Tales of Unknown: The Fortune Teller

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Now counting down the days until her next one Semele Cavnow has been sent, as an antiquities expert, to go through the estate of a collector. Although excited about the treasures she may unearth in his world renowned collection, what she never expected to find was a diary over years old…yet, which seems to be reaching through time and speaking directly to her.

The book throws Semele into intrigue revealing the mysteries of the past and mixing them with present day machinations. I loved this book! I requested it on a whim having never r Semele Cavnow has been sent, as an antiquities expert, to go through the estate of a collector. I requested it on a whim having never read this author before but liking the sounds of the blurb. Womack does a fantastic job of throwing you back into the past through different individuals who takes us all over the world at different points in time and weave us a story that carries straight through to present day.

We take this journey with Semele as she slowly translate the documents and comes to the realisation that this book was written directly to her. This book was a little slow to start with, but the more I read, the more intrigued I was, I wanted to know how everything was connected. Who was writing to Semele? Why were they writing to her? I was especially enthralled with the parts of the book set in the past, the translation from the diary, it showed familiar places at different times and it lent an exotic appeal to the whole book.

It was all about Semele discovering who she was, and the plot that seems to be emerging around her. Oct 13, Amy rated it really liked it Shelves: Devoured this in one sitting! Couldn't sleep and this hit the spot. I enjoyed this ride, a tale less of magic, but divination and prophecy. Seleme is a modern day woman, skilled in ancient translation and antiquities. During an accounting of an estate, she uncovers an ancient manuscript that has to do with her and the present, connecting her through time to The Oracle of Widget.

Featured in this story are the first versions of tarot cards, and how divination and these gifts of sight have been pas Devoured this in one sitting! Featured in this story are the first versions of tarot cards, and how divination and these gifts of sight have been passed down through time and generations to the culmination of Seleme in this hour. Fast paced, fun, and riveting to the final conclusion. A great ride in the eerie wee hours of the morning. Jun 16, Alyssa Palombo rated it it was amazing.

Gwendolyn Womack's second novel is a riveting, engrossing page turner that's difficult to put down. As with her first novel, The Memory Painter, I'm in awe of how she includes so many different time periods in one novel, hopping among them effortlessly with each as well researched and vivid as the last. The history of the tarot woven throughout the novel was absolutely fascinating to me, and I learned a lot in addition to reading a great story.

The supernatural elements - always something that'l Gwendolyn Womack's second novel is a riveting, engrossing page turner that's difficult to put down. The supernatural elements - always something that'll grab me in a novel - were extremely well done and tied the book together into one delicious whole. I will read any novel Womack writes, and I highly recommend this one! Aug 08, Kylie Andrews rated it it was ok. Maybe even 1 star, but i read it anyway, kind of like how ppl watch a shitty movie just for the entertainment. Jun 19, Susan rated it it was amazing Shelves: I love a good female focused historical fiction blended with a modern day story in the vein of Susanna Kearsley and Kate Morton.

This one added in the element of prophecy and the ability to see the future. The plot centers around an ancient manuscript written by a young, female seer in Egypt in the time of Cleopatra and Caesar. In the present day, translating and valuating the manuscript falls to antiquities appraiser Semele. The more she reads the more she realizes that the seer predicted major I love a good female focused historical fiction blended with a modern day story in the vein of Susanna Kearsley and Kate Morton. The more she reads the more she realizes that the seer predicted major world events thousands of years after her death and that Semele herself has a connection to the prophecy.

Cue the conspiracy theory and the danger as mysterious shadowy figures try to get their hands on the manuscript and deck of tarot cards that go along with it. It's an exciting game of cat and mouse that travels through several interesting locales and gets pretty darn stressful near the end! I honestly don't know which part of the book I enjoyed more, the modern story or the historic one told through the manuscript translation. Both were equally compelling and I never wanted one to end so I could get back to the other story line.

