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1JoeB1934
I'm going to use this topic, which is VERY dormant in order to experiment with how to display a book cover along with text using HTML.
So hang-on
So hang-on
2JoeB1934
Avg Rating:4.30.... Genres: Literature, Mystery, Literary-Fiction, Historical-Mystery, Aging
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Following is a list of books I recently 'read' that are each outstanding books which floated to the top of my 'books to read' search criteria.
Each book was well worth reading, but none of them met my criteria for being 'Memorable'. Which is:
"I really need to tell somebody about this book."
Please bear with me as I work out the details on each book with a new formatting idea
Rating 4.10 Literature, Mystery, Literary-Fiction, Historical-Fiction, Family, Relationships, Coming-of-Age, Magical-Realism
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The premise of the book starts off with a young boy of incredible imagination that is applying his instincts to connect with his father, who died in the 9/11 event. Grandparents and their short stories are also brought into the events described. The details of the plot rely heavily on magical-Realism and I was never able to connect emotionally with the individuals in the story. I was especially interested in the boy's story but found it to be interrupted by the details from other family/friends. If the book simply stuck with the boy I would have been enthralled.
Rating 3.80 Mystery, Literary-Fiction, Family, Relationships, Fantasy ,Coming-of-Age, Religion, Science-Fiction, Horror, Magical-Realism, Dystopian
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as “the radio people,” Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. I simply never was able to finish the book because of the Dystopian dimensions.
Rating 4.00 Mystery, Literary-Mystery, Historical-Mystery, Family, Romance, Relationships, Women's-Fiction, Art, Books-about-Books, LGBTQ+
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
While Marion is thrilled to join the famed Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall as a dancer in 1956, there are more lows than she expected. When a serial bomber strikes the theater, she feels compelled to search out the bomber herself. But will it be at the risk of everything she's worked for? Despite the basically interesting plot, I simply never developed an interest in how everything worked out. I am currently only interested in stories that hold my interest to the end.
Picture of Percy
Picture of Percy
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Picture of Percy
Each book was well worth reading, but none of them met my criteria for being 'Memorable'. Which is:
"I really need to tell somebody about this book."
Please bear with me as I work out the details on each book with a new formatting idea
Rating 4.10 Literature, Mystery, Literary-Fiction, Historical-Fiction, Family, Relationships, Coming-of-Age, Magical-RealismExtremely Loud And Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The premise of the book starts off with a young boy of incredible imagination that is applying his instincts to connect with his father, who died in the 9/11 event. Grandparents and their short stories are also brought into the events described. The details of the plot rely heavily on magical-Realism and I was never able to connect emotionally with the individuals in the story. I was especially interested in the boy's story but found it to be interrupted by the details from other family/friends. If the book simply stuck with the boy I would have been enthralled.
Rating 3.80 Mystery, Literary-Fiction, Family, Relationships, Fantasy ,Coming-of-Age, Religion, Science-Fiction, Horror, Magical-Realism, Dystopian The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as “the radio people,” Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. I simply never was able to finish the book because of the Dystopian dimensions.
Rating 4.00 Mystery, Literary-Mystery, Historical-Mystery, Family, Romance, Relationships, Women's-Fiction, Art, Books-about-Books, LGBTQ+The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
While Marion is thrilled to join the famed Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall as a dancer in 1956, there are more lows than she expected. When a serial bomber strikes the theater, she feels compelled to search out the bomber herself. But will it be at the risk of everything she's worked for? Despite the basically interesting plot, I simply never developed an interest in how everything worked out. I am currently only interested in stories that hold my interest to the end.
Picture of Percy
Picture of Percy
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Joe, I replied to your message on my thread but thought I'd mention it here too that I'm so sorry you are in broken hip rehab. I hope you recover quickly and get back to your previous physical condition soon. Thinking of you.
Love that little dog Percy. I used to have a budgie called Percy.
Love that little dog Percy. I used to have a budgie called Percy.
