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François

FrankAuLux@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 years, 8 months ago

Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.

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2026 Reading Goal

7% complete! François has read 8 of 104 books.

finished reading Le secret de Church Island by Lisa Jackson (HarperCollins Poche (11))

Lisa Jackson: Le secret de Church Island (2016, Harper Collins France) No rating

Deux ans plus tôt, le petit Noah Garrisson a disparu. Et même si son corps …

Not a good book. The mystery is ok but it's badly written. There are many good books out there. This is not one of them. Don't waste your time. Or I am not in the target audience. Whatever.

Gregory Benford: Shipstar (2015, Titan Books, Titan Books Limited) No rating

As much as the first book was captivating, this one feels disappointing. It's like taking a book to describe the problem and then give the answer in a couple of lines. Must read if you have read the Bowl, but.... Or maybe it's just me :-)

William Somerset Maugham: Magician (2018, Creative Media Partners, LLC) No rating

Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in …

Not exactly what I expected, even if to be honest I don't know what I expected. All in all a nice story, but not really my favorite author.