The story has an incredible scope from the Library in Alexandria through to Stalin and into the present day, always following the female descendants of the original seer who was the author of the mysterious manuscript. It incorporates a ton of actual history without every feeling too bogged down with it. I personally love history so I was quite fascinated and I even learned of a few events that I didn't know about, like Caesar possibly being responsible for the burning of the great Library at Alexandria! I also was unaware of the city of Gundeshapur which was a huge intellectual center at it's height.

All of this history is woven into the story of generations of strong, brave women, and a few weak and silly ones, and their psychic talents. I really enjoyed my time with this book and I highly recommend it! I received this book for free through a Goodreads Firstreads giveaway but this has not influenced my review in any way. Aug 01, Lauralee rated it it was ok Shelves: One day, while helping her client, Theo, with an auction, she discovers an ancient manuscript that appears to be written during the time of Cleopatra. Semele is excited about her latest find. However, when she reads the manuscript, she notices how unusual it is.

The manuscript chronicles the events two thousand years after Cleopatra and seems to be writing this directly to Semele. As Semele ponders over this manuscript Actually, 2. Semele was a hard character for me to like. She did not have a backbone in her body.

She never really took control of the situation. Her actions were very cowardly. She ran away from every problem that is facing her. She pushed her adopted mother aside and avoided her boyfriend because she was afraid to tell him quits. She should have been honest that she didn't like him but Theo.

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Semele was also judgmental, selfish, and jealous. Thus, Semele was a frustrating character, and I didn't think she deserved a happy ending because she was mean to others. Ionna was interesting, but she was not given any depth. It never really explained how she could see beyond the future. Therefore, I could not buy that Ionna was narrating the events that happened in the future. Overall, this book has romance, mystery, and action. However with all these elements, it was a bit underwhelming.

The plot itself of the tarot cards was also never explained. It just pops up halfway and never really states how they were created or why they were important. The ending felt anti-climactic and the villain seemed very cartoonish rather than complex. The Fortune Teller has the makings of a great story. However, it never felt complete.

Instead, it was very rushed. The ideas were never really explored. While the story is very fast-paced, it never fully gripped me. There needed to be complex characters, more explanation about origin of the tarot cards and how Ionna got her gifts as a fortune teller, and a more developed romance. This was really a disappointment for me. However, The Fortune Teller did not meet my expectations. However, for those who wants to see Mrs.

Jul 19, Debra Slonek rated it it was amazing Shelves: The author breathed life into her characters, which caused me to keep thinking about the storyline, even when I wasn't actually reading the book. I loved the many complicated and satisfying relationships; children and parents, best friends, co-workers, romantic pairings and enemies. Semele Cavnow unearthed connections to her ancestors, both recent and ancient.

She also developed and depended upon her natural gifts and talents as a seer. An ancient manuscript and set of taro Excellent storytelling! An ancient manuscript and set of tarot cards were such integral parts of the story, almost becoming main characters themselves. The manuscript provided links to the past, present and future. It provided wisdom, warnings, answers, insight and hope. It also helped to prepare the intended reader for difficult situations and heartbreaking losses.

This book is rich in history and filled with connections between characters spanning several generations and even centuries. I love when characters are voracious readers, hang out in libraries and are very imaginative. A deeply satisfying read, filled with well developed characters and imaginative adventures. Jun 16, Alyssa rated it it was amazing.

Gwendolyn Womack's first novel, The Memory Painter, is one of my all-time favorite books, and The Fortune Teller, her second, did not disappoint and cemented for me her status as one of my favorite authors. Extremely well researched and absolutely fascinating, this is a novel that it is easy to tear through.

All the information about the tarot was of particular interest to me. Part thriller, part supernatural mystery, and part romance, this novel has everything I like in a book! Apr 13, Jaymie rated it liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I gave this 3 stars for being fun and interesting.

I love history so that was a fun aspect. Original GameCube version notes are marked with "GC". I have no idea why they use this many bytes as it's really overkill, but whenever I flip someone's affection negative, all four bytes are affected, so I'm fairly certain they are all being used for affection. Affection is capped by the game at 10, per character in the positive direction.

