actuallym rated The Secret History: 4 stars
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college …
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actuallym rated The Talented Mr. Ripley: 5 stars
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The first of the acclaimed Ripley novels, this clever psychological thriller introduces the reader to Tom Ripley and his extraordinary …
actuallym rated Bliss Montage: 4 stars
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
What happens when fantasy tears through the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our …
actuallym rated 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: 4 stars
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …
actuallym rated The Vanity Fair diaries: 4 stars
The Vanity Fair diaries by Tina Brown
Tina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor in chief of Vanity Fair. Today they …
actuallym rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 4 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
actuallym rated Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World: 4 stars
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of …
actuallym rated Nona the Ninth: 4 stars
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many …
actuallym rated Frankenstein the Original 1818 Text by Mary Shelley: 5 stars
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein the Original 1818 Text by Mary Shelley (2022, Independently Published)
Frankenstein the Original 1818 Text by Mary Shelley by Mary Shelley
This is the original edition which was published in 3 volumes. The cover photograph is of Volume 1. Published anonymously. …
actuallym rated The Priory of the Orange Tree: 4 stars
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for …
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Frustrated by her current relationship, trans lesbian Maria Griffiths decides to change her life by making some brash decisions and …
actuallym rated Alone of all her sex: 4 stars
actuallym rated The Corner That Held Them: 5 stars
The bell by Iris Murdoch (Penguin twentieth-century classics)
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A …