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Just Talk is a simple, yet powerful voice to text app that allows you to convert your speech into...
Sometimes a Great Notion
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The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sailor...
Murder at the Fortune Teller’s Table
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A woman starts digging up the past in a small Northern California town—and winds up six feet...
Hearts of Stone
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1938. A perfect summer on the Greek island of Lefkas for three young people untroubled by the...
David McK (3372 KP) rated Hero in the Shadows (Drenai 9; Waylander 3) in Books
Dec 5, 2021
I've always found that there is an element of truth to the charge that the nations in his works reflect real-life counterparts (Nadir = Huns, Drenai = Greek), with those novel expanding to include the Kydor and the Chiatze, with the Men of Mud obviously reflecting the Terracotta army.
Oh, and the finale of the novel, in which Waylander finally finds peace?
*Chef's kiss*
ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Silence of Scheherazade in Books
Nov 29, 2022
We follow four families as their lives are changed forever when the Ottoman Empire is torn apart, and the city of Smyrna is at the front and centre of the trouble and violence.
This novel covers about 17 years from 1905, and follows four families from very different backgrounds: Levantine, Greek, Turkish and Armenian.
Scheherazade is born in September 1905, and never knows her mother as she is abandoned. An Indian spy (sent from the British) is who will tie them all together.
My thoughts:
I love an epic, sprawling story, and following the lives of four families certainly gives a lot of scope for that.
It was fascinating to learn about the different cultures of the four families, and of course Smyrna was a main character in itself.
It’s a book to be immersed in, with the sights and smells beautifully described.
Just my kind of book!
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