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PRIX GONCOURT 2014. Lydie Salvayre, daughter of Spanish refugees, offers us a novel with two voices:...
In Fear (2014)
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Driving to a music festival in Ireland, a new couple become lost and are then set upon by a...
Need For Speed (2014)
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Based on the most successful racing video game franchise ever with over 140 million copies sold
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated A Prayer for Owen Meany in Books
Oct 5, 2020
None of John Irving's novels have touched me as much as much as this one, and if you ask me, his work went drastically down hill after he wrote this. You can read my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/04/john-irvings-masterpiece/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Freedom in Books
Oct 5, 2020
Franzen has a good deal of talent in how he develops his characters, but I'm not sure if this book lived up to all the hype. You can read my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/30/what-is-a-portrait-of-america/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Boston Girl in Books
Oct 5, 2020
While this is a charming story and beautifully written, after I got to know the protagonist, I wanted more than this book gave me. You can read my review of this novel here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/11/21/the-making-of-a-remarkable-woman/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Queen and I in Books
Oct 6, 2020
In this unfortunately dated book, writer Sue Townsend investigates how the royal family might have coped if Parliament had decided that to dethrone them. You can read my full review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/06/a-fictional-dismantling-of-the-british-royal-family/