Book Reviews and a Little More…
Book #9 was Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden. I was expecting a lot from this book, and it delivered. I’m now looking forward to seeing the movie, and I hope they didn’t screw it up. Book count: 9 Pages in book: 434 Page count: 4,172 Words in book: 186,399 Word count:1,001,379 1,000,000 words surpassed — 2/2/06
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Book #74 was Hornet Flight, by Ken Follett. Ken Follett is one of those authors I wish I’d discovered earlier. His books are so engaging that you hardly notice how far along you are in it. The last two I’ve read (this one and Jackdaws) were set in WW2, which probably makes me enjoy them a little bit more. It’s been one of my favorite
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Book #72 was Jacob’s Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War by Donald McCaig. Actually, I didn’t quite finish this book. But I invested so much time in it, I’m counting it, dammit. I was disappointed in it — I was looking for much more story about the people, and much less descriptions of battles. I expected it to be a story about Duncan,
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Book #69 was Charleston, by John Jakes. I so enjoy John Jakes. And I got an extra tickle from this one because he refers to a few of his other books in it. Book count: 69 Pages in book: 532 Page count: 24,802 15,000 page goal reached 6/14/05! 50 book goal reached 7/19/05!
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