What is the last book you read, and your rating?

[AJamie]

One night with a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries. I would rate it 4/4. Really interesting novel. Thou can be read as a stand alone, it is a series from The Royal Brotherhood

[Chaconiacharles]

Last book I read was aluria by Tyler I gave it 3 out of 4

[Tamorie Hargro]

I just finished The Girl Who Knew da Vinci. I rated it 4 out of 4 stars because it was a really interesting book. I love the way they time traveled and the rich descriptions of the land and the food. I would definitely recommend this book to all who enjoy historical fiction and romance!

I agree with you, I mean, I rated it 3/4 stars, but it was only because of grammatical/formatting mistakes and very minor complaints on my part. I legitimately enjoyed the book from beginning to end! It ended just as interestingly as it began. I had high hopes going into it as it was a book featuring a bit of Leonardo da Vinci, and I was impressed overall

[Tamorie Hargro]

The last book I read was Running With Lions by Julian Winters.

It's a YA sports/romance book and I'd rate it a full 4 stars, because it was basically everything you'd want in a novel about adolescence: self-identity, questioning the future, family and friendship, and belonging to a team. It was great and I'd definitely recommend it!

[Michael Lilly]

Last book I read and finished that was not an OnlineBookClub entry was Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine, and I gave it a good solid 3 out of 4 stars. It is no better, and no worse than the other books in this series, fast paced, and set in a world where the Library of Alexandria rules all.

The last OnlineBookClub entry I read was The Elf Brief, which I also gave a 3 out of 4 stars rating, mostly because of the apparent lack of copy0-editing. (other than that it was a great book, and I so want to read the other 8 books in the series)

[zoharis]

The last book I read was Surprise Me by Megan Maxwell and I gave it 2 of 4 stars because it is more of the same. Mel is a copy of Judith & Bjorn another Eric. I expected something different.

[ccranston]

I just finished Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson. Despite the Urban Dictionary definition of "Puddle Jumping," this book was so heart-warming. The main character tells the story of how she fell in love with an autistic boy. I give it a 4/5, only because I really wanted to know the other main character's point of view.

[Jmar_la]

The last book I read and gave a rating to was Ironbark Hill by Jennie Linnane. I gave the book a 4 out of 4 stars because it was so well written. I would love to read more by that author.

[kgloving]

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain about Ernest Hemingway's first wife. Love it. 5 stars.

[Aliyu Yusuf]

"Yesterday" by Samyann
I gave it a rating of 3 out of 4.
It's really a nice book
you should check it out

[julessawyer]

Forty rules of love: a novel about Rumi by Elif Shafak is a novel that tells the story of four main characters in different time connected by love, poetry and Sufism. A different take on the teachings of Quran and a vividly described Anatolian region. Through this novel Shafak has successfully convinced me to travel to Turkey and see the country's beauty for myself. I'm awarding a perfect score of five out five stars. I highly recommend that others read it as well.

[kgloving]

Thanks for reminding me to re-read Forty Rules of Love. It is a five-star novel, although it takes a while to get used to the chapter flow from differing points of view.

Forty rules of love: a novel about Rumi by Elif Shafak is a novel that tells the story of four main characters in different time connected by love, poetry and Sufism. A different take on the teachings of Quran and a vividly described Anatolian region. Through this novel Shafak has successfully convinced me to travel to Turkey and see the country's beauty for myself. I'm awarding a perfect score of five out five stars. I highly recommend that others read it as well.

[julessawyer]

Thanks for reminding me to re-read Forty Rules of Love. It is a five-star novel, although it takes a while to get used to the chapter flow from differing points of view.

Forty rules of love: a novel about Rumi by Elif Shafak is a novel that tells the story of four main characters in different time connected by love, poetry and Sufism. A different take on the teachings of Quran and a vividly described Anatolian region. Through this novel Shafak has successfully convinced me to travel to Turkey and see the country's beauty for myself. I'm awarding a perfect score of five out five stars. I highly recommend that others read it as well.

No problem. I will read it again as well. I'm just waiting for the book's impact to subside. I did not have any problem with the chapter flow but on how much I want to read all the characters perspectives on the events that they are involved. Thanks for your reply!

[Redlegs]

Two books finished in the past day or two. Firstly, The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton (sometimes known as The House at Riverton) which was a mildly entertaining paint-by-numbers effort that is generally competent, well-structured, easy to read, but ultimately unsatisfying.

Morton has followed her tried and tested formula in constructing this period novel, set mostly between 1914 and 1924 in England, and narrated by an elderly woman approaching her last days on earth, who was witness to events that constitute something of a mystery.

The characters are reasonably well drawn, the narrative is brisk, and yet the writing is mostly bland and soulless. The 'mystery' is fairly predictable and eventually revealed in the final pages of the novel in a manner that is neither credible nor convincing. In fact, the whole ending is something of a disaster all round, as Morton resorts to clumsy and unnecessary cliches that should have been resisted. 3 stars out of 5.

Secondly, Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne, a 'classic' that I just didn't enjoy at all - I just wanted it to be over!

The story just rambles along aimlessly, in an unusual style that frequently addresses the reader directly, and most of the time I had little clue about what was going on or the relevance of what was being related.

I can appreciate its position in the history of English literature, but it was just boring, pointless nonsense as far as I was concerned. 2 stars out of 5.

[Justice Emeonye]

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