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CHILDREN OF DEMETER by EV Knight

 

In 1973, a commune of almost twenty-five people—mostly women and children—disappeared overnight from the small town of West Burma, WI. What happened to the hippie Children of Demeter has remained a mystery until this day, which is what draws Sarah Bisset, a sociologist on sabbatical, to the place.
With her personal life in ruins Sarah is more than happy to lose herself in the secrets of the isolated farmhouse, but soon those revelations have her questioning her own identity, and even her sanity....

June's Revision Update!

Hey! How are you today?
Well, NSW is officially on lockdown. Actually, it started last Saturday and will go on for two weeks because the infection rates keep going up at a steady pace. There were actually a few outbreaks in several places in our own suburb, so it's bloody scary. So much that we're wearing our masks when we go for our daily walks. Don't want to take any chances.
The shitty thing about this lockdown is that, unlike last year when hubby was home for the duration, this time he's worki...

The Revision Continues...

Hi, how are you today? I hope you all had a great week.
Things in NSW aren't great at the moment. We've had another Covid outbreak, and this time it's that nasty super-contagious strain. So, the compulsory mask wearing is back and so is the social distancing, plus a bunch of other restrictions without calling it a lockdown. This isn't much of a problem for us because we kept wearing our masks and always keep our distance, but any outbreaks freak me the fuck out. Especially now that hubby's back t...

June's Revision Begins...

Hey! How are you today? Long time no blog. 😁
I actually took a two week mental break and spent most of it reading, sorting my stationery and prepping for the next revision project. That's right! This week started with a public holiday, and then I got stuck into another first draft.
I'm really determined to stick to my 2021 Revision Plans.
The word count for Victoria started at 50,263. This is actually a story I wrote back in September 2019, so getting into the groove of this narrator's life took a ...

THE HUSBANDS by Chandler Baker

Welcome to the neighbourhood. We do things differently here.
Recently, Nora has started to feel that 'having it all' - a family, a soon-to-be new house, a successful career in law - comes with a price, one her husband doesn't seem to be paying quite so heavily. She loves Hayden, but why is it that, however hard men work, their wives always seem to work that much harder?
Then her house-hunting takes them to an affluent suburban neighbourhood and Nora's eyes are opened to a new world. One where wome...

THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides

 

We all keep secrets. Even from ourselves.  
For Mariana Andros - a group therapist struggling through her private grief - it's where she met her late husband. For her niece, Zoe, it's the tragic scene of her best friend's murder.
As memory and mystery entangle Mariana, she finds a society full of secrets, which has been shocked to its core by the murder of one of its own.
Because behind its idyllic beauty is a web of jealousy and rage which emanates from an exclusive set of students known only as ...

KITTY IN THE UNDERWORLD by Carrie Vaughn

 

Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the twelfth Kitty Norville, and since I'm determined to finish the series this year, I decided it was time to read the next one.

Kitty's in the middle of researching and brainstorming her latest book when Ben goes on a business trip. In his absence, and in typical Kitty fashion, trouble enters her territory and she ends up a prisoner to a group of supernaturals with ritualistic plans...

Wow. What an intense installment this on...

UNWELL WOMEN by Elinor Cleghorn

 

'We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body's mysteries. And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. We want our doctors to listen to us and care for us as people, but we also need their assessments of our pain and fevers, aches and exhaustion to be free of any prejudice about who we are, our gender, or the colour of our skin. But medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. The history of medicine, of illness, is a hi...

THE STRANGE TALE OF MISS VICTORIA FRANK by Kelly Evans

 

The Strange Tale of Miss Victoria Frank by Kelly Evans
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

You know, I wasn't planning to read anything tonight. Yet, while sorting the books on my Paperwhite, I somehow ended up starting and finishing this.

Nikola Tesla is in New York City lecturing people who don't understand his vision when he crosses paths with Victoria Frank. Victoria is a scientist with her own plans and when she becomes Tesla's assistant, unexpected things happen...

I really enjoyed this story! It's unde...

HOLY COW by David Duchovny

 

Holy Cow by David Duchovny
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

After reading a book written by Gillian Anderson, it was only fair that I follow it up with a book written by David Duchovny. 😁

Elsie is a cow who is very eager to tell us her story. She might start out as a small-farm gal, but after finding out a few shocking truths about the human world, she makes it her mission to escape to a much better place...

OMG. This story is SO MUCH FUN! I absolutely LOVED it. And Elsie! She's awesome and quirky and funny...