M. N. Reading - 2026

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1.The Black Wolf - Louise Penny - ****1/2  (Her books are always good)

2. Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie - James Lee Burke -  ****1/2  ( Burke considers this latest book the best he has written - I may agree)

[muggle not]

On 1/27/2026 at 7:25 PM, muggle not said:

1.The Black Wolf - Louise Penny - ****1/2  (Her books are always good)

2. Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie - James Lee Burke - ****1/2  ( Burke considers this latest book the best he has written - I may agree)

3. The Moon and Sixpence - W. Somerset Maugham -  *****  (I don't believe that I have ever read a book that is so beautifully descriptive. It boggles my mind to think that a person can not only write a story so deep but also makes you believe that the person that is being written about was truly a genius but at the same time a person that it was easy to dislike at many places in the story). This is my second book of W. Somerset Maugham that I have read and I really, really like his works. 

[poppy]

2 hours ago, muggle not said:

3. The Moon and Sixpence - W. Somerset Maugham -  *****  (I don't believe that I have ever read a book that is so beautifully descriptive. It boggles my mind to think that a person can not only write a story so deep but also makes you believe that the person that is being written about was truly a genius but at the same time a person that it was easy to dislike at many places in the story). This is my second book of W. Somerset Maugham that I have read and I really, really like his works. 

 

I think I need to re-visit this one. I know it had a big impact on me when I read it long ago, but apart from remembering it was loosely based on Paul Gaugin's life in Tahiti, the rest has been lost in the mists of time 😁

[France]

12 hours ago, muggle not said:

3. The Moon and Sixpence - W. Somerset Maugham -  *****  (I don't believe that I have ever read a book that is so beautifully descriptive. It boggles my mind to think that a person can not only write a story so deep but also makes you believe that the person that is being written about was truly a genius but at the same time a person that it was easy to dislike at many places in the story). This is my second book of W. Somerset Maugham that I have read and I really, really like his works. 

I can't think why I don't read more Maugham, his books don't shout out "read me" but when I do I love whatever it is.