What are you reading?

Torunn

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20 Jun 23 17:01

Martin

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18 Jun 25 07:17

@Torunn

The RHP debates forum; gives me my laughs for the day

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chemist

Linkenheim

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23 Jun 25 11:13

During my vacation I have read a pile of books (12 all in all), notable was

Jane Gardam: Crusoe's daughter.

I like her Style very much, this book was a bit depressing. The plot concentrates on the childhood and youth of the heroine, a bit more on her later and a bit more of the secrets sourrounding her connection to the families would have been nice.

Joel Dicker: The truth about Harry Qubert

Very interestingly structured novel. But I expected better prose than was delivered and I thought it was a very long and boring start (about 200 of the 700 pages) until the story became interesting.

Torunn

Gothenburg

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23 Jun 25 15:30

Mary Kubica: Local Woman Missing (2021)

Torunn

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28 Jun 25 10:52

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Valérie Perrin: Färskt vatten till blommorna - Fresh Water for Flowers (Changer l'eau des fleurs)

Arkturos

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29 Jun 25 00:55

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Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin (Tanjin, 1934), compiled by Jin Jing Zhong from the writings of the head of the Shaolin Temple at the time (or just before then), Miao Xing.

mlb62

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09 Jul 25 03:58

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@Torunn

Local Woman Missing

how did you like it ? I see it's free for Kindle Unlimited members (me)...From 1 to 10....your rating please.

Torunn

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09 Jul 25 07:14

@mlb62 said
@Torunn

Local Woman Missing

how did you like it ? I see it's free for Kindle Unlimited members (me)...From 1 to 10....your rating please.

Rating based on my experience while reading would be 7 - it is worth reading if you like whodunnit stories with a twist which I do very much. Thanks for asking. 🙂

mlb62

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09 Jul 25 13:57

@Torunn said
Mary Kubica: Local Woman Missing (2021)

sounds good, I'll give her a try...Probably similar to Freida McFadden .

Torunn

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09 Jul 25 15:42

@mlb62 said
sounds good, I'll give her a try...Probably similar to Freida McFadden .

I googled and found "The Housemaid" - "1.8 million copies sold...There are page- turners and there are PAGE-TURNERS..." 🙂 I'll try it.

mlb62

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09 Jul 25 15:52

@Torunn said
I googled and found "The Housemaid" - "1.8 million copies sold...There are page- turners and there are PAGE-TURNERS..." 🙂 I'll try it.

Frieda McFadden....There are 3 in the series (Housemaids)... easy to read, nice twists at the ends...
You might want to have a glance at "The -Ex" I read it twice to be sure I understood the ending..

Torunn

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09 Jul 25 15:59

@mlb62 said
Frieda McFadden....There are 3 in the series (Housemaids)... easy to read, nice twists at the ends...
You might want to have a glance at "The -Ex" I read it twice to be sure I understood the ending..

Now that is very frustrating, it happened to me once too reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. I thought there were pages missing in my copy.

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Linkenheim

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20 Jul 25 05:57

Nino Haratischwili: Das mangelnde Licht (Yes I think the German version is the original. The author lives in Germany for a long tme now.)

A very intense (and long) novel on Georgia (the country not the US state) after the demise of the Sowjet Union.

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Linkenheim

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27 Jul 25 15:25

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Cecelia Ahern Frekles

Up to now (240/400 pages) a very depressing book.

Torunn

Gothenburg

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29 Jul 25 14:45

Daphne du Maurier: The Birds and other short stories

Arkturos

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31 Jul 25 00:23

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@Torunn said
Daphne du Maurier: The Birds and other short stories

I have seen three movies based on her stories (haven't seen "Jamaica Inn" or "My Cousin Rachel" though), but haven't read any of her own prose.

EDIT: She has quite a few listings on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238898/

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As for me, so many books started and never just one at a time, so I can only mention what's on top of my various stacks:

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" by Joseph Murphy
"The Guiding Light of Lao Tzu" by Henry Wei
"Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar" by Ross and (Sheng) Ma
"Creativity and Taoism" by Chang Chung-Yuan
I also have a compilation of writings by one of my uncles that I should dip into.

On order: "The Essence of the Internal Martial Arts" (volumes 1 and 2) by Jerry Alan Johnson

I think I'll let this be my entry in this thread for a few months.