What a waste of an int. Why not use a short? I haven't tested the lowerbound value; affection can go negative, but I haven't yet determined just how far you can tank someone's affection below zero. Colette begins the game with affection. Everyone else starts at 0. You can see these in the "Affection Values" section later on. With this, Colette no longer gets the automatic point advantage. This copies the affection values of all nine of your party members, and then the decisions you make throughout the game will alter them from there.

When you go to Triet, you won't be able to view the values of people who you haven't gotten into your party yet, and the fortune teller's "I dunno" response will only take into consideration those that are included in her list at that moment, which might not necessarily be the character who actually has the highest value overall. Purchasing the "Increase Tension" option alters how frequently characters go into Over Limit.

It has no effect on affection. I have personally verified this. In the event of a tie for the topmost slot, the soul mate appears to be determined in the same order as the list that the fortune teller shows you which is also the same order that the characters are stored in the save file; that is: This means Colette wins out over everyone else, and Kratos loses out against anyone else. The reverse is also true when deciding who is your lowest-affection character: Here is a guide for the values that you must have for each tier: You two are total soul mates!

I find it curious that affection changes are almost always in multiples of 60, yet the fortune teller uses hundreds for her thresholds. As you can see, the actual range of useful values is fairly small; and given the extreme size of the variables, it is possible to overshoot both "hopeless" and "soul mate" ranges quite severely. It is also possible to get multiple characters into "soul mate" or "hopeless" range simultaneously, though whoever has the highest value overall will still be the one considered to be Lloyd's soul mate even if he or she is not actually in "soul mate" range.

Here is what the fortune teller says for each character when that character is the soul mate and you choose the "I dunno" option: Don't try to hide your feelings. Someone already likes you. She is close to you and is always thinking of you. Her feelings for you are like a delicate flower. Through tender care and love, it could bloom into a beautiful, powerful bond.

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Don't try to hide it, because someone already wants to be your best friend. He is always making fun of you, but he really looks up to you. He is attracted to the straight and honest way you live your life. He might become your best friend for life. She watches over you, sometimes stern and sometimes gentle. She treats you coldly to hide the fact that she is really kind at heart. There is much that you can learn from her. You should grow up ASAP for her sake. Don't try to hide it, because someone already likes you. You two are similar and get along well.

She's a little rough, but that's because she's embarrassed to show her feelings. Deep in her heart, she needs you. You should answer her feelings of devotion. He's always joking around, but he has high expectations for you. Perhaps he wants to live his life seriously like you. If you become his true best friend, his future will be bright. He lives his life punishing himself. He thinks that you may be able to heal his loneliness and regret. You two may be able to become like brothers.

She has mature, lonely eyes and a sad heart that feels like some part of it is empty. She is uncertain about the state she finds herself in. She believes that you may be the one who can fill the void in her heart. Don't take too long to realize the feelings she has for you. Although seemingly stolid, he is trying to guide you and show you the way. Hmm, this is strange. I can't see any more of his heart. Anyway, you should answer his trust.

You two are like father and son. He loves you like a father. You should answer his trust. Otherwise referred to by me as skit circles, touching one of these brings up a dialogue between Lloyd and one of the other characters. There is always one choice to be had here, and your decision, naturally, affects the character's affection. Okay, yes it was.

Answering the skit "positively" has differing impact depending on the character, as follows: As you can see in the "Affection Tallies" section, this is necessary for them to reach the potential of the other characters, although Regal's are a little bit of an overkill. Zelos, despite joining the party after Presea, enjoys no additional boost. And Colette, despite not needing a boost at all, gets six skits in total rather than the four or five that everyone else has. Notice that Regal's skit points alone are enough to send him from "a tiny bit of faith" straight into "a lot of faith" or even "soul mate" range depending on exactly where he started.

