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Marie-Jo’s 2024 Year in Books
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Marie-Jo Fortis
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Bayonne, France
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Balzac has been a huge influence when it comes to psychology. For the
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August 2011
My take on ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
I am not sure I want to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, but there is François-Xavier Sauvage’s enthusiastic review on Facebook, and then a fight with my husband. Barricaded behind a small popcorn, I wait. Should have bought a large. Hey, it’s a Tarentino movie, and I am not even wearing a hat to protect myself against the violence
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But I don’t find the violence in this movie annoying or invasi Read more of this blog post »
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From A to Zoe
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2015
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Chainsaw Jane
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2013
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Marie-Jo Fortis
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This is a stream of self-consciousness work.Stream of self-indulgence.
Stream of snzzz.
When was it decided that prose that seems to be written under the influence of Valium was literature? The slower, the longer the sentence, the dialogues undistingu ...more "
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Marie-Jo Fortis
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When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)
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"so many useless words." You're right. Particular the word "dead." Actually, I think the entire novel is written with the word dead.
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WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS by Kate Atkinson Indeed, when. Not anytime when you read this. It isn’t a novel, it is business for funeral homes. Dead is probably the most used word in the book. If it isn’t murder, it is a disastrous train wreck. It if ...more |
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Warning: This contains some spoilers. If you don't read further. know that I find that it is worth reading. At first I didn’t know what to make of this novel. It still has all the Grisham ingredients: excitement, psychology, mystery, hand action from ...more |
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It's so sad that such a wonderful plot has been killed by the writing. Just tell the damn story. We'll get the message and the merits of the novel.
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This is a stream of self-consciousness work. Stream of self-indulgence. Stream of snzzz. When was it decided that prose that seems to be written under the influence of Valium was literature? The slower, the longer the sentence, the dialogues undistingu ...more |
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Warning: This contains some spoilers. If you don't read further. know that I find that it is worth reading. At first I didn’t know what to make of this novel. It still has all the Grisham ingredients: excitement, psychology, mystery, hand action from ...more |
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| Review Group: * Group 79 General. | 168 | 69 | Dec 23, 2015 08:03PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 99. General. Mod: Hock | 154 | 89 | May 07, 2016 12:52PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 100A Romance Mod.Emma | 142 | 78 | Jun 15, 2016 08:10PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 108 18+ Mod Emma | 172 | 116 | Oct 20, 2016 04:34AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 129. In this World. Mod L.N. | 222 | 131 | Sep 19, 2017 07:34AM |
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Hi Marie-jo,I'm very glad to have you as a friend!
Happy reading always... :)
~Rai
I'm very glad to have you as a friend!
Happy reading always... :)
~Rai"
Ditto, Rai