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Jeanette Winterson recommended Invisible Cities in Books (curated)

 
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino, William Weaver | 1997 | Fiction & Poetry
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"This book made such an impact on me as a young woman. It’s flash-fiction before anyone had named it, but running together in a strange and glorious narrative about Venice, a Venice that is a proxy for your soul."

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Hamnet
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (5 Ratings)
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This novel was just short listed for the 2020 Women's Fiction Prize, and rightly so! You can read my #Bookreview here to find out why I think it deserves to win!
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/04/24/net-and-let/
  
This very unusual novel is an excellent character study of a young woman at the crossroads of her life. Read my review of this fascinating work of fiction here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/10/21/what-is-and-what-is-not/
  
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Merissa (13816 KP) created a post

Oct 8, 2020  
Find out what happened at the book launch party in the TOUR, GP & #GIVEAWAY - Threads: A Depression Era Tale by Charlotte Whitney - @Archaeolibrary, @GoddessFish, #Historical #Fiction, #WomensLit, #BookClubLit

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    Dune

    Dune

    6.9 (7 Ratings) Rate It

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    lA three-part miniseries on politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah. Based on...

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Merissa (13816 KP) created a post

Apr 28, 2022  
"A darkly twisted psychological thriller exploring the legend of Lady Godiva’s naked ride."

Tour: Beheld: Godiva's Story by Christopher M. Cevasco - @Archaeolibrary, @maryanneyarde, @cevasco_m , #CoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #LadyGodiva, #AngloSaxons, #BritishHistory, #Historical, #Fiction, #Psychological, #Thriller,

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A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal
A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal
Ben Macintyre | 2015 | Biography, History & Politics
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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If you're looking for a non-fiction book that reads like fiction, this is definitely a must-read.
Kim Philby is infamous, he was responsible for compromising countless agents/missions from the 1930s to the 1960s. He's the inspiration behind a lot of spy fiction, one of the biggest ones being Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The book has a few main sources, Philby himself in his strange memoir written after he fled to Moscow, Nicholas Elliot, a friend and co-worker from MI-6, and James Angleton, also a friend from the CIA. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but there were so many signs of treachery, it's hard to believe that it took 30 years to finally get a confession from him.
And, I mean, come on, the dude decided on giving himself the nickname of Kim, like the character in Rudyard Kipling's novel.
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) created a poll

Nov 3, 2018  
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1994 saw 3 of the most memorable Best Picture nominees in the same year of all time.

Here's how they broke down for box office performance:

Forrest Gump - $329 million (top grossing film of the year)

Pulp Fiction - $107 million (10th highest grossing film of the year)

The Shawshank Redemption - $28.3 million (51st highest grossing film of the year) - sad to say beaten by In the Army Now starring Pauly Shore

Here are their current IMDb star rankings:

Forrest Gump - 8.8
Pulp Fiction - 8.9
The Shawshank Redemption - 9.3

These films are all about to turn 25 years old in a few months. Although Forrest Gump won Best Picture in 1994, has it endured as well as the others? What do you think?

Which is your favorite?

Feel free to also comment your thoughts below. I would love to hear them.


Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
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