Solsetur rated 1984 by George Orwell: 4 stars
1984 by George Orwell by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
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Solsetur rated The Princess Diarist: 3 stars
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
The Princess Diarist is a 2016 memoir written by Carrie Fisher, based on diaries she kept as a young woman …
Solsetur rated Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns): 4 stars
Solsetur rated The Night Manager: 5 stars
The Night Manager by John le Carré
Individual greed takes the place of old world rivalries of great nations. Inside look at the international cartel of illegal …
Solsetur rated Wishful Drinking: 4 stars
Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2008, Simon & Schuster)
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Fisher comes clean (well, sort of) with the crazy truth that is her life, in her first-ever memoir.
Solsetur rated The Grownup: 4 stars
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April …
Solsetur rated One Fifth Avenue: 4 stars
One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough …
Solsetur rated The bird's nest: 4 stars
Shirley Jackson: The bird's nest (2014, Penguin Books)
The bird's nest by Shirley Jackson (Penguin classics)
Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old whiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and …
Solsetur rated Empress Dowager Cixi: 4 stars
Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang
In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng’s numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, …
Solsetur rated Bossypants: 3 stars
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her …
Laura Griffin: Deep dark (2016)
Deep dark by Laura Griffin (Tracers novel)
The moment detective Reed Novak steps onto the crime scene, he knows the case is going to rock his world. …
Until You by Judith McNaught
(Westmoreland, #3) A teacher in a school for wealthy young ladies, Sheridan, Bromleigh is hired to accompany one of her …
Solsetur rated Yes Please: 5 stars
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', Yes Please is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the …
Solsetur rated An Unwilling Bride: 2 stars
An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley
Company of Rogues #2
SHE VOWED TO DESPISE HIM... Miss Elizabeth Armitage was certain the world had gone mad! …