pickThe Paris Express, by Emma Donoghue (2025 🇨🇦)
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Premise: As the train implicated in the infamous 1895 Montparnasse train wreck rushes towards in doom, we meet a wide assortment of passengers and crew with their own motivations and problems.
Review: There‘s no doubt that this is a successful novel written by one of Canada‘s most reliable authors. But I found this disappointing, ⬇️
This just became available on Libby and it's been in the tbr, so I guess it's my new read!
pickThis author has really gotten into the historical fiction and I'm here for it. She takes real people, adds in some extras, and imagines a real life situation as it could have been. Maybe. This is that famous early photo of the train engine that went off the platform.
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pickA pleasant read. Historical fiction about a train journey and the passengers on the trip. Don't know that I will remember it. 3 🌟
pickLaced with suspense, this is based on a true story…the photo at the back of the book shows the aftermath of the event described. Donoghue tells the story from the perspective of multiple characters, before real and fictional characters, including an anarchist with a deadly plot in mind. And, the train engine is a character—don‘t worry, the train‘s perspective actually adds depth to the story. Fast read! #SebastianKitty #Zeke #Xander #CatsOfLitsy
pickEnjoyable middle school read about Marion, a young girl chosen to serve Madame de Montespan, Louis XIV's favorite.
Marion, daughter of a gardener, is a gifted nose. Her talent for perfume is going to place her in the middle of an intrigue to kill the queen...
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Based on a true event. The story was interesting but the large number of narrators made it challenging to follow. Even at the end I struggling to keep them straight.
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On the platform below, the bookstall's yellow awning
reads Hachette: Banish Monotony and Ennui. The word banish makes Maurice think of villains sent abroad and never allowed to return to France. Georges says if Maurice listens to his elders and reads every spare minute he gets, one day he'll know all the words there are and could even be a school-teacher.
After working all day and doing laundry, I finally sat down to read. I‘ve been looking forward to this one, however, Mama Cat had other plans. I can‘t even be upset 💛🐈
Bookish Pair: For a psychological thriller set on a train, Eastbound, by Maylis de Kerangal (2012) 1mo