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“Amory Lorch, Cersei Lannister, Chiswyck, Dunsen, Gregor Clegane, Ilyn Payne, Joffrey Baratheon, Meryn Trant, Forel Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, The Hound, The Tickler, Weese”…

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

December 1, 2016 by borisanne 6 Comments

They broke the mold after Dumas wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo.” There will never be a revenge plot as ambitious, as smooth, as Rube Goldbergian, as violent, as tense, or as passionate as this. This is the Ur Revenge Plot. I devoured this book. Inhaled it. And it’s partly because my brain melted a bit after the election, and then I was doggedly rebuilding my spirits with Solnit’s “Hope in the Dark” (TBR) (GET OFF MY BACK), and then it was Thanksgiving, and I do a whole thing, because Thanksgiving is my Superbowl. Whatever. Anyway, I started on Saturday […]

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12/1/2016 | Post by borisanne
| Tags: alexandre dumas, angel, bankruptcy, book club, buried treasure, CBR8, dagger, disguise, Dumas, fake death, fashion, Fiction, god, madness, mistaken identity, murder, poison, Prison, revenge, Satan, sea, suicide, wealth | Category: Book Club, Fiction | 6 Comments

Bored. I’m so bored.

The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress by Victoria Alexander

August 29, 2016 by Ellepkay 3 Comments

This book was just so boring.  Nothing wrong with it, but nothing particularly right about it either.  If you’re looking for a completely generic historical romance, look no further. Lucy Merryweather is an American heiress on her own in London.  She has not run away, but traveled to visit her ex-fiance and has decided to stay and have some fun.  Along with the money she inherited from her great aunt, she also inherited a diary that lists all of the aunt’s regrets in life.  Lucy decides to complete everything on her aunt’s list before heading home and once again becoming […]

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