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ClareR (5721 KP) rated Love Bites in Books

Apr 6, 2018  
Love Bites
Love Bites
Elena Kaufman | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a collection of short stories that follow various people who are not where they started out. They are immigrants, eccentrics and those who really don't want to be where they are. Themes include loss, isolation/ loneliness and difference.
Stories that particularly stood out for me, were the story about a girl who loses her leg, the elderly woman trying to escaper her old people's home if only she could remember what she's supposed to be doing, and the woman who goes to see a 'Sheikh' for family relationship advice.
All of the stories made me stop and think - mainly about what I would have done in their circumstances. Very thought provoking.
This was another book read on 'The Pigeonhole' social reading platform.
  
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starwarsluvr (236 KP) rated Heartthrob Series Scottish Weddings Box Set (Heartthrob, #3-4) in Books

Jan 30, 2018  
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Heartthrob Series Scottish Weddings Box Set (Heartthrob, #3-4)
Sophia Knightly | 2015
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
heartthrob series box set by sophia knightly
reviewed by kaila for cbr

The sweetness in these two stories is amazing. The love, the kilts, the men, their women, family, all of it is awesome. Also, I loved that I could read it in the scottish accent and felt like I was a part of their story as it came to life. Amazing
  
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ClareR (5721 KP) rated Dubliners in Books

Oct 28, 2019 (Updated Sep 8, 2020)  
Dubliners
Dubliners
James Joyce, Terence Brown | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.5 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was sure I’d read Dubliners before - possibly during my English Literature A Level, but I couldn’t remember what the stories were about. They really give the reader a feel of what life must have been like at the turn of the last century in Ireland. They’re not all ‘pretty’ stories either. We see alcoholism (or at least heavy drinking that impacts life and family), poverty, suicide, missed opportunities and hard decisions. So, normal life for a lot of people.
I now wonder if I should go back and reread one of his novels?
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this book.