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In reply to the discussion: What's the last book you read? How would rate it---5 being great ---1 being it is not a reread. [View all]Backseat Driver
(4,407 posts)19. Victory City by Salman Rushdie - 4 star rating, debm55.
An interesting story of the rise and fall of a magical city/state grown from seeds through times of peace and times of pain and intrigue. Loss of 1 star - Seemed not quite up to Rushdie's best sarcastic romancing of the story, but still held my interest to continue on until the end.
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What's the last book you read? How would rate it---5 being great ---1 being it is not a reread. [View all]
debm55
Mar 24
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TY, Dirvaen. You might want to try the library. You don't have to pay for the books and when you take them back , they
debm55
Mar 24
#5
I finished Octavia Butler's book 1 "Dawn" of her Xeogenisis/Lilith's Brood Trilogy...
electric_blue68
Mar 24
#10
Last one I finished was fiction - Victory City by Salman Rushdie; give it a 4
Backseat Driver
Mar 25
#18