Book review: The Owl, the Duck and – Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe! MY VERDICT: A startlingly modern 1930 short-story. Funny, strange, and quietly profound. Yes, imagination and kindness can be more powerful than any official system.

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MY VERDICT:
A startlingly modern 1930 short-story. Funny, strange, and quietly profound. Yes, imagination and kindness can be more powerful than any official system.

#Book #review The Chinese Maze Mysteries by #RovertvanGulik #JudgeDee #ccbookreviews #theclassicsclub
MY VERDICT:
A #historicalmystery set in 7th century #China. Deeply researched, brilliantly plotted, and utterly unlike anything else. As good as the genre gets.
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Book review: Out of the Silent Planet MY VERDICT: Lewis’s elegant, poetic prose and linguistic worldbuilding hooked me immediately. A unique first-contact story, packed with Christian themes.

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MY VERDICT:
Lewis’s elegant, poetic prose and linguistic worldbuilding hooked me immediately. A unique first-contact story, packed with Christian themes.

Book review: A Streetcar Named Desire MY VERDICT: Everything you didn’t know about owls: their science, and their place in art and symbolism. Fascinating.

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#Book #review: A Streetcar Named Desire
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#SciFiMonth 2025: short reviews of two classics Here are a couple of wonderful scifi classics I just read for #scifimonth 2025. They would both deserve a long and detailed review, but many have done that before me, and in a fabulous way, so I&#8…

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Slan by #AEvanVogt
and Frankenstein by #MaryShelley

Book review: The Hopkins Manuscript MY VERDICT: More than a science fiction novel about a lunar catastrophe, The Hopkins Manuscript is a profound exploration of what makes us human—for better and for worse.

#Scifimonth #ccbookreviews #Book #review The Hopkins Manuscript by #RCSherriff
MY VERDICT:
More than a science fiction novel about a lunar catastrophe, The Hopkins Manuscript is a profound exploration of what makes us human—for better and for worse.
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All the Single Ladies (& Gents)! Book Review for “Miss Plum and Miss Penny” by Dorothy Evelyn Smith. Summary: "Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbour who keeps her in mind for a future wife, and Hubert, a neurotic widowed priest with an alienated son.

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All the Single Ladies (& Gents)! My #bookreview for "Miss Plum and Miss Penny" by Dorothy Evelyn Smith, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @dean_street_press for the ARC of this lovely book. #FridayFiction #FictionFriday #BeatTheBacklist #ccbookreviews #ccwhatimreading

Book review: The Best of Edgar Allan Poe MY VERDICT: A haunting collection that masterfully crafts psychological intensity – though readers like me may find the relentless focus on insanity, burial alive, and macabre horror more dis…

#ShortstorySeptember and #RIPXX #ccbookreviews
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TCL’s #CCSpin #41 Book Review – Bond Begins! Book Review for “Casino Royale” (James Bond #1) by Ian Fleming. Summary: "British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to play in a high-stakes baccarat game in an effort to take down Le Chiffre, a financier for the villainous SMERSH. Things get more complex when Bond is partnered with Vesper Lynd, a beautiful and smart MI6 employee with a dark secret."

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #41 Book Review - Bond Begins! - My #bookreview for #CasinoRoyale by @TheIanFleming on my #bookblog now, to find out if I'm a #BondGirl or not! #Bookstagram #ccwhatimreading #ccbookreviews #20booksofsummer2025 #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal

#ShortStorySunday – You Bet Your Future Life! Review for “The Veldt” a Short Story by Ray Bradbury. Summary: "The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants." Age: Adult; Genres: Genre - Science Fiction; Settings: Era/s: Vintage Futuristic; Location/s: Somewhere on earth, I suppose; Other Categories: Short Story, Classics.

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon #ShortStorySunday - You Bet Your Future Life! A #review for "The Veldt" a Short Story by Ray Bradbury. Find out why this short story is one of my all-time favorites, on my #bookblog now. #TheClassicsClub #ccbookreviews #ccwhatimreading @ourclassicsclub

Book review for the 1952 Club: Thousand Cranes MY VERDICT: A haunting minimalist meditation on flawed relationships and generational wounds, creating a uniquely Japanese melancholy.

#Book #review for the #1952Club and #ccbookreviews: Thousand Cranes by #YasunariKawabata #Japaneseliterature
MY VERDICT:
A haunting minimalist meditation on flawed relationships and generational wounds, creating a uniquely Japanese melancholy.

Book review:  Confusion MY VERDICT: A  masterful exploration of obsession, emotional turmoil, and intellectual passion, in a complex mentorship with an enigmatic teacher.

#ccbookreviews #Book #review: Confusion by #StefanZweig wordsandpeace.com/2025/04/02/b...
MY VERDICT:
A masterful exploration of obsession, emotional turmoil, and intellectual passion, in a complex mentorship with an enigmatic teacher.

The Second Battle (and Bundle too)! Book Review for “The Seven Dials Mystery” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight loud alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.

#Bookthreads #BookSky 💙📚 #bookstadon The Second Battle (and Bundle too)! My #bookreview for The Seven Dials Mystery (Battle #2) by @AgathaChristie , on my #bookblog now - this is my third book in my #BattleRace personal reading challenge. #beatthebacklist #CloakDaggerChal #ccbookreviews

Starting the Race (novels). Book Review for “The Man in the Brown Suit” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. 

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Starting the Race (novels). My #bookreview for "The Man in the Brown Suit" (Colonel Race #1) by @AgathaChristie on my #bookblog now. #beatthebacklist #CloakDaggerChal #ccbookreviews #ccwhatimreading #BattleRace #FridayFiction #FictionFriday

Book review: The Informer VERDICT: Desperate unemployed man dives into a murky underworld, wrestling morals and facing murder in this Higashino-esque page-turner. A major revelation.

💙📚 #book #review The Informer by #AkimitsuTakagi #JapaneseLitChallenge17 #JapaneseLiterature #ccbookreviews
Desperate unemployed man dives into a murky underworld, wrestling morals and facing murder in this Higashino-esque page-turner. A major revelation.
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