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Farm to Fabre

Dahlia Donovan

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When Andriana Milne-Marchetti kisses an old family friend under an apple tree, she never imagines...

Contemporary Romance

Debbiereadsbook (1617 KP) rated In Darkness: The Shark in Books

Dec 20, 2022

In Darkness: The Shark

L. Diane Wolfe | 2022 | Contemporary, Paranormal, Romance

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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It is clean and there is no violence

Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

I'm going to struggle with this review, and I apologise for that. The reviews for books that do not garner much of any feelings from me (either positive or negative) I find the hardest to write.

I liked the tale, I did, it just came across a bit sappy for me. I liked the twist as to who/what Clarence really is, although I kinda saw something along those lines coming at me.

It is clean, there is no violence, save for the shark getting caught in the fishing net. I've tagged it Young Adult, because I think this is probably more suited to an upper teen (14-18) than for me.

First I've read of this author. Will I read more? Not of this series, no. Possibly something else, though.

I DID finish it, so that's why I gave it. . .

3 stars

*same worded review will appear elsewhere

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ClareR (6054 KP) rated A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding in Books

Apr 25, 2023

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding

Amanda Svensson | 2022 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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I have very mixed feelings about this book. I gave up reading it twice, but something kept pulling me back. I still can’t work out what the system is that’s so blinding, but I did like how quirky the whole novel was. It’s surreal, everyone in it has some sort of mental health issue, and is muddling their way through a life that they can make no sense of. Honestly, I couldn’t make sense of their lives either.
There are some really quite beautiful descriptive passages of London and Easter Island, and I found myself googling one of the photographic artists that was mentioned and falling down a rabbit hole for a while.
Should this win the international Booker prize? I have no idea, and I wouldn’t want to be the one that had to choose. Am I glad that I read it? I’m still not absolutely sure on that one. It’s left me with more questions than answers, and I don’t know as there even are any answers!

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Healing Kiss

Amanda Uhl

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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To save her dying sister… Lillian Milano channels energy from the healthy to heal the sick,...

Paranormal Romance

Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated Walk the Deck (Walk the Walk #2) by Marilyn Barr in Books

Jul 15, 2022

Magda and Bronko are sailing to Jamaica. Bronko wants to have a quiet life, however, Magda has other ideas. She wants more than just to settle down and become a wife.

This is the second instalment of the Walk the Walk series. I haven't read the first.

I found this story quite slow going, to be honest. It seemed to take a while to build up to the climax and by the time it got there, I was at the end of the book. I didn't quite enjoy it as much as I hoped. I don't know if it's because I haven't read the first book.

I do like the way the characters get to know each other through the story. You can feel the emotions and feelings becoming entwined between the 2 main characters, as well as the protectiveness of the rest of the crew. There is quite a bit of banter I found myself giggling at, so there are some fun times had.

Give it a read I hope you enjoy