1. Royal Gambit by Daniel O’Malley – O’Malley’s great tragedy is that in his first novel he created Myfanwy Thomas, one of the greatest characters ever written. He keeps writing sequels, set in the same world, featuring Strong Female Leads, who are fine but they aren’t Myfanwy
Happy Labour Day! Solidarity forever! I can't believe I'm almost done with the Discworld series. Not sure what I will listen to next ..... 1. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (re-read) – I think this one and Night Watch are the Discworld’s best 2. Flying Too
Surprise! Sorry friends, but I was on vacation in the mountains and while I got a ton of reading done, I did not get a ton of reviews done. Also I read a lot of Palestinian authors this July, so I made some choices about posting after I was back
Some good stuff this month - fingers crossed the reading slump is over 1. Famous Last Words by Gillian McAlister – thrilling and page-turning, a book I actually really looked forward to reading, which was a gift despite the slightly disappointing ending. But that’s Gillian McAllister to me – an incredible
Hi everybody - I hope your summer's are all going well. Thanks for subscribing to my Jordan Reads Books newsletter. I'm going to be late putting out my "Books I Read in June" post, because next week I'll be at the General
Well, I'm in a reading slump. Don't get me wrong - I read this month. But I just didn't enjoy the experience of reading the way I usually do. I tried all the tricks I tell y'all when you tell me you&
Hi friends! What I loved so much about my book posts was the interaction. Y'all would have read the same books and would tell me your thoughts about them, or you'd say, "if you liked X, you'll LOVE Y," or "have
1. Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis by Carolyn Whitzman – I did not understand most of the technical jargon but I took away that our housing crisis is fixable and has been fixed in the past and present in many contexts that can show us the way. All we
Hi friends! I'm trying to get away from Facebook, so I thought I would try a new platform for sharing book posts with people who like to read. One of the reasons FB is the way it is is because users don't pay for it, so
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