On the other hand, you can do all five of, say, Sheena's skits, and still not boost her out of "very highly" range. Answering a skit point "negatively" has no effect whatsoever. The character does not gain or lose affection in this case. However, since you can only do each skit point once per play, this does mean that answering one negatively causes you to miss out on the affection gain it would otherwise grant. On the other hand, it is not possible to use skit points to deliberately lower a character's affection.

For that, you would have to use cooking. Cooking with disliked ingredients lowers affection by Whether the ingredient is optional or required seems to make no difference. Whether the cooking attempt succeeds or fails also seems to make no difference. Lloyd must be the one doing the cooking in order for this to happen. Also, in order to be affected a character has to be present in the party--although it is not necessary for him to actually be in your active battle force.

As long as the character is there in your menu screen, he will be affected by things Lloyd cooks, even if he's sitting on the bench at the time. Cooking affects the affection values of petrified and KO'd characters as well, so you can't deliberately kill someone off to prevent him from being affected. A single dish can affect multiple characters in the party simultaneously, depending on what ingredients are involved. For example, if Lloyd cooks using both Milk and Carrot, Genis will not gain or lose affection. Because of this, you must cook 60 times just to equal the same change in affection that you get from the most minor of dialogue decisions.

You might see a change in the fortune teller sooner than this, though, depending on exactly how close the character was to the threshold to begin with. I have tested all of the foods listed below. So far I have not seen any reactions to ingredients other than these. Beef not Strips Tomato Colette: All Fruits Bell Pepper Genis: Rice not Barley None? Tuna, Snapper, Melon Octopus Presea: Tofu Cucumber, Melon Kratos: Namco's solution contains a few errors. What I list above are those ingredients that I personally tested. In particular, Shrimp for Zelos and Cucumber for Colette both appear to be errors, and contrary to what the solution says, Sheena does have a liked ingredient, though I have not yet found a disliked one.

Colette likes all ingredients in the game's "Fruit" category. These are the same ones that are used when "All Fruits" is listed, for example for Fruit Cocktail. This includes Lemon, but does not include Tomato which is considered a vegetable by the game. This means you cannot raise Raine's affection via cooking without also raising Colette's, unless Colette happens to not be in the party at the time.

If you want to cook a dish that requires Rice without raising Sheena's affection, use the "Barley Rice" item instead of the "Rice" item. Through careful use of cooking, it is possible to fine-tune a character's affection value as needed. However, this does not work for Presea, who does not seem to respond to anything that Lloyd cooks. And it does not appear to be possible to lower Sheena's affection value using cooking; she can only gain. Since favored foods also affect Over Limit meters regardless of who is doing the cooking, it is possible the designers didn't want players to have to worry about lowering Sheena's Over Limit via cooking thus limiting how frequently she can summon but this does have the unfortunate side effect of making it impossible to deliberately reduce affection with her via cooking as well.

Presea's lack of food tastes is most likely due to plot reasons, but even after she is awakened later in the game, she does not appear to respond to any foods. Note that Colette's preferences do not change even after she loses her sense of taste which makes no plot sense because there's even a Z-skit mentioning that she's eating the bell peppers that she didn't like before, yet cooking using them will still lower her affection.

Using a character frequently or leaving him on the bench does not appear to matter. The only times this matters are situations where the group splits up and the player has to pick which characters accompany Lloyd. These decisions, in and of themselves, will impact affection. But simply including or excluding someone from the active battle party via the menu screen does not seem to have any effect at all.

It also does not appear to matter whether you personally control a character or leave him to the AI. Lloyd's soul mate and the character you choose in the Flanoir Inn Decision are two different things. Some scenes in the game are hard-coded to use your Inn Decision character regardless of his or her affection value. Other scenes will use whoever presently has the highest affection regardless of who you selected in Flanoir. It is not necessary to pick your highest-affection character in the Inn Decision you get a choice of the top three plus Kratos, who could possibly even be your lowest-affection character.

