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Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it 8 years ago
I'm pretty sure that I've mentioned once or twice before here that The Chronicles of Prydain were the books that got me into fantasy. The Chronicles of Narnia made me a fan of Narnia, but really didn't carry over to anything outside of Narnia (at least until I got older and tried Mere Christianity)....
Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it 9 years ago
I've long had my eye on Farquhar's books but his recent Secret Lives of the Tsars was the first I actually read. It really impressed me, more than I'd thought it would, so when I saw this on Hoopla, I had to give it a try because...well Tudors and Hapsburgs = extremely interesting. Perhaps it's t...
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it 12 years ago
Great Victorian mystery. I listened to it and LOVED the narrator. His voice was smooth and changes in voices didn't sound like nails on a chalkboard as they normally do. Was the feeling of the book "been there, done that"? Yes, I read a large number of these books and they generally have the same fe...
Smash Attack Reads...Where Smash Attacks Books!
This audio book was so fun! The narrator was SO GOOD. I was not invested at the beginning, but the 2nd half was really interesting, and then that nice, little twist that made me gasp! I'm glad to see the focus of the next book is on Mae. And we get more Nick, of course.Review soon.
Boxes of Paper
Boxes of Paper rated it 12 years ago
This book is just the type I love.  A mystery series set in England, London particularly, with an aristocratic amateur sleuth.  Finch has been recommended to me by customers, not only the ones who pass through, but regulars who have come to know my taste as intimately as I know theirs.So, I am vastl...
TwistedAlyce
TwistedAlyce rated it 13 years ago
well i could only get hold of the audio version and due to the bloke reading it doing really bad new zealand and australia accents i only gave it 2 stars. the idea for this noval was a brillant idea and adding the steampunk element which i seem to be getting in to i thought i would have loved this b...
Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it 15 years ago
From time to time I like to read about the recent financial collapse in an effort to try to understand what happened. This book is written by an author who normally writes novels, so he knows how to explain things very simply. In the early part of the book it was so simple that I thought it might ...
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