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  August 28, 2018 by Rachie3879 Leave a Comment
  I think it was earlier this year I read a modern take on Pride & Prejudice and mentioned there were a slew of authors of different genres who'd taken on Austen's work. Alexander McCall Smith, known to me as the writer behind The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, took a stab at Emma, my second favorite Austen book. I was a little worried about a man taking on Austen's work; part of her appeal when I was younger was her subtle (and not so) jabs […]
  Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alexander McCall Smith, Jane Austen, rachie3879
  Rachie3879's CBR10 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alexander McCall Smith, Jane Austen, rachie3879 ·
  I love British crime novels, I love Jason Isaacs, and the one time I've read anything by her, I've thoroughly enjoyed Kate Atkinson's work – so, when Case Histories was a deal of the day for Kindle not long ago, I jumped on it. Case Histories introduces the world to Jackson Brodie, a former soldier and police inspector turned private detective. I first came across this in either Masterpiece Mystery or some Netflix perusal, as it was made a series starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson […]
  I love throwing short, easy-to-read books in my rotation, especially after the doozy that was Ann Rule's Ted Bundy biography. My young adult book club had the solution – Mary E. Pearson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Jenna Fox has awoken from a really long coma with no memory of who she is or the accident that caused it. Her parents are incredibly attentive and protective. Her grandmother is oddly distant. And Jenna is incredibly isolated and alone. She begins to wonder what happened to […]
  Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Mary E. Pearson, rachie3879
  Rachie3879's CBR10 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Mary E. Pearson, rachie3879 ·
  Not Any Great Things
  June 20, 2018 by Rachie3879 Leave a Comment
  I've never read anything by Jodi Picoult. Her stuff always seemed a little cheesy to me. But, one of my book clubs is reading Small Great Things this month so I gave it a go. I was right. I hate read this in its entirety and you'll enjoy my rambling, disconnected diatribe on why it sucked. Small Great Things is the story of Ruth Jefferson, a 40-something African-American nurse in New Haven, CT; she is a 20-year veteran of the L&D ward and quite good […]