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Marilyne S.

My Reviews

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Fun, Interesting, Insightful

One boy's life experiences.

Many hearty laughs and some serious discussion.

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace - One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Inspiring, Informative, Insightful

Mortenson builds schools for girls in Pakistan.

Writer is a great American.

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

Book Club Recommended

Adventurous, Interesting, Informative

One thousand white women

Caused a lively discussion in two book clubs. An easy read.

The Likeness by Tana French

Unconvincing, Dramatic, Interesting

The Likeness

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age by William Manchester

A World lit only by Fire

This is a dreadful, tedious and salacious book purporting to be an historical account. The main theme describes lurid details of early Catholic popes. The chapter on Magellan was somewhat more interesting.
There are many inaccuracies and countless lists of names -- 8, 10, even 28 in one paragraph.
Don't be seduced by the author's fame. (His Churchill books were excellent).

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Dramatic, Interesting, Insightful

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Book Club Recommended

Insightful, Informative, Interesting

The Curious Incident of the Dog int the Night-time

A Gentleman in Moscow by AMOR TOWLES

Book Club Recommended

Beautiful, Brilliant, Insightful

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