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This book left me unsatisfied; I thought more than once to stop reading it, (I read a book in between) and when I finished it, I was unfulfilled with the story. From the beginning I was awkward with the “we” as narrator, it felt distant, disconcerting; then the first part it was some kind of slow, the description of the different characters and their personalities was good but, in the background there was always the feeling of something very bad is going to happen and it cannot be stopped that make the reading not enjoyable. The second and third part were faster paced but the sensation of been a witness of a bad train wreck was intensified, so strong that I finished the last pages in hurry just to see what was going to happen. And I didn’t like how it ended, I am not going to write more because I would have to write and spoil the story. A final note in another review I read the author spent a little too much time in describing Brad fantasies and instead of writing...

I started doing pottery in 2012, I mainly use the wheel, but I attended also some hand-building classes and I was happy to receive and advanced copy of Carve your Clay . I love carving and I was hoping to find new ideas and new techniques in this book. Let me say, this preview it isn't the complete book, so I don't know if there are more complicated projects, the ones I could see were not really challenging and there was only one that I never tried. I don’t know if I am going to buy the book because I think it can give a first idea of carving decoration but for an experienced carver there isn’t much to learn or take inspiration from it. For a new potter though it can be a good book because it explains quite a few projects with a lot of photos and step by step instructions. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review! Goodreads: Carve your Clay by Hilda Carr

A book by an author you've only read once before    This is my second book of the Charles Lenox mysteries and I liked it. The serie is set in London in the Victorian era and Charles Lenox is a gentleman and amateur sleuth. The story is good, a good plot and, as in the first book, there is a nice description of the Victorian atmosphere. I liked this book better than the Vanishing Man, maybe because it was a more complex story and I started also to really like the main character.  I am sure I am going to read again from this serie.  Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review! Goodreads: The Last Passanger by Charles Finch

 A book that can be read in a day Do you think Summer of ‘69 is too long? Do you want to know what happened to the Foley Levin family? You can read this short story and you will know what happened in 1969 and what’s going on to the family on ‘79. I am done with this author, there is no story or plot, the characters are very shallow and predictable and I have lost $1.99. Goodreads: Summer of '79 by Elin Hilderbrand

A book published in 2002 How do you survive after a crash, can life go on after you lost your love ones?   I think this book is mainly a story of resilience: Edward lost his family in a plane crash and he is the sole survivor of it. The book follows Edward in his “new” life; it is a sweet story; I think the author did a very good job in portraying Edward struggles and how the people close to him will help him in finding a way to move on. If you loved this book I think you will love Only Child by Rhiannon Navin. Goodreads: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

A book that I was prompted to read because of another book I read in 2019 Last December I read for the first time Night by Elie Wiesel and I was overwhelmed by the book. Night ends right after the liberation of Buchenwald: Elie Wiesel in front of a mirror doesn’t recognize himself, he wrote “A skeleton stared back at me. Nothing but skin and bone”. After I finished Night , I wanted to learn more about Elie Wiesel, what happened to him after April 1945 so I decided to read All Rivers Run To The Sea and I am glad I did it. The book is fascinating; I loved the description of his life in Sighet and when he was in France right after the war. Goodreads: All Rivers Run To The Sea by Elie Wiesel