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Gwyneth Paltrow recommended Goodnight Moon in Books (curated)
Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback
Jun 24, 2019
Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) rated The Best Girls in Books
Jul 10, 2019
I love Korean culture, so I decided to read this book when I saw it was available on Amazon Prime.
We’re never told of the narrator’s name, only that she is a sixth grader. More importance is put on the sons of the family. Our narrator’s family is poor. In order to help with the money problem, our narrator makes a shocking choice.
This is a very short story, but it is written very well. I felt like I was in the story. It is a sad story though.
We’re never told of the narrator’s name, only that she is a sixth grader. More importance is put on the sons of the family. Our narrator’s family is poor. In order to help with the money problem, our narrator makes a shocking choice.
This is a very short story, but it is written very well. I felt like I was in the story. It is a sad story though.
David McK (3684 KP) rated Sworn Sword (The Bloody Aftermath of 1066, #1) in Books
Jan 30, 2019 (Updated Jul 9, 2023)
About a month or so ago, I was in my local Waterstones when I spotted two books both set around the time of the Norman Invasion but telling the tale but different angles: <i>Hereward</i> and this. Humming ang haaing, I eventually decided on <i>Hereward</i> and then, later, came across this novel for sale in Tesco's picking it up there.
Of the two books, I have to say - and despite a title that sounds like a bad b-movie ('"Sworn Sword: 1066: The Aftermath!" coming soon to a theatre near you!') - this is the better. Told in first person prose, this novel is from the point of view of a Norman Knight (whereas <i>Hereward</i> was from that of an Anglo-Saxon), and reminded me very much of one of the better Bernard Cornwell books in that the history covered (albeit slighlty fictionalised to fit the demands of the story) is just as interesting as the actual plot.
The first in a series of books set in the same period, I think I will be picking up more of these!
Of the two books, I have to say - and despite a title that sounds like a bad b-movie ('"Sworn Sword: 1066: The Aftermath!" coming soon to a theatre near you!') - this is the better. Told in first person prose, this novel is from the point of view of a Norman Knight (whereas <i>Hereward</i> was from that of an Anglo-Saxon), and reminded me very much of one of the better Bernard Cornwell books in that the history covered (albeit slighlty fictionalised to fit the demands of the story) is just as interesting as the actual plot.
The first in a series of books set in the same period, I think I will be picking up more of these!
BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated Alien: Covenant (2017) in Movies
Sep 28, 2017
Jessalyn Joy (118 KP) rated Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) in Movies
Jul 17, 2017
graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Firelight (Darkest London, #1) in Books
Feb 15, 2019
