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This book introduced me to the works of Marge Piercy, and since reading the Longings of Women, I can't stop buying her books even though I haven't had time to read them yet.
The Longings of Women looks at the lives of three women and how their lives intersect. But, more profoundly, how each are similar in their wants...and needs. A well-written tale.
This is one man whose music speaks to me like no other. When I found this book, I was so excited to read it. This book reads like B.B.'s own personal diary. So frank and honest. It's like B.B. was sitting there talking to me.
2.5 Stars
Here's the deal with this one: I read this when I was 14 for a dissertation I had to do for grade 9 English. We had to choose a book from our school library that WASN'T Stephen King (the bane of every English teacher, lol). I picked this one up from the rack, opened the first page, and saw the towns Sudbury, Markstay (Mark's Tey in the book) and Chelmsford all within the first few pages! Mind you, the author is talking about towns in the UK, but still...Being from Sudbury, Ontario, and having a love of art, this was the one I decided on.
Fast forward to now. The odd title has always been in my memory bank, but the plot was forgotten about. I found a copy on Internet Archive and decided to re-read it.
And well...it's not bad. Good story overall, but the writing is repetitive, and manner of speaking shows its age. I was able to skip paragraphs without consequence when the story got too stuck on details.
I also found most of the characters' names sounded too much alike: Shirley, Sandra, Sally/ Trudi, Trish. Seriously, writers, think how that affects your reader. It confused me...
A thoroughly entertaining read, well-written and fun. The historical aspect regarding Bonaparte was great. Will be reading more.
I don't know what has happened to Joy Fielding's writing. I used to really love her books, but lately, her novels have really not been great, including this one. Mercy's daughter goes missing on a camping trip in Georgian Bay, and is presumed drowned. Throw forward in time, and Marcy goes to Ireland to find herself following a separation and thinks she sees her dead daughter alive there; she pursues her. Along the way she finds a guy there who knew her daughter, and helps her. It all just seemed too packaged tightly in some weird Hallmark Christmas romance mystery way. Lol
Does cozy = draggy? Because, I found this dragged. A lot. Like, get to the meat of the matter already! Perhaps I'm not cut out for the cozy mystery genre...
An accessible book on how to identify narcissists and build boundaries to protect oneself. Validating.
DNF, only because I've read the gambit of books about narcissistic abuse lately, and this one repeats the clinical explanation of what a narcissist is without any further insight than what I have read. Moving on...
If you read their other book, “The Empathy Trap”, you'd get the same info only in long form. Still insightful, but brief.
What a surprise! I was riveted from the first page. Andy takes us through his life growing up in Newcastle, UK, through his journey in Duran Duran, and after. An intimate, balanced and down-to-earth recount. Highly recommended.
I followed this story when it first broke, since I was working in Etobicoke at this time where many of the ‘cast of characters' were living. Dark Ambition is a very thorough and detailed account of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich's murder of Tim Bosma. It is very disturbing, to say the least, and almost a cautionary tale of what could happen when you sell an expensive item on Kijiji...anyhoo...
The book itself was OK. I did find the second half of the book when we are in the trial portion a little too detailed, which got a bit dull for me. Also, I know I'm an outlier here, but who cares what anyone on Websleuths thinks?? The author took comments from that website as if their opinion mattered or as if it were gospel.
What a quick and fun read! We meet Christy, an inexperienced solo backpacker who tackles the John Muir trail. This read like a diary. She explores nature while working through her separation from her husband. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
My first Ian McEwan tale I read, and didn't find it as cringey as The Cement Garden. I do recall the plot 15 years later. Well-written, and compelling.
Cutest little book about planning a wedding ever. I very much saw elements of the couple in planning my own wedding: who to invite, what traditions to add or ignore, what songs to play. This book displays Tomine's experiences nicely.
I had been curious to read the Long Walk after my husband had said that after reading it, that it is one book he thinks about a lot. I wasn't the least bit disappointed in this book.
In a futuristic world, boys around America sign up for the annual “long walk” where their task is to keep walking towards an unknown finish line until there is one lone walker. Those who drop out of the walk meet with fatal consequences.
In reading this story, I kept thinking about what kind of society had this country become to allow a competition like this to occur. Stephen King can certainly provoke thought and emotion through his prose. This story was disturbing, and like my husband, this is not a story I will soon forget.
[bc:The World Below 886263 The World Below Sue Miller http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179186656s/886263.jpg 1029502]The second Sue Miller book I cracked open. I remember that I read this as the SARS outbreak was wrecking havoc in my community. At this time I was working in a hospital kitchen and had to wear masks and surgical gowns to protect myself from a potential threat of getting SARS or spreading it to others. This book seemed to parallel how I felt suffocated by the costume I had to wear while doing my job, especially the imagery of the Grandmother in this story who was institutionalized for TB back in the 1920s. Also, the description of the town submerged in water, particularly the part of looking through the surface of the water and seeing the church steeple below the water's surface haunts me.
A tender and thoughful look at Martin's career. So well-written. I appreciate his brilliance even more now.
First off, I love the fact this book took place when I graduated high school. The tech talk is dated, and you can tell Crichton was trying to be esoteric. But, that aside, the story of sexual harassment was realistic. Although, unfortunately, I had seen the movie well ahead of reading this, so I kept visualizing Moore and Douglas. A well-written story.
I read this book after watching the show, and maybe that is unfair of me. But, simply put, I didn't enjoy it and didn't finish it. I totally admit that I enjoyed the show more, and totally admit my critique might have been different had I read the book first and watched the show later.
Very informative and enlightening read. Now I suspect a lot of people from my past were sociopaths...
3.5 stars. Quite a comprehensive book about the Laci Peterson case. It took me a while to get through it because it's sad, but the amount of detail that is presented. The police really pulled from everywhere for this case. Scott's childhood friends, neighbors, old employers. Wow! Very interesting case.