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M.K.’s 2025 Year in Books
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Once Upon a Somewhere
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2014
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2 editions
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Woeful and Roses
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2013
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2 editions
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Operation Mincemeat: An Ingenious WW2 Deception
Having just read Ben Macintyre’s wonderful account and analysis of Operation Mincemeat, it brought to mind the film review I’d written some years ago for The Daily Opinion of The Man Who Never Was, the movie version of this incredible WW2 story. Such is my enthusiasm for both book and film, I thought I’d post links to them here.
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the C
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| I have numerous examples of classic American literature on my bookshelves and I'd been wanting to read this novel for some time but now that I've finally got around to it, I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed. I'm not entirely sure what I w ...more | |
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| Another Wilbur Smith tale of sibling rivalry ending in revenge and murder, this time set amid the world of diamond mining. Whilst this novel might not have the epic scale of some of his other series, it does have a fast-paced narrative and well-defin ...more | |
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| A thrilling cross-continent yarn in the company of spy extraordinaire Lucifer Box. The plot is fantastic and imaginative and the narrative races along at a frantic pace without skimping on the detail. A very enjoyable read. | |
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| This is a selection of short and sweet murder mysteries. The first is a festive Poirot treat and the last is a Miss Marple tale. They all whizz by in a flash and have that trademark Christie brilliance. So engaging are the plots and so uncluttered is ...more | |
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Simply sublime. Ever since I discovered Miss Read twenty or so years ago, I reread her Christmas stories almost every December. And they always satisfy! p.s. December 2023 - reading No Holly for Miss Quinn and The Christmas Mouse is fast becoming as m ...more |
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| Another epic adventure with immense scope. Full of the usual heroes and villains of a Wilbur Smith novel. The narrative is paced in such a way that sees 700 plus pages are read in no time at all. I'm enjoying re-reading these Courtney novels as it's ...more | |
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| I thought this was a thoroughly engaging Victorian romance novel set in Dorset, England in 1867. More than that though, it was taken beyond mere storytelling by the author's extremely well-researched insight and appraisal of the social acceptances an ...more | |
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| I enjoyed this third novel in Wilbur Smith's Courtney's series. Funnily enough, the main character in this one wasn't even a Courtney but was just as tough and valiant. An interesting plot, a nicely-paced narrative and well-drawn characters made this ...more | |
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| This was my first Marple novel and I admit to being a little disappointed with this story from one of my favourite authors. The plot was undoubtedly intriguing but the overall narrative was just a little, well, dithery. I realise that's an artistic r ...more | |
