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What Are You Reading - Part Deux
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A good read this time! Another new favourite. Romance, but not soppy. Julie Cohen has put a couple through quite an obstacle course in Together 5★ 
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I've finished reading Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Liked the writing but really had had enough by about halfway through. I've now started The Dry by Jane Harper.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Morgan wrote: "Hello all! I am new toe group, but excited to be here. I am currently reading "The Accidental Empress" by Allison Pataki. It is a long book, but such an amazing readin..."That's an interesting site. Thanks for share, Patty!
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Loved Frank who saves people with music - vinyl only! - in The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce, who is well-known for another favourite of mine and others, The Unl..."</i>Ah Patty, I was just recently introduced to Rachel Joyce and her wonderful book, [book:The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry! I loved it. Now will have to check into The Music Shop! Oh .. and the book that sounds like a sequel to Harold Fry: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy — ah oh ... have to read faster! There are so many good books!
I'm reading "Perfect Chemistry" Simone Elkienes. It's a YA that was talked about being banned from middle schools.
I read The Twelve-Mile Straight. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi all! I just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Currently trying to decide what to read next though! Any recs?
I'm reading The Watchmaker's Daughter and Africa's Billionaires: Inspirational Stories from the Continent's Wealthiest People but The Watchmaker's Daughter is so damn good that I've not made much progress on my second book. Le sigh.
Sept 17 - Currently ReadingTEXT –
Lamb in His Bosom / Caroline MillerAUDIO in the car –
Blood, Bones, and Butter / Gabrielle Hamilton MP3 Player AUDIO –
Dreams of Joy / Lisa See
The Good Girl - Mary Kubica – 3.5***
What I most look for in this genre is a plot that keeps me interested, and keeps me guessing. Kubica delivered that. I was caught up in the intrigue, and interested in these characters and how they fit together. The changing points of view and time lines kept me off balance, much as the characters in such a scenario might feel.
LINK to my review
I am starting
. I always loved Sandra Dee
I'm still in a cozy kind of mood so I doing a re-read of one of my favorites, Murder on the Orient Express.
Karen M wrote: "I'm still in a cozy kind of mood so I doing a re-read of one of my favorites, Murder on the Orient Express."I'm about to hit one of my Agatha Christie books soon, too. :)
Anyone who's taught or had kids in primary school will recognise the school/family dynamics in The Teacher's Secret by Aussie author Suzanne Leal. 
3★ My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Geography of You and Me and about to start The Handmaid's TaleThe Geography of You and Me
The Handmaid's Tale
I finished The Place of Stones: A Novel. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
On a non-fic kick. Just finished
and am now deep in
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I recently read:The Gunslinger (3rd time)
Needful Things and
Gwendy's Button Box
Now I'm reading The Girl in the Maze. OK so far, just a little confusing with time jumping.
Since I'm already reading one book for pleasure I decided to read one that is rather a weighty read but I hope well worth it, Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle. Ever since I read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West I've wanted to know more about those dark, dark days of American history.
Enjoy a free, quick thriller: The Most Dangerous Game. A classic short story by Richard Connell, first published in 1924.5★ My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Zookeeper’s Wife - Diane Ackerman – 4****
When the Nazis occupied Poland during WW2, many Polish citizens helped to shelter their Jewish friends and neighbors. This is the story one of family, and the wife and mother in particular: Antonina Zabinski, the zookeeper’s wife. It’s a fascinating story, and well told.
LINK to my review
Eventide - Kent Haruf – 5*****
Continuing the story of the residents of fictional Holt, Colorado, the novel features some of the same characters that readers came to love in Plainsong . Life can be hard in Holt. Accidents cause injury and death. Alcohol fuels violent tendencies and foolish behavior. Then again, some people rise to the occasion and help one another, moving forward with courage and grace. I came late to the party when it comes to reading Haruf. But better late than never.
LINK to my review
Great to find a new crime series! Resurrection Bay by Aussie author Emma Viskic is #1, and #2 is waiting on my shelf! 
My review: 4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Reading Still by @Kennedy Ryan. Book #2 of the Grip series.
I'm reading "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Adichie and just found out they made a movie based on the book! Fantastic read and now I feel the strong need to watch the movie. https://www.amazon.com/Half-Yellow-Ch...
BookTrib Community wrote: "I'm reading "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Adichie and just found out they made a movie based on the book! Fantastic read and now I feel the strong need to watch the movie. https://www.amazon.com/Half..."
I really enjoyed Half of a Yellow Sun and felt guilty for being so ignorant about what was happening. I did review it if you want to see it (when you've finished). I remember I saw the movie, but I think I liked the book better. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nobody really knows how The Songlines work, but they may cover the whole world - fascinating stuff. This is English author and traveller Bruce Chatwin's entertaining novel about Australian Aboriginal "maps". 
4.5★ Link to my review
Saint Monkey - Jacinda Townsend – 3***
In the late 1950s, two friends in a small town in Kentucky share big dreams. But their paths diverge and the lose one another in the process of growing up. This debut novel shows that Townsend is a talented writer, and some of the scenes she paints are very vivid, but the novel never really captured my attention. Still, I would read another book by her.
LINK to my review
Lamb In His Bosom - Caroline Miller – 5*****
This 1934 Pulitzer winner deals with a backwoods existence in rural Georgia, following the Carver / Smith families from 1832 until shortly after the Civil War. They battle weather, wild animals, disease, and injuries. And, when called, the men leave to fight a war they never wanted, and have no stake in. Descriptions so vivid you can feel the heat, smell the blood, hear the birds or the wail of panthers. It is a simple story, of simple people, but their lives are anything but simple.
LINK to my review
I've made a start on The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain.
Oct 02 - Currently ReadingTEXT –
Living to Tell the Tale / Gabriel García MárquezAUDIO in the car –
The Three Weissmanns of Westport / Cathleen SchineMP3 Player AUDIO –
In the Woods by Tana French
Blood, Bones and Butter - Gabrielle Hamilton – 3***
Subtitle: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef. I’ll say this for Hamilton – she can definitely write. I was fascinated by the stories of her upbringing. I laughed, cheered and gasped at the anecdotes of her years working for the big catering companies, the summer camp and her own restaurant. But she kind of lost me when she got to her marriage. But what really shines in this memoir is her relationship with food. I relished in the descriptions of both simple and elegantly complicated meals.
LINK to my review
*Book Nerd* wrote: "PETITION AGAINST EXPLICIT PHOTOS ON GOODREADSInappropriate images of skimpily clad women kept popping up in the "Popular Photos" sidebar when I looked at my, or a friend's, photos. I contacted Go..."
You must avoid beaches like the plague, huh? Also, totally the wrong thread for this.
I finished and really liked The Gustav Sonata. I've now started Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith. It's the third in the Cormoran Strike series.
I finished The Age of Perpetual Light. 4 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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