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Death in Venice
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"In Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, a great writer is as endangered by his repressed passions as he is by the cholera plague. I was a young fiction writer who wanted to be an artist at what I did. Why wouldn't I be interested, as Mann was, in the nature of the artist?"

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The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
William Boyd | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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4.5/5 stars! There's nothing more satisfying than a really well written short story, and you'll find lots of these in this collection, which actually has two that are more novella length. Take a look at my #bookreview of this on my blog now. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/02/14/ironic-wit-of-william/
  
Butterfly in Frost
Butterfly in Frost
Sylvia Day | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
8
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I borrowed this book from the library, assuming it would be another light, smut-laced Sylvia Day read. A mindless, fun, beach read. However, for a fairly short novella, Ms. Day certainly packed it with deep emotion and sincerity, which took me by surprise. Parts of the story were funny or exciting, while other parts were gut-wrenching. I was pleasantly surprised by Butterfly in Frost. The story was quite complex, emotionally, in a very short number of pages. It could have stood to be longer, and felt like it probably skipped over a lot of details in a couple of spots. However, for a novella, this really grabbed my emotional heartstrings in a stronger way than I expected it to.
  
All the King's Men: The Beginning (All The King's Men #6)
All the King's Men: The Beginning (All The King's Men #6)
Donya Lynne | 2014 | Paranormal, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This novella provides a history of All the King's Men, providing background on the vampire/dreck races, the suffering, mate bonds, and even those that aren't mated. Although I enjoyed this book, it didn't grab me as much as the others have done. Perhaps it is because there are a wide variety of people and subjects covered within a short amount of time, I'm not sure.

Still well-written and with no editing or grammatical errors that I found, I would recommend this novella to fans of the AKM series.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Apr 28, 2016