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Category Archives: classic
Reviewing a classic: The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe 05) by Raymond Chandler
Product info: (from Goodreads): Chandler’s 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young thing’s missing brother. A movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair … Continue reading
Posted in book review, classic, crime, whodunnit
Tagged 30's in the USA, classic, crime story, hollywood, meh, noir, philip marlowe, pre IIWW, raymond chandler, reviewing a classic, series alert
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Reviewing a classic: Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe 04) by Raymond Chandler
Product info (from Goodreads): A couple of missing wives—one a rich man’s and one a poor man’s—become the objects of Marlowe’s investigation. One of them may have gotten a Mexican divorce and married a gigolo and the other may be … Continue reading
Posted in book review, classic, crime, mystery, whodunnit
Tagged lady in the lake, meh, raymond chandler, reviewing a classic, second rate
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The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
Synopsis (from Goodreads): When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself for her family’s happiness. Everyone knows … Continue reading
Posted in book review, chicklit, classic, historical, romance
Tagged bland hero, Georgette Heyer, historical romance, intrepid heroine, only men can help you, regency england
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The Etruscan by Mika Waltari
Synopsis: Set in the 5th century BC it is the first person narration telling the story of Turms from Ephesus a.k.a Lars Turms. We meet Turms as a young man, an exile who, after burning the temple of Kybele in … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, book review, classic, fantasy, historical, philosophical
Tagged ancient Etruria, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, mika waltari, stupid hero, the etruscan
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Reviewing a classic: Sinuhe the Egyptian by Mika Waltari
A quote instead of synopsis (because it is a pretty good quote and explains roughly everything): “I, SINUHE, the son of Senmut and of his wife Kipa, write this. I do not write it to the glory of the gods … Continue reading
Reviewing a classic: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevski
Synopsis (mostly from Goodreads): Returning to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland an epileptic young man and also a descendant of one of the oldest Russian lines of nobility, Prince Myshkin, finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love. He is … Continue reading
Review: The Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
Lovely Melfka lent me this one – thank you very much, I owe you again! Synopsis: A large dragon is lying paralyzed on a plain in the Carbonales Valley. Its body grows bigger and bigger but is not longer active. … Continue reading
Posted in book review, classic, fairy tale, fantasy, grimdark
Tagged fantasy series, interesting dragon, lucius shepard, multiple POVs, novellas, the dragon Giraule
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Review: Inceptio (Roma Nova 01) by Alison Morton
I found out this series while visiting Carole Rae’s blog – thank you my dear for an excellent tip! Synopsis (from Goodreads): New York, present day, alternate reality. Karen Brown, angry and frightened after being made unemployed and a kidnap attempt, … Continue reading
Reviewing a classic: Memoirs of Harriette Wilson by Harriette Wilson
I am not going to include any synopsis here because it doesn’t make sense. How to summarize memoirs? One of the most famous ladies of ill repute of the Regency London (the beginning of the 19th century) tells you about some … Continue reading
Reviewing a classic: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Synopsis: A naïve young woman whose name is supposed to be ‘rare’ and ‘original’ (Daphne?) but is never revealed in the book, stays in a Monte Carlo hotel along with a rich woman, Mrs. Van Hopper, who has employed her as … Continue reading