My goal for nonfiction is at least one per month. I got stuck behind Oscars Wars which I started in August and I‘m still working on.#Nonfiction2025
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My goal for nonfiction is at least one per month. I got stuck behind Oscars Wars which I started in August and I‘m still working on.#Nonfiction2025
pickI wish I had read this in print! If you enjoy a capital D dysfunctional family drama with wit, mystery, and dark comedy, look no further. I didn‘t know Barnes is a playwright until after I listened and read the blurb; it definitely shows and pays off in this novel.
pickMy favorite book of January was The Girl From the Grand Hotel, read for the #sundaybuddyread
It's the summer of 1939 at the Côte d'Azur. Celebrities are at the Grand Hotel for the first Cannes Film Festival. Add in some Nazis and espionage, and we get an interesting story.
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pickThis gorgeous novel follows the passengers and crew of a fateful train ride to Paris, one that will end in disaster and a famous nineteenth-centruy photograph. I love how the story jumps from one passenger or crew member to another, some based on real people known to have been on the train, others invented wholecloth. Brilliant and propulsive..
pickJust finished this book on the train. Its an absolute gem of a book - very philosophical. Inside a wealthy apartment building in Paris, we are in the POV of Renee the concierge, a 54yo woman from a peasant background who hides her genius in order to have a quiet life and peace from the privileged so and sos around her. But there are others in the building who have kindred hearts. A delightful story with lots of cultural and arts references.
so-soI enjoyed this novel about Sadie, an undercover agent infiltrating a commune in France. The strong writing & Sadie‘s wry voice & cynical humour pulled me along, but Bruno‘s emails about anthropology dragged. They felt like essays only loosely connected to the story. I liked Sadie‘s dark, opinionated humour & the thought-provoking ideas about corporate espionage. Too meandering for a spy novel & the ending was contrived & unsatisfying.
pickBruno finds a highly successful businesswoman apparently dead by suicide in her car.Case closed.Still,he has his suspicions.Meanwhile,there‘s a movement to usurp him from his job as Chief of Police.Never one to bow to a pressure,Bruno continues his inquiry.During this process he meets a love interest.Featured is the usual emphasis on growing & scavenging for food,on farm to table meals with friends,on sunrise horse back riding,& hiking with dogs.
