pickIs this book original & unique? No, not really. It's a pulpy crime thriller from the 60s.
If I had to sum it up, I'd say Cars 2 mostly used the plot from it but made it family friendly, less globe-trotting, and added the power of friendship to the movie.
Mistaken identity, secret agents, & lots of dangerous people that a lawyer ends up facing against - all to try and get the girl.
It's not the most unique book ever but it kept me reading
“I would like,“ she said, “to be rich enough to be unhappy, but not rich enough to be miserable.“
I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.
#ABookADay2025
Time for pulp fiction and Casey snuggles. THE MAD KING‘s cover led me to expect pseudo-medieval fantasy, but it‘s actually a contemporary-to-publication adventure novel about a young American who is mistaken for the runaway king of his mother‘s European homeland. The first three chapters were fun.
#weekendreads
Definitely enjoying the cooler temperatures today.
📕I will finish the Matt Helm today. I picked it up at a FLL along with the James Bond books last week.
📘Handling Sin is my last #Roll100 for September and a bit of a struggle.
📗Loving my revisit to Brideshead for #HashtagBrigade and am reading far, far ahead of planned as a result.
Hey Littens ! Please send finding energy! I‘ve lost a library book in my house! 😱😕📚👻
pickA brutal, unflinching dive into the psyche of a teenage boy unraveling amid the violence and neglect of Yokohama‘s slum. Stark and relentless, it‘s a haunting portrait of innocence lost and a society in decay, and pretty well written too.
so-soI had bought the second book at a used book store, but I'll be donating after having finished book one...
It wasn't necessarily bad, but I think the character in the cultural zeitgeist has outgrown the original story. You probably know all you want to know about Tarzan without reading this and spoiling your mental image. Overly long, pretty racist, way too many mentions of sinew, and a depressing ending took away from the overall enjoyment.
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