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Tom Cohen recommended The Catcher in the Rye in Books (curated)

"“I read it when I was 14 on holiday with my family in the south of France. I just remember it was the first thing that I read that sounded as disillusioned as I felt at the time. Everyone else had been either quite grand or classical, and this was the first of the modern American writer genre that I’d read.”"

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Paulo Coelho recommended Fictions in Books (curated)

Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

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"I read one of Borges’ short stories in a science-fiction magazine when I was 20, and I immediately fell in love with his style and his universe. Later on, I discovered that the short story, ‘The Babel Library,’ was part of this collection of short stories. Borges is the only South American writer all of whose books I have read and reread."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Last Word in Books

Oct 5, 2020

Commissioned to write the biography of the fading and aging writer Mamoon Azam, Harry hopes this daunting task will get his career off the ground, and maybe revitalize the old man's in the process. However, getting there becomes a battle of wills and words. Read my review of this unusual novel here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/07/07/their-pens-might/

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Death Comes to Pemberley in Books

Oct 7, 2020

Death Comes to Pemberley

P.D. James | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry

6.0

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One would expect something amazing to come from the late, world-famous murder mystery writer P.D. James taking on a sequel to Jane Austen's most beloved novel "Pride & Prejudice." Could this be a match made in heaven or just a literary crime? Find out from my review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2013/10/18/a-match-made-in-heaven-or-a-literary-crime/

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J. K. Rowling recommended The Story of the Treasure Seekers in Books (curated)

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

E. Nesbit | 1899 | Children

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"She’s the children’s writer with whom I most identify. She said, ‘By some lucky chance, I remember exactly how I felt and thought at 11.’ That struck a chord with me. The Story of the Treasure Seekers was a breakthrough children’s book. Oswald is such a very real narrator, at a time when most people were writing morality plays for children."

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