Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Map of Lost Memories in Books
Jan 15, 2018
It tells the story of Irene, a museum assistant who gets passed over for a big promotion. When she is so easily dismissed she wants to do something to make a name for herself. With the help of her deceased father's wealthy best friend she goes treasure hunting. She sets out to find the lost Khmer copper scrolls which supposedly tell the as yet unknown history of the Khmer reign in Cambodia.
Yes, there is a good dose of history & politics mixed in throughout the story. Even if you know nothing about the Khmers in Cambodia you can still get into this book & understand the plot lines.
Along her journey from Seattle to the Orient, Irene assembles a misfit band of scientists & treasure hunters...everyone from a drug addicted Khmer scholar to a man who runs the "knowledge" network in Shanghai.
All in all this was a good book. It can be enjoyed by anyone despite the time period setting & the oriental history sprinkled in throughout the text. The story is easy to get lost in once you figure out who is who.
Jumping Joe!
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It Calls From The Forest: An Anthology of Terrifying Tales from the Woods Volume 1
Mark Towse, M.A. Smith, Greg Hunter, Craig Crawford, N.M Brown, T.S. Hurt, Michael Subjack, Emma K. Leadley, E.E.W. Christman, Clint Foster, Dale Drake, C.W. Blackwell, G. Allen Wilbanks, Michael D. Nadeau, Tim Mendees, Elizabeth Nettleton, Matthew A. St. Cyr, Jason Holden, Evan M. Elgin, Thomas Wake and Brian Duncan
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Whatever you do, do not listen. Ignore that pull, the need to escape from drudgeries of life and...
Hooktheory I
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There has never been a music book like this. Hooktheory I is a smart, fun, skill-building journey...
Beyond the Map: Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search for New Utopias
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Geography is getting stranger. Out there fleets of new islands are under construction and...
Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake in Books
Apr 29, 2021
However, I found the narrative elusive and shadowy which was often frustrating. Whilst I understand that Bender was creating a narrative largely written from the perspective of a child, from whom many things were hidden and secret, I still found that as a reader you were constantly trying to grasp what she was describing and failing. I found this made the book less plausible and destroyed the intrigue turning it into annoying gameplay.
I have read other novels with narratives from the perspective of a child such as The Earth Hums in B Flat, The Book Thief, Mister Pip, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Room etc and found these all to be written far more skillfully than Bender manages here. It is an art to realistically write through the eyes of a child but reveal things to an adult reader through the child's naive perspective of the world. If this is failed to be achieved it can leave the reader feeling frustrated and disillusioned through being led on a journey that is over-constructed and inauthentic.
The Full Montezuma: Around Central America and the Caribbean with the Girl Next Door
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Intrepid travel writer Peter Moore recently invited the new love of his life, a.k.a. the girl next...
A Guide to Supervising Non-Native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations: Focusing on the Writing Process
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Focused on the writing process, A Guide to Supervising Non-Native English Writers of Theses and...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Stolen Mage Bride ( Stolen Brides of the Fae book 2) in Books
Jun 8, 2022
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Stolen Mage Bride ( stolen Brides of the Fae book 2)
By Sylvia Mercedes
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A brutal king. A gentle mage. A bond neither of them desires . . . nor has the strength to resist.
King Lodírhal has no choice—he must battle the human champion in single combat and save his people from slaughter.
Mage Dasyra also has no choice—she must serve her masters and channel the powerful magic in her soul for a chance to stop the deadly fae king.
But when they meet on the battlefield, these two adversaries discover they have bigger problems in store. For they are fated by the gods to be each other’s True Love . . . and the moment they lock eyes, the Fatebond awakens. Now all that matters is breaking the bond before it can be sealed for eternity.
Can these mortal enemies work together and survive the perilous journey to the Sundering Place? Or are the demands of fate—and the desires awakening in both their reluctant hearts—too powerful to be thwarted?
This is the second In a series written by several different authors all set in the same world. It was ok bits seemed a bit rushed were other bits seemed dragged out. But overall it was ok.
Being a Beast
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2016 Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a...