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Cori June (3033 KP) rated Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) in Books

Jun 23, 2020

Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12)

Patricia Briggs | 2020 | Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.0

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This would have been better as a novella. I felt there was more filler than normal and it was odd that she had two books building to something, I expect that the next one will be something large. I'm not going to lie I did think of Monty Python while reading this book so there were some unintentionally (?) funny parts. There is the usual Mercy wit so that's good Picks up not too long after Storm Cursed. I enjoyed this book but it wasn't my favorite.

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Julio Torres recommended The Perpetual Motion Machine - The Story of an Invention in Books (curated)

"This is a curious little book I picked up while I was working at the Neuegalerie in New York, a very formative period in my life. It was published in the early 1900s, and chronicles the author’s attempt at making a perpetual motion machine. Part musings, part diary entries, it’s a trial and error novella about the author attempting to devise a perpetual motion machine and how that obsession illuminates the problems in his real life. It’s a story that’s riddled with failure, but stubbornly optimistic in a way I can relate to."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Deal of a Lifetime in Books

Oct 5, 2020

The Deal of a Lifetime

Fredrik Backman | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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I would like to request that people not read the blurb summary of this book that I found on Amazon. It is far too long and detailed for such a concise work of prose. Even if Backman approved of how much of the story they’ve included there, I certainly do not. However, if you want to know my opinion of this beautifully constructed and thought-provoking novella, please read my review here – which will not give away hardly anything of the story, I promise!
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/11/04/a-new-christmas-carol/

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Lonely Drop in Books

Jan 12, 2021

The Lonely Drop

Vanessa North | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+, Romance

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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This was a very sweet short-story/novella that follows the story of two friends who lose touch for ten years before meeting again at one of their businesses. They quickly fall back into the friends rolls they used to have and phone each other regularly, meet up whenever they're both in town and flirt with each other.

I really liked it for the romance aspect. It was sweetly sexy with the dancing and the drinking and the flirting and the ending had me smiling like a loony because it was cute.