The Sardonyx item's description in your item list claims it will "help you find your soul mate"; however, thus far I have not seen any effects of having it equipped in regards to affection. It would be kind of cool if you could put an item on your desired soul mate to increase gains or lessen losses with that person, but so far I haven't seen it actually work.

If, after that boost, she's in your top three in terms of affection, Sheena will offer to join. Note that this top-three check does not count the Tethe'alla characters if you carried over affection in the GRADE Shop , only those presently in your party. If either Genis or Kratos is highest affection, he gets picked. Otherwise, Lloyd is selected. Excluding Kratos, of course. The highest of the three people you brought with you speaks first, then the second-highest, then the lowest says the line at the end about hurrying, right before the battle starts.

The one deviation from this is if you brought Kratos with you, he always interjects in the middle regardless of affection. Affection does NOT impact who turns off the machine after the fight; that's hard-coded. The lowest is by the window inside the first floor of the house. The second- lowest is outside next to the clothesline on the path to the tombstone. Next in line stands near Noishe; next-highest is by the tombstone. Finally, your second-highest is upstairs in the bedroom, and the highest-affection character will be waiting outside on the terrace, and you will get extended dialogue with him or her.

If Kratos or Sheena is highest, then you get their extended dialogue when they automatically speak with Lloyd earlier, and the next-highest excluding Kratos and Sheena will be on the terrace, though you will get only his or her abbreviated comment. This scene does not otherwise change if anyone else including Kratos, who isn't even in the party at the time has the highest affection.

The organization of the characters around Lloyd during the cut scene the morning after is also according to affection. The highest-affection character is next to Lloyd, on the right side of the screen. Then the second-highest is to that character's left, and the third is beside the second, and the remaining four are on the left side of the screen, with the lowest being the one in the middle that Lloyd asks about Altessa.

Curiously, it doesn't appear to matter for this who you actually chose during the Inn Decision. The characters you are allowed to choose from during the nighttime event at Flanoir are the three with the highest affection, plus Kratos GC only. The character you choose here is used in the following events regardless of who actually has the highest affection value at those times.

Thus, once you select an Inn Decision character, those scenes which use that character are set into stone and affection no longer matters for them. The character selected at Flanoir There are also a couple of Z-skits related to this that depend on who was selected at Flanoir. This also determines who ends up being your eighth party member at the end of the game. If Kratos was selected then there is no scene here. If Kratos was selected at Flanoir then Lloyd says the line himself. If Kratos was selected then Colette gets possessed instead; however, in this case Kratos gets some extra lines such as during the flashback scene when rescuing her.

If you picked Kratos then this applies to Colette instead. Again, this will be Colette if you picked Kratos. If Kratos was selected then it is Colette who is seen here. So far in my tests, I've had to have SOMEONE with affection at or greater than in order to recover the kidnapped character in the room just beyond where everyone else disappears.

Oddly enough, it doesn't have to be the Inn Decision character who has the high affection for this; anyone will do. Which, unless you have purchased the "Affection" option in the GRADE Shop, will almost certainly be Colette, because it is difficult to get anyone else above her by this point in the game. The character doesn't even have to actually be in the active battle party at the time.

Notice that the character has to have the highest affection out of all possible party members, not just of those presently in the party, in order for this to happen. Not sure yet if Zelos counts if you kill him off, but I think he does. As with all Z-skits, you can only view each particular "Combo! For example, Zelos normally responds only when a female dies in battle, but make him into Lloyd's soul mate, and he will start reacting whenever Lloyd goes down as well.

This is just a list of a few places in the game's programming where affection affects the game in amusing and arguably incorrect ways. This is pretty funny. As far as I know, his value isn't used for anything. In fact, since cooking appears to be the only thing that modifies it, usually it's zero.

