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Greta Gerwig recommended The Idiot: A Novel in Books (curated)
Gisell Middleton (189 KP) rated The Long Call in Books
Sep 29, 2019
Emma (53 KP) rated One of us is Lying in Books
Aug 26, 2019 (Updated Aug 26, 2019)
Great holiday read!
This book is perfect if you're trying to get into crime novels, but aren't ready to have your head completely stir fried! It's simply written and an overall great read! I did predict the ending, however i still enjoyed the ending as all loose ends were fully tied!
David McK (3801 KP) rated The Last Encounter in Books
Jun 30, 2024
Final entry in CS Forester's Hornblower series, set after the Napoleonic wars and in which a now retired Hornblower in his 70s meets and aids what he initially thinks is a madman, who is claiming to be Napoleon.
Interesting enough, but really only whets the appetite for the full-length novels!
Interesting enough, but really only whets the appetite for the full-length novels!
BeardyJim (611 KP) rated the PlayStation 3 version of The Wolf Among Us in Video Games
Nov 3, 2021
Great characterisation (3 more)
An excellent adaptation of the graphic novels
Brilliant artwork & visuals
Compelling story
Excellent fantasy crime noir
I love this game - a great investigative story, with brilliant characters, and great gameplay. Probably my favourite one of Telltale's games, and highly recommended.
David McK (3801 KP) rated Making Money (Discworld #36; Moist Von Lipwig #2) in Books
May 26, 2019 (Updated Oct 4, 2020)
The second - and, following his untimely death in 2015, last - of the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett's Moist von Lipwig sub-series of Discworld novels (after 'Going Postal'), that see's Moist himself put in charge of the ailing Ankh-Morpork central bank, and introducing - shock! gasp! - a new form of paper currency.
To my recollection, this also is one of the few Discworld novels (41 in total, of which this was number 36) in which the Patrician plays a central role - he's in more than a few, yes, but not always to this extent - and in which he is fleshed out as a character. I would loved to have seen where his plans for Moist would have taken him ...
To my recollection, this also is one of the few Discworld novels (41 in total, of which this was number 36) in which the Patrician plays a central role - he's in more than a few, yes, but not always to this extent - and in which he is fleshed out as a character. I would loved to have seen where his plans for Moist would have taken him ...
David McK (3801 KP) rated Small Gods in Books
Jan 28, 2019
Graphic adaptation of on eof my favourite Discworld books, which is set eras before the 'main' Discworld stories themselves.
I have to be honest: I didn't even know there was this adapatation of the story until I came across it in a local bookstory: having read it, I think I prefer this over the only other graphical take on the stories I had encountered before ([b:The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic|2728900|The Discworld Graphic Novels The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic|Terry Pratchett|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1348432296s/2728900.jpg|2754534]) in that the artwork seems more vibrant, more what I would imagine the characters to be like.
I have to be honest: I didn't even know there was this adapatation of the story until I came across it in a local bookstory: having read it, I think I prefer this over the only other graphical take on the stories I had encountered before ([b:The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic|2728900|The Discworld Graphic Novels The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic|Terry Pratchett|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1348432296s/2728900.jpg|2754534]) in that the artwork seems more vibrant, more what I would imagine the characters to be like.
Erika (17789 KP) rated Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in Books
Feb 1, 2020
This novel is commonly known as the first true English novel, as well as the first epistolary novel. I've taken numerous British and English Literature classes, but had not been introduced to this novel until I studied in England and took an English novel class taught by a German professor who learned English solely so he could read Shakespeare in the vernacular. I'm glad that this prof included this wonderful novel. It was a nice change from just assigning Jane Eyre and Great Expectations.
It's an interesting study on Pamela, and spawned so many great, satirical novels. This is definitely a must read if you like classic literature and enjoy reading the novels that shaped the literature of today.
It's an interesting study on Pamela, and spawned so many great, satirical novels. This is definitely a must read if you like classic literature and enjoy reading the novels that shaped the literature of today.
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Jane Austen Cover to Cover
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In the short forty-two years of her life, Jane Austen wrote six novels that would endure long after...
