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The last book I read was Culture Man by Guy Cook. Similar to Spiderman, the main character obtained a superpower from an experimental product. But what he chose to do with his abilities was totally different from the normal heroes. You can see my full review here viewtopic.php?f=2&t=155335
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I read Theatre of racial conflict by Boonmi Popoola and I rated 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004. The seemingly strange title makes sense once you know it is about a tattoo artist.

It begins in the town of Morecambe Bay on the remote north-west coast of England, where Cyril Parks is growing up in a guest hostel run by his widowed mother.

Teenage Cy becomes apprenticed to the town's resident tattooist, the cantankerous, drunken Elliot Riley, who becomes his mentor and tormentor. When Cy inherits the tattoo parlour upon Riley's death, Cy decides on a change of scenery and embarks for America.

He sets up his tattoo business, the Electric Michelangelo, on Coney Island in New York, in the 1930s, which is the scene of circuses, freak shows, bizarre entertainments and the haunt of a plethora of life's more colourful and eccentric characters.

Cy eventually returns to England, back to Morecambe, to see out his days, and keeps the cycle turning by taking on a young woman as an apprentice.

Hall's prose is stunningly descriptive and evocative, but always gritty, often crude, bordering on harsh, never seeking out the 'pretty' or traditional concepts of beauty, describing tough lives with no compromise and no apology, using the idioms of the times and the places where the story is set.

I simply loved the earthy realism of this novel and give it 4.5 stars out of 5.
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The last book have just finished reading was The Lost Years of Billy Battles by Ronald E. Yates. It is a historical fiction about Mr. Battles who is a journalist come American spy in Mexico during the years 1870's to 1918 during the first world war. The book has a great storyline and a captivating side stories about revenge, family relationship and friends. I gave the book a perfect rating of 4/4 stars.
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I read the Spirit of the Season by Brian Lamont and rated it 2 out of 4 stars
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My rating of the hand bringer is 4 1/2
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Invitation to a Royal Wedding by Trevor Hall, a book-album about Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's marriage in 1986, 5/5.
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Masters and Bastards by Christopher J. Penington, 4/4.
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I finished reading Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell just a few days ago.
I give it 3/5 stars.
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I think the last book I read was The Hours by Michael Cunningham. I did not care for it because it was sad and depressing. Life is sad and depressing and I realize that these stories sometimes have to be told, but ouch! I felt so badly for her but what else, at that time, could have been done for her, if anything? I don't think the writing was necessarily bad, just the story was so awful. Yet, in the grand scheme of things, she was very lucky to have had things she had, things that so many never get. Even the nicest husband can probably be extraordinarily aggravating if one is not content with themselves. I would give it 3 stars because I feel that women writers are often ignored, because mental illness and depression ought to be dealt with in a better fashion, and because it seemed well written.
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Henry of Ofterdingen (1802) by Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), an example of early German Romanticism, just didn't float my boat.

Written in flowery poetic prose and a solid dose of sentimental, sappy poetry, it is one of those insipid romances, full of tender, sensitive men, beautiful but soppy women, waxing forever lyrically about both the unbridled joys and insufferable tribulations of life.

Fortunately, it was mercifully short - 2 stars out of 5.
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Everything everything by Nicola Yoon
I would give it 5/5 cause the book was wonderful and her writing was so warm and hearty. Loved it.
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The last book I read was The Reel Sisters by Michelle Cunnings, it was engaging and, it was nothing like I expected. Amazing book with important life lessons. I rated it 4/4 because it truly deserved nothing less.
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster: a smart and inciteful book that helps one enjoy reading on a level beyond shear entertainment.
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The last one I read was Pines by Blake Crouch. I'd say it was about 3 out of 5 stars. It was weird and gory. 😬 The writing itself was really good though and it was very intriguing.
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