other fant...
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I never read this series, but I remember when all of my friends did and loved it. I'll have to go back and read it someday!
I just finished Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash, then started the sequel A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. This series has been recommended to me a lot over the last few years and I know that its popularity led to a spin-off prequel book series that is concluding with a final book this fall,...
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I haven't read this but I love the cover art.
All of the covers in this series are gorgeous, Lark Anderson! This is the cover for the sequel that I'm reading now-
Ashley Renee Smith gorgeous! I am a pro at Photoshop but I don’t have the vision and I’d never think to make this.
What's everyone reading?
I am reading "Hotel Laguna"! It's a historical fiction novel set primarily in post-World War II California. The story follows Hazel Francis, who moves from Kansas to California to contribute to the wa...
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I read Cyberstorm and I'm going to read The Noonday Demon
Lindbergh E Hollingsworth I love Education of a Wandering Man! Sydney Summers Hotel Laguna sounds very interesting. I am putting that on my list. Currently, I am reading Agency by William gibson....
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I just got done reading The Rise of the Dragon, GRRM's accompanying 'encyclopedia' to his world: A Song of Ice and Fire.
I highly recommend Babel by RF Kuang. It was one of my favorite reads of the last year!
Hello my fellow book lovers! I am looking to see what books you guys have on your summer reading list or have read (and would recommend). I am looking for some summer day reads!
Hi, Jaye! Thanks for sharing these! I am going to check them both out :)
I just read Wild Conviction: Sixteen is Power by Mary Dezember. This book is incredible. Set in pre-civil war America, it focuses a keen eye on slavery from the perspective of a young white woman who...
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Thank you so much for sharing Mike! I will check this out as well. I hope you're having a nice day!
I’m currently reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, which is the first of a trilogy so I plan to read the other two this summer. I’m also reading Holly Black’s Elfhame series and the next book on my nightstand is Caraval by Stephanie Garber.
Just finished Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen. About how a True Crime Journalist started solving cold cases using crowd sourcing. Now, I'm reading Agency by William Gibson.
Hey All,
I just finished The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. This series had been recommended to me a number of times over the years and I finally dove in. I’m not going to lie, it took me a bit longer than I expected to get hooked. I don’t think that was the fault of the book itself, I think it was mo...
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I love the cover! Simple, yet striking. I haven't read her work, but I might in time.
Very cool cover, will add to my list! Thanks Ashley!
I enjoyed this book but it was not my favorite, but I haven't gotten around to finishing the series yet. Sometimes things get so hyped they can't possibly live up to expectations.
I agree, Jaye Viner. It's not my favorite book that I've read this year or even in the past month. But it set things up well for a stronger sequel and I'm actually looking forward to reading the third...
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Agreed, Lark Anderson! I actually think all the covers in this series are really striking.
I'm reading this for the second time. The imagery is quite profound, almost cinematic. I was not surprised to recently learn that has been greenlit as a feature film. It's the first book of a trilogy, the third book due to be released tomorrow (I'm so excited to continue reading this series!) This i...
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