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M.K.’s 2024 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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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 | |
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| This book continues the Courtney saga and is packed full of the trials and tribulations of brothers Sean and Garrick and their respective fortunes and families. The narrative is nicely paced and often as sweeping as the descriptions of the South Afri ...more | |
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| A fascinating journal of a journalist's year-long stay working on a Montana ranch. The author's descriptions of people and places together with the tasks he's given over the course of the four seasons is wonderfully informative and interesting. Also, ...more | |
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| An enjoyable and exciting adventure story set in late 1800s South Africa. Smith's first Courtney novel sets the scene for those that follow and I'm happy to have gotten round to start reading them for a second time. ...more | |
