What was the last book you read?
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High Desert by Katherine V. Forrest (Kate Delafield #9)
Forrest isn't exactly flooding the market with these. There was a nine year gap between this one and the last and, unlike some other literary characters (I'm looking at you, Simon Templar), Kate ages in real time.
This starts with Kate a few months into mandatory retirement - and it's not going well.
Forrest isn't exactly flooding the market with these. There was a nine year gap between this one and the last and, unlike some other literary characters (I'm looking at you, Simon Templar), Kate ages in real time.
This starts with Kate a few months into mandatory retirement - and it's not going well.
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Regrettably I haven’t read this one yet. I know it’s considered a sports classic. Did it live up to the hype? I know Joe D. ends up looking very human towards the end of that season, which is kind of hard to believe for me.
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Long Way Down- Jason Reynolds
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The Quest For Mary Magdalene by Michael Haag
Gathers information from a number of sources to produce a more complete picture than the official Gospels provide, and explains why the Church was determined to portray her as whore when there's no historical basis for it. At the other extreme, Haag also notes that there's no historical basis for the fanciful story of her and Jesus founding a bloodline as depicted in Holy Blood Holy Grail and popularised in The Da Vinci Code
Gathers information from a number of sources to produce a more complete picture than the official Gospels provide, and explains why the Church was determined to portray her as whore when there's no historical basis for it. At the other extreme, Haag also notes that there's no historical basis for the fanciful story of her and Jesus founding a bloodline as depicted in Holy Blood Holy Grail and popularised in The Da Vinci Code
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Delafield by Katherine V. Forrest (Kate Delafield #10)
Kate is a few years into retirement now and a case from the past comes back to bite her.
From the emphatic title on, this has the hallmarks of finality about it. But still there are some unresolved questions, and hints that Kate may set up a private detective agency, so I hope we haven't seen the last of her quite yet.
Kate is a few years into retirement now and a case from the past comes back to bite her.
From the emphatic title on, this has the hallmarks of finality about it. But still there are some unresolved questions, and hints that Kate may set up a private detective agency, so I hope we haven't seen the last of her quite yet.
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Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
The Anne books were my mother's favourites when she was a girl. I remember she started to read them to me when I was little but I don't think we got further than the first couple of chapters, although I did eventually see the old movies and later TV miniseries. I'm sure she would be pleased to know I've finally gotten around to reading them, but perhaps not so pleased that I think I like Susan Coolidge's Katy Did series better.
The Anne books were my mother's favourites when she was a girl. I remember she started to read them to me when I was little but I don't think we got further than the first couple of chapters, although I did eventually see the old movies and later TV miniseries. I'm sure she would be pleased to know I've finally gotten around to reading them, but perhaps not so pleased that I think I like Susan Coolidge's Katy Did series better.