This appears to be an overlooked bug in the code. This happens regardless of whether or not that character is actually present in the party. This bug is most dramatic with Zelos on Kratos path: The only character the programmers anticipated regarding this is Kratos, in which case the game substitutes the second-highest instead And speaking of Kratos, if he's presently in the party, then even though everyone else is removed temporarily from the party when you go through the hole, Kratos accompanies Lloyd inside and remains on your subscreen. This is even more amusing if he happens to be highest-affection, because Lloyd tells him to wait there, but he doesn't.

In the cut scene of the morning after, the people who remained behind with Lloyd are shown standing with Lloyd while those who left with the doctor run up to rejoin the rest of the group. However, depending on affection changes, it is possible for someone who left with the doctor to be shown already standing with Lloyd, and vice versa. Granted, you can't see this during normal game play because the fortune teller excludes him from her list when he's dead, but you can see the effect in the Temple of Darkness among other places, and it's pretty funny to think about overall.

This is actually a side effect of the cooking system in general, in which cooking affects KO'd members because this was necessary in order to make it possible for certain dishes to actually lift the KO status itself. However, the skit doesn't show up even when you get the character back in the party later, and this appears to also prevent any further "Combo! However, if you would prefer not to have to reference this document all the time, this section just provides a few broad, overarching tips that you can keep in mind while playing.

Do all of the points for the person you want and skip all of the others. If you find yourself in a skit for the wrong character and you don't want to reset, simply pick the "bad" response to negate any gains. This is not always feasible for the required Coliseum battle, but most everywhere else should be fine.

For example, if you are aiming for a Tethe'alla character, then while you are still in Sylvarant and several times you are asked to pick characters, each time pick different characters. Still, if you've exhausted everything else you can fall back on cooking, but be prepared to fight a lot of battles in this case, since you can only cook once per battle.

Just play the game without trying for anyone in particular and you'll almost certainly get Colette. You can use her skit points as an additional boost if necessary. There are lots of early-game decisions that boost him. The biggest problem is keeping Colette off Lloyd because most things that boost Genis also boost Colette. Be sure to do the Palmacosta student challenge before Palmacosta is destroyed.

Pick all of the options that you would never picture Lloyd saying. Or, option two - acknowledge that people do grow and change and do better. Let your apology be a life worth living. I received my copy of this book through the Good Reads program. Sep 06, Maryann Taylor rated it really liked it. This is author, Keziah Frost's, first book and I sure hope she writes another one soon! The main character is 73 year old Norbert, a kind, compassionate, soft spoken man, who lives in a little white house with a little white dog.

Norbert has money problems--big time and it hits hard when his little dog, Ivy, needs some medical attention. Three strong-willed women from Norbert's art group take it upon themselves to solve his money challenges. Their plan is to turn Norbert into a fortune teller an This is author, Keziah Frost's, first book and I sure hope she writes another one soon!

Their plan is to turn Norbert into a fortune teller and to station him in a booth at one of their daughter's cafe, the name of which is, helpfully, The Good Fortune Cafe. Norbert uses his compassion and his sensitive gift of observation, along with "reading the cards" and begins to have tremendous success helping his clients. But, Norbert has a serious dilemma.

He wonders if he is nothing more than a fraud and has self-doubts about his motives. He is a man of integrity and is painfully torn about whether he should continue his fortune telling. This is truly a delightful story and the characters are varied. I enjoyed it very much and highly recommend it.

Jun 11, Mary rated it really liked it Shelves: The Reluctant Fortune Teller is about Norbert Zelenka a retired 73 year-old who is pretty much broke.

The Reluctant Fortune-Teller by Keziah Frost

Too proud to admit he may need help he's been trying to get by on nothing. That is until three older woman decided he needed help and made him their new Project. They decide that Norbert would be perfect as a fortune teller as a bonus they've even got the location which is a cafe that is owned by the leader of the women, Carlotta. The problem is that Norbert is really good at Fortune Telling. It turns out all the time he's spent observing people and reading "gasp" Reader's Digests has trained him for this job. I loved that the main character was this 73 year-old man who grew as a character and the story was interesting.

