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Wieland

Brown Charles Brockden

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Penned by the skilful hand of Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland was one of the first American Gothic...

ClareR (5945 KP) rated Good Eggs in Books

Mar 23, 2021

Good Eggs

Rebecca Hardiman | 2021 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy

8.0

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I really enjoyed this multi-generational family novel, full of badly behaved grans, teenaged girls and dads. In fact, not many of the characters are behaving well in Good Eggs. But that’s what makes it so much fun. There are a lot of laugh out loud moments in this - so beware of where you’re reading it!
Some of the exploits seem a little far fetched, but the comedy value more than makes up for that, and this is a great book to escape from reality with. Grandma Millie would be enough entertainment on her own.she’s a kleptomaniac who drives a very much abused Renault, who says what she thinks and doesn’t worry about the consequences.
I don’t want to give too much away, but I really did enjoy this - it’s great, crazy and full of heart.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this, and Rebecca Hardiman for joining in with the read!

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2395 KP) rated Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder in Books

Oct 7, 2020

Accept this Invitation to Seventeen Murders

In the seventh short story anthology from the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, each story revolves around an invitation. Some are the obvious invitations for events, but others are a more casual invitation. Either way, they lead to danger of some kind. There’s a mother whose young son is writing a hard-boiled mystery, an escape room that ends in death, a guest who overstays her welcome, bedbugs and murder in London, and a debutant ball in early 1900’s South Carolina. The stories are as varied as their locations, and many are fun. As with every short story collection, not every story will be for every taste. Personally, I found a couple of them too dark to be enjoyable. But the majority of the seventeen stories were a delight. If you are searching for bite sized stories, you’ll be glad you picked up this collection.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Poe Dameron: Free Fall in Books

Jan 17, 2021

Poe Dameron: Free Fall

Alex Segura | 2020 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

7.0

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I am a huge fan of Poe DAMron because of Oscar Isaac. He was also one of my favorite new additions to the Star Wars universe. We were first semi-introduced to Poe in @Star Wars: Shattered Empire . This book picks up when Poe is around 16, trying to escape Yavin IV because he doesn't want to lead a boring life or be a farmer.

My main issue is the timing of the release, this should have been released as part of the 'Journey to Rise of Skywalker'. It would have really added context to Poe and Zorii's relationship. It was a huge misstep in my opinion.

The story itself isn't bad, it's a Star Wars book, and I've read some stinkers in new canon (cough cough, I'm looking at you, @Star Wars: Queen's Shadow ). It was more predictable than most, and would have been useful prior to the release of Rise of Skywalker.