© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-chinesemel Recent reviews written by member chinesemel en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_407962029700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - This is the story of a bustling back alley in the heart of Cairo in the 1940s, the attempt of some of the younger residents to work their way out of it and the lives of those left behind. Hamida, the beautiful foster daughter of a matchmaker, believes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407962029700 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:30:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407962029700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407679176324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - One of the best things about living in London is the access to other cultures that it is just not possible to get in many parts of the country. My local library constantly has recommendations of books to read and one of their recent displays was on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407679176324 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:32:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407679176324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407525756548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - John Egan is an 11 year old boy growing up in a small Irish village with his mother, father and grandmother. In most ways, he is a normal little boy, but two things make him stand out. One is that he is 6 foot tall and towers over his schoolfriends. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407525756548 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:25:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407525756548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407392718468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - When I don’t have any particular books in mind when I go to the library, I often randomly pick up books I perhaps wouldn’t otherwise have read. This was one of them. I had no expectations of this book and began it with an open mind. Within about two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407392718468 Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:56:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407392718468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407190343300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Known as Z (because no-one can pronounce her name), an innocent Chinese girl in her early twenties arrives in London to study English. She finds everything confusing at first; the language, the food, the attitudes are all deeply alien to her. Soon, she... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407190343300 Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:56:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407190343300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406880947844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - I tend to stay clear of books that are written by well-known contemporary authors, unless they are crime fiction or have received interesting reviews, because I tend to find them hyped up and often a disappointment. For many years now, I have passed by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406880947844 Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:02:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406880947844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406751579780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Many will have heard about this book, which has been hailed by French and English critics alike as a ‘masterpiece’. The author, Irene Nemirovsky, a Russian Jew living in France, was a highly acclaimed authoress before the Second World War. Once war was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406751579780 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:23:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406751579780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406524300932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - N, a patient at the Dorothy Fish Day Hospital in North London, is surprised one day to be asked to show new patient Poppy Shakespeare around. Reluctantly, N agrees, although she doesn't see why she should when she's only been a patient for thirteen years... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406524300932 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:25:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406524300932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406311833220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Petra Connor, a Detective Sergeant in a US city, isn&#146t too impressed when she gets landed with genius Isaac Gomez, an intern working for the police department while doing a PhD for fun. She has a slew of cases to work on, including a drive-by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406311833220 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:12:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406311833220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406005911172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - I’ve had this book for a year now and for one reason or another, have only just got around to reading it. I do enjoy P D James’ books and have done for years, so that is not really why I left it for so long, it’s just that as the series has gone on, I’ve... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406005911172 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:18:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406005911172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405860355716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Luke Watchman, a London lawyer, is on his way to meet his friends in a small seaside town where they plan to spend a few weeks on holiday. When someone unexpectedly crashes into the side of his car, he is surprised to find that he finds the person... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405860355716 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:20:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405860355716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405481492100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - I tend to steer clear of the sort of books that are in bestseller lists, simply because I am so often disappointed when they aren't as good as I was expecting. Even those books selected for last year's Man Booker Prize wouldn't usually have been on my to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405481492100 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:24:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405481492100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405337116292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Ellen Chambers ought to be a happy woman. She has a wonderful daughter, Moreen, who has just got married, a husband, Scott, and a good job. Yet her marriage is not all it seems to be and she is concerned for her daughter’s welfare in the hands of her new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405337116292 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:51:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405337116292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405070384772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - De Luca, a police officer recently transferred from the Political Police, is called to investigate the murder of a wealthy man with strong political connections during the last years of the Second World War. His political connections mean that De Luca... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405070384772 Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:31:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405070384772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404688572036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Sister Pelagia, a nun in the small Russian town of Zavolzhsk, goes to investigate the death of a prize bulldog. She is used to dealing with more human mysteries, but in this case the bulldog's owner is the Bishop of Zavolzhsk's aunt. The aunt is ill with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404688572036 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:18:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404688572036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404477808260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - There is something about Carole Seddon and her friend Jude that makes them fall over victims of murder on a regular basis. In this case, it is in the stable of an acquaintance of Jude and the victim is the stable owner's husband, Walter Fleet. Fleet was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404477808260 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:58:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404477808260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404312460932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Impressed as I am by Henning Mankell, I am always willing to give authors whose work sounds similar. Helene Tursten is also Swedish, but that isn't where the similarity lies. Henning Mankell's Wallander series often portrays Wallander and his team... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404312460932 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:19:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404312460932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_404157468292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Lin Kong, a doctor in the army, was forced to marry a village girl at a young age, with whom he had a daughter. The couple have never lived together - Lin just visits his wife and daughter for two weeks a year when he is on annual leave. Eventually he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404157468292 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:15:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404157468292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403965709956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Tara returns to India from overseas with her diplomat husband, Bakul. She goes to stay with her sister Bim and brother Baba in her old family home. However, the visit, although welcome, opens some family wounds, including Bim's long-term split from her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403965709956 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:16:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403965709956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403744329348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Francisco Manoel da Silva is a poor Brazilian who seeks his fortune by sailing to the Kingdom of Dahomey on the West coast of Africa (now Benin and Togo) to pursue a career as a slave trader. Although he does make a lot of money, his life is fraught with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403744329348 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:46:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403744329348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403506171524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - An Argentinian mathematician arrives in Oxford to study. Rather than take up a place in the halls of residence, he chooses to rent a basement flat from the widow of a famous academic. Mrs Eagleton is an ideal landlady - she is bright, but is prepared to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403506171524 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:19:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403506171524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403400527492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Agatha Raisin is delighted when her ex-husband, James Lacey, invites her to go away on holiday with him. Thinking that their relationship may be about to start up again, she is all the more disappointed to find that James is taking her to an old English... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403400527492 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:49:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403400527492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403257396868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - In the eighteenth century, Nicholas Dyer, an apprentice of Sir Christopher Wren, is responsible for the building of six churches across London. But Mr Dyer is not all he seems. He practices the Dark Arts and wants to introduce his religion into the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403257396868 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:08:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403257396868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403017731716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - Inspector Salvo Montalbano has got a lot on his plate. Following the murder of a young man in front of his apartment, two elderly people from the same block of flats are reported missing. Not only that, but the head of the local mafia wants a favour from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403017731716 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:29:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403017731716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402879975044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chinesemel - I've read and enjoyed quite a few of John Harvey's books now. He is probably most famous for his Charlie Resnick series, featuring a Nottingham detective, but recently he has branched out into another series featuring an ex-police Detective Inspector... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402879975044 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:54:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402879975044?linkin_id=8003929