Book Reviews and a Little More…
It’s the end of July, and that means it’s the end of the July Book Blowout Challenge. I set myself a goal of 8 books, and I met it, right on the dot. Technically I read 9 books, but I can only count 2 of the audiobooks. Here are the books I read for the challenge: Homeport (Nora Roberts) The Secret History of the Pink
Read moreThis week’s topic… What are your favourite final sentences from books? Is there a book that you liked specially because of its last sentence? Or a book, perhaps that you didn’t like but still remember simply because of the last line? As bad as I am with first sentences, I think I may be worst with last ones! I can’t remember a single one. However,
Read moreBook #67 was The Neon Rain, the first in the Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke. The back of the book reads: Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife’s love, Robicheaux’s haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans’ French Quarter — the
Read moreBook #66 was Homeport by Nora Roberts. The back of the book reads: After an assault at her family home in Maine, Dr. Miranda Jones is determined to put the experience behind her. Distraction comes when she is summoned to Italy to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze of a Medici courtesan known as The Dark Lady. But when the job nearly destroys her
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