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Book 34: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas – Gertrude Stein
The writing in this book is quite possibly the most beautiful writing I’ve ever read. The premise of the book, however, is incredibly convoluted. Regardless, I am glad I read the book because it counts...
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Book 44: Persepolis 2 – Marjane Satrapi
If possible, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return was better than Satrapi’s first graphic novel Persepolis: A Story of Childhood. Don’t get me wrong, they were both great and the first one’s wit and...
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Book 52: Les Misérables – Victor Hugo
If Les Misérables is one thing, it is too damn long. I’m sure there are people who will disagree with me and I partially disagree with myself, but 1,729 pages is just outrageous. My advice to you if...
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Book 70: No Name – Wilkie Collins
Unlike Dickens, I could read Wilkie Collins ALL DAY. There are those of you out there that will find this shocking, but it’s the truth. This is the first novel I’ve read by Collins and I am VERY glad I...
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Book 82: War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
And with this book I completed ALL of my reading challenges this year! I will do a wrap up post (year, challenge and month) on either the 31st or 1st, but for the record this was the 11th book of …...
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Book 13: From Russia with Love – Ian Fleming
For my first, and probably only, foray into James Bond this was definitely a good one. Compared to other spy novels I’ve read like The Talented Mr. Ripley or The Thin Man, I enjoyed this one the most!...
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Book 19: A Burnable Book – Bruce Holsinger
Whoa, talk about a fascinating novel. It opens with a murder and builds from there! I finished the book in just over three days (with severely limited time) and it is most definitely a page turner with...
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Book 21: Who Murdered Chaucer? – Jones, Yeager, Dolan, Fletcher & Dor
I know I say this often, but what a fascinating read, but what’s most exciting is that this is a work of nonfiction. I don’t generally read a lot of nonfiction, but after reading about this on a site...
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Book 40: The Devil and Miss Prym (And On the Seventh Day #3) – Paulo Coelho
Of the three books in the On the Seventh Day trilogy, this was my favorite. It has been almost two years since I read By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept and Veronika Decides to Die was too...
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Book 45: The Art Restorer (Enrique Alonso #2) – Julián Sánchez
I’m always happy when I discover an author new to me. As I said on Monday in my response to The Antiquarian, I stumbled across Sánchez’s work on NetGalley and requested a copy of this novel. I received...
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Book 56: The Girl With No Shadow (Chocolat #2) – Joanne Harris
As I said in my response to Chocolat, I had no idea there were sequels and I’m so glad I decided to read them. I haven’t started the third, Peaches for Father Frances, but I’m excited to start it soon....
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Book 57: Peaches for Father Francis (Chocolat #3) – Joanne Harris
Now THIS is how you end a trilogy. I assume this is the end, but I guess it could start-up again. Peaches for Father Francis picks up four years after the events of The Girl With No Shadow and eight...
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Book 355: Jane Vows Vengeance (Jane Fairfax #3) – Michael Thomas Ford
Book three (Amazon link) of the Jane Fairfax trilogy just didn’t live up to Jane Bites Back or Jane Goes Batty. That being said, there were some great moments, but overall it just wasn’t as light or as...
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Book 357: Eleven Minutes – Paulo Coelho
Again, I’m not sure when I picked up this and The Witch of Portobello, but I’m assuming sometime back in 2011 as I mention them in a post as far back as my May 2012 update. I once again ask why …...
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Book 361: Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
As with 99% of the Classics I’ve read, I’m wondering what took me so long to read this one! Not only is it under 200 pages, but it’s quick and fascinating read. Add in that Shelley was only 19 when she...
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Book 365: The Brontë Project – Jennifer Vandever
I’m not sure what it is about Brontë fan-fiction, but they’re just not as whimsical as the Austen fan-fiction. Looking at the subject matters and general ambiance of the works and the author’s lives it...
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Book 414: Bel Ami – Guy de Maupassant
After a two month hiatus I am back with the 45th book from my Classics Club list. That’s 45% of my list done and I’m only 32 books behind schedule😉 Going into Bel Ami I thought I knew what the book …...
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Book 427: The Magician King (The Magicians #2) – Lev Grossman
I finally got this one from the library and I’m on hold for the final book, the bf bought it recently, so we all know I’ll steal his Kindle to blaze through it before I even get close to being …...
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Book 441: The Madwoman Upstairs – Catherine Lowell
Back-to-back Brontë fan-fictions you say? Hell yes, I say! I honestly didn’t plan it this way, but both books were burning holes on my TBR pile and I wanted to read them before I headed out to China. I...
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Book 443: The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2) –...
Picking up immediately after the events of The Alchemyst, the second book in the series is just as action packed and full as the first! The Magician again takes place over a period of days and this...
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