What is the last book you read, and your rating?

[Cleanslate]

Greetings! My latest read book was Ian Carr's, Miles Davis The Definitive Biography. A huge 563 page book. It took some time to complete. Carr's discogcrophy revealed many recordings unknown to my knowledge.

[tsh1001]

“The Woman I was Before” Kerry Fisher

I would give it....maybe 3/10. Maybe.

There wasn’t really a “likable” character in the book....and the plot was unrealistic & overly dramatic with a lackluster climax.

It took until like...chapter 29 for anything interesting to happen (I think there are maybe 36-37 chapters?)

[Dayodiola]

I just finished ABC is B2B by Brian Kaufman. A book on how marketing enhances sales which increase revenue. A must-read for every business owner. I give the book. I rate the book 5/5 highly educative.

[Patrick Nandi]

Last book l read is A police force by A. A Freda. l rated it 3/4.

[Cleanslate]

Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t Make Me a Better Person

Nancy Stordahl

A well written emotional remberence of Nancy's mother as she witnessed her cancer. In my eyes a family that had love and gathered together in the worst of illness. Nancy faced her diagnosis and has honest anger. 5 stars

[gayscott]

I finished The Legacy of JOB'S WIFE and thought it was a very believable fiction account of Job's wife, Ix'ises. The book was very well written and full of details about the biblical characters and their lives. I highly recommend it for those dealing with loss and trying to start over.

[Ruby110203]

I finished reading Fahrenheit 4t1, and i just have to say that it was a great book and i recommend it! Its really mindblowing and interesting. Im sure you will like it! I literally dont regret reading it!

[intelligentsiagirl]

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THE BOUNDLESS SEA
A HUMAN HISTORY OF THE OCEANS
David Abulafia
Oxford University Press, copyright 2019

Rating 5/10

It is a very dry books. It is 908 pages of reading, and if I have to read 908 pages of tax law: it would be a flip of a coin what is more dry reading.

[Oliver_books]

A Portrait of Mommy by JL Coston
Rating: 3 out of 4.

[sadya]

Yesterday I finished 'The Plumed Serpent' by D.H. Lawrence. I gave it 3 out of 5 stars.

[intelligentsiagirl]

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OPEN SEASON
LEGALIZED GENOCIDE OF COLORED PEOPLE
Ben Crump
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, copyright 2019

[tanner87cbs]

The last book that I read was Assasins Creed, Last Descendants. I rate it a 3 out of 4. It was not as good as the Oliver Bowden series but was still good. I plan on reading the next two books but they are still pricy.

[Crookdhkr]

Holiday In death

Nora Roberts

[Redlegs]

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by American author Anthony Marra is a truly impressive and engaging novel.

I've not previously read anything (fiction or non-fiction) about Chechnya, and while Marra does not attempt to detail the history and politics of the Russian-Chechen conflict, the novel portrays the suffering of a brutal and oppressive war on a human level.

Perhaps the most impressive aspect of this novel is the beautiful, carefully crafted prose, and the thoughtful structure that, while focusing mostly on events in 2004, moves back in time occasionally to provide back-story and events that have led to the current circumstances facing key characters.

The novel describes eloquently the chaos, uncertainty and mindless brutality of a war between state forces and local rebels which seemingly has little purpose and thrives on its own violence.

Each of the characters is coping, or not, with their own particular difficulties and fragile relationships, seeking solace, love and comfort in whatever degree is possible and wherever it might be found.

While in no way a tear-jerker, this is nevertheless a heart-wrenching story of desperation, loyalty and betrayal, love and the hope for the future, and Marra has written what I consider to be a quite extraordinary novel.

5 stars out of 5

[rockandroll]

I read the The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith written in 2016.

There are three story threads. One is set in 1600s Dutch culture where Sara de Vos is a fictional artist, one is 1950s New York involving a lawyer and an art student who forges paintings, and the other is Sydney in 2000.

These threads of course are related.

My favorite part of this book is the detail which Smith goes into the process of painting.

Rating 4.5/5