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Tryhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show... again! Review of On the Beach by Nevil Shute
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Finished Sycamore. A dark one but surprisingly captivating. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Jayge Carr's first science fiction novel, Leviathan's Deep, and posted a review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2037051453.
Just finished a not particularly satisfying read
All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie Catherine McKinnon's new book, Storyland is an inventive fictional history of the Illawarra coast of NSW in linked short stories from the 1700s to far in the future, very far - the 2700s!
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed James Baldwin. It is good. Maybe it needs some editing; this will depend upon what you are looking for. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Jane Yolen's Merlin's Booke and reviewed it https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2040150360.
Just read a short prequel which is available free via a link on the Goodreads page to the Patrick Ness trilogy - The New World - and reviewed it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2040237297.
A memoir of an advanced care paramedic in Canada. Save-My-Life School: A first responder's mental health journey by Natalie Harris
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
recent reads now reviewed are Rose's Vintage by Kayte Nunnhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gunshot Road by Aussie Adrian Hyland is written by a man who knows the Territory and its people. Emily Tempest is an Aboriginal Community Police Officer extraordinaire. Lots of action, humour, mystery, Indigenous lore. Loved it! 4.5★
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I absolutely loved Muriel Spark's A Far Cry from Kensington. Fantastic audibook narration by Juliet Stevenson. It is so darn funny, and being about publishing houses and authors and books it has to to appeal to more than just me here at GoodReads.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I appreciated The Secret History by Donna Tartt, though I have no great affection for any of the characters, not to say they were not well-developed, indeed they were, they were just not necessarily the most admirable in many ways - my review.
Finished Hum If You Don’t Know the Words. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I think a lot of people will love Ache by Aussie author Eliza Henry-Jones. 
Sadly, I'm not one of them. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished volume 1 in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1811505728.
I finished listening to the audio of News of the World. I found it a pleasant, interesting story. I would call this a good beach read.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read River by Lowen Clausenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
Leave Me by Gayle Forman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. 5 full stars. I was impressed and touched by this luminous biography of one great Scottish Queen, from whom every subsequent British ruler has been descended.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Megan Miranda's The Perfect Stranger was a very satisfying read!
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
is the series finale. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/upda...
Read The Song and the Silence: A Story about Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wrighthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1811505806
review of Essie's Way by Pamela Cook.A great read with a lovely Aussie South Coast setting
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read two books which I really loved. One title was The Saint for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan. The second book was Setting Free the Kites by Alex George.
Buzz Books always give a tantalising taste of what's coming up for publication, and this one is no exception. Buzz Books 2017: Fall/Winter: Exclusive Excerpts from Forthcoming Titles by Louise Erdrich, Bill McKibben, Celeste Ng, Robin Sloan, Amy Tan and 35 More
5★ my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read book 5 in the Witch World series by Andre Norton, Sorceress of the Witch World and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1716692837.
I just find shed rereading the third book in a series, Watch Over My Child by Roberta Kagan. I received the 4th book which I began reading today. The title is Another Breath, Another Sunshine by Roberta Kagan.
I have taken a long car tip, then my computer went on the blink. all of this has made writing reviews quite a challenge while at the same time giving me more time to read/listen to books!For those who are interested, I have completed these three books and reviews:
Essays of E.B. White
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Washington Square
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Quiet Until the Thaw
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
White is a joy to read. James' is great for those who want in-depth character portrayal.
Alexandra Fuller's latest (Quiet Until the Thaw) was a huge disappointment to me. I have absolutely adored her books about her family, all the many ones set in Africa, but not the latest novel! So now as a follow up to Fuller's I am reading a book that is NOT fictional and is also about Native Americans: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie, which I am sure many of you know of. Immediately you recognize this is the one to read, not Fuller's. Captivating, albeit heart-wrenching - difficult family relationships honesty told.
I still have two more reviews to write but will do them as soon as I can. My computer has to be replaced, so cross your fingers for me.
My five-star (and slightly political) review of Kafka's "Metamorphosis": https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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