Often we see people of this age who have a great story. But this book had hope, plus I want to be as feisty as the ladies when I'm that age. Sep 02, J.

April rated it really liked it Shelves: A charming story of a man who, after a quiet and some might say "small" life, really begins living. Personally I grew up with someone who believed in psychics, readings, spiritual retreats, and past lives. Pretty much from the beginning I was a skeptic, internally citing things like outrageously vague generalities, the subtle and leading hints that people give when being "read," and the natural tendency of humans to look for patterns and connections where they are hoping to find them.

I apprecia A charming story of a man who, after a quiet and some might say "small" life, really begins living. I appreciated Norbert's wrestling with these ideas, and the peculiar concept that you can help people without necessarily giving them what they think you are. At the end of the day this is a story about helping people to help themselves, by giving them license to trust in the things that, deep down, they already know.

Sep 13, Sandy rated it really liked it Shelves: I really liked this book!

The Fortune Teller

Norbert Zelenka is alone and broke at All his life he's helped others and now finds himself needing help. Then "Carlotta's Club" - a group of 3 senior ladies - make him their next project. They teach him about reading cards; just a regular deck, not tarot cards. He is set up in a back booth of a town diner and ends up being pretty good at "reading" the cards and people. He becomes quite popular and ends up making friends and expanding his life. Carlotta - the senior I really liked this book! Carlotta - the senior lady who always comes up with her club's projects - becomes annoyed because Norbert doesn't let her manage him.

But, Norbert sees through her designs. One of his readings leads to the disappearance of a young woman, but Norbert finds her. The town fortune-teller finds his life has changed and he likes it! Jan 21, Jennifer rated it liked it. Received a free copy for honest review. Norbert Zelenka is a widowed 73 year old retired accountant who finds himself broke after being to generous with others.

He meets 3 senior women from Carlotta's club who make Norbert their next project, they decide he will become a fortune teller to pay the bills. At first Norbert is uncomfortable in his new role but he then realizes that all his years of overserving others makes him very good at helping others with their problems.

This is a story about fri Received a free copy for honest review.

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This is a story about friendship and reinventing yourself. I found this to be a delightful read and I hope that the author will write more about the adventures of Carlotta's club members, the character are quirky and interesting. Feb 26, Susan rated it liked it. Not all books can bowl you over and make you lose sleep trying to read every page you can before you fall asleep. This book was cute, somewhat simplistic, and cozy as a knit cardigan.

No lost sleep but it was an enjoyable read. The main character Norbert Z becomes a fortune-teller to help supplement his inadequate retirement income. Throughout the story, he helps guide people to become more independent, make good choices, etc, based on what "the cards" show.

Similar to Shakespeare, he is prompte Not all books can bowl you over and make you lose sleep trying to read every page you can before you fall asleep. Similar to Shakespeare, he is prompted by 3 harpies led by Carlotta, who I came to dislike quite a bit. I would not liken this to some of the more poignant books about people in their "golden" years, but it was a nice break. A copy of this book was provided by NetGalley and Park Row in exchange for an honest review.

Apr 11, Steve Tripp rated it it was amazing Shelves: What a unknown treasure this book turned out to be. It's charming, witty, poignant and one of my favourite books of the year so far. It's not as strong as other 5 star books I've read but that does not distract from it being engaging and a joy to read. Great messages about kindness, friendship and listening to make a difference.

I absolutely loved Norbert the Fortune Teller and his wacky fascination with Reader's Digest and I also loved his quirky group of elderly friends. If you liked the Mar What a unknown treasure this book turned out to be. If you liked the Marigold Hotel movies, I think you'll also love this book.

Keeping an eye on this author for some interesting work in the future. Jan 25, Dayna rated it really liked it. It initially made me think about De Sica's film Umberto D, which was actually banned by the Italian government because it didn't want the world to know it wasn't taking care of its pensioners. And he's kind to animals! I received a proof copy from a Goodreads giveaway.

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