so-soSt. Maël, half-blinded by the rigours of an Atlantic voyage, baptises a flock of great auks (aka penguins), and so God makes them human. This is the story of Penguinia.
The beginning is mildly amusing but after about the half-way mark as we get closer to the author's own day the premise is abandoned and the book more and more blatantly refers to contemporary French politics,
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#BookHaul part 3 from #BN #BarnesandNoble in #Sarasota — we said hello to our favorite bookseller Miss Sandy and I swear I was very judicious in my choices! (That‘s my story and I‘m sticking to it!). I‘ll also post many books that caught my eye but didn‘t make the cut today 😜
pickA short Novela that I listened to while doing this cross stich card #ShowandTellTuesday @Catsandbooks #Read2025 @DieAReader
It had a lot of twists that I never saw coming. It's a really good story.
Willowweep Manor rescues the imperiled denizens of another universe: A gruff colonel, a capable young woman, a butler, a sweet old lady... you get the idea. When things start to go very wrong, Haley as at a loss about how to help her friends--mysteries aren't her thing--but works it out in the end.
Unlike Haley, I love classic mysteries, so I thought this was a hoot, especially the sweet old lady's village stories. Best to read book 1 first.
Fast read … read less than week! Different kind of twist. 6/10
I‘m finally doing it. I started watching the series and just knew I would probably love reading it more. So here we are….Better late than never.
so-soI finished listening to this over the weekend, and I‘m still not sure what I think about it. I frequently found the way the narrator described things and how he inserted himself in the story entertaining. However, the way things came together at the end seemed abrupt to me, and my overall impression was more a so-so than a pick.
I put this on hold for #AuthorAMonth, but just now got to it.
#1001books #audiobook
So-so for the first 1/2 and Pan for the second 1/2. 2w