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Janice wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "
A very important book in the light of the current climate events.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"
It is a really wonderful book :)
Agnes and the Hitman - madcap murderous mayhem written by Jennifer Crusie and Bob MayerWww.Goodreads.com/review/show/4184234303
Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia by Samuel A. Greene - also provides deeper info about the Crimean annexation and "prisoner of conscience" Alexei Navalny My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4168160681
Slow Horses by Mick Herron - the first in the Slough House spook series and a dark horse thrillerMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4012535411
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. I'm only moderately interested in the opioid crisis. I read this because I had really enjoyed his Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. And Keefe once again delivered a story about crimes that go unpunished and the background history which enabled that.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4194886731
Dead Lions #2 in the award winning Slough House series by Mick HerronMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4215091463
I just finished reading A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and loved it!!! It is a book that I will definitely reread again and again.
The Little Princess is one of my favorite childhood stories too. If I had a copy, I would read it thisvery minute.
Real Tigers by Mick Herron#3 in the acclaimed Slough House series but can be read as a standalone
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4230421087
Spook Street by Mick Herron#4 in the Slough House series and best installment so far
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4241679073
Blue wrote: "The Little Princess is one of my favorite childhood stories too. If I had a copy, I would read it thisvery minute."I was lucky enough to find a copy at my town's most wonderful Free Little Library. :)
Free Little Libraries are one of the number one inventions.
London Rules by Mick Herron
The Slough House series is utterly addictive.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Blue wrote: "Free Little Libraries are one of the number one inventions."Absolutely!!! :)
Joe Country by Mick Herron
One of my favorites in the highly acclaimed Slough House series.
My review - www.goodreads.com/review/show/4258275687
Slough House by Mick Herron -
this is the most recent novel in this highly acclaimed series
my review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4259930448
I seem to hear this title any where I go. The title is"The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett. I should have read it a long time ago.
The Last Time She Died by Zoë Sharp, one of my favorite authors.
Her newest protagonist holds so much potential and intrigue as a main character!
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4255889814
Blue wrote: "Free Little Libraries are one of the number one inventions."Absolutely!!!
Better off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child.
My 3.5 ☆ (rounded up) review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4137665338
On the last day of September, I finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. It was my second time reading it and I will definitely be rereading it again. I love it!!!
2 short stories from Mick Herron that he set in his Slough House milieu but are independent of that series -▪︎
The Listmy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4270042242
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The Marlyebone Dropmy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4270042646
The Chaos Kind by Barry Eisler
This combines characters from his two other most popular series. As this is the first thing I've read from this author, I can easily report that it works fine as a standalone. Spies on spies action.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4266782665
The last book I read was The Hollow Places. I was at my friend's house and I asked her to recommend a book that would creep me out - she delivered. She recommended The Hollow Places and it did just that. I really enjoyed the writing style. It felt as if I was reading a conversation in between my friends. There are parts in which I laughed out loud but then right around the corner something would happen that would remind me that I'm not reading a light hearted book...
The Catch by Mick Herron
This is a novella featuring John Bachelor. While set in the same milieu as Herron's Slough House series, this story runs independently of it and can be read as a standalone.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4276992105
Today I just finished reading for the first time The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I have not rated it because I don't know what to think of it.
Nobody Walks by Mick Herron - a father who is a retired MI5 operative goes on a revenge hunt for his son's killer
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4278351571
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4236312815
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. I read it for the second time and it is such a lovely and cozy read. :)
The Atlas of a Changing Climate: Our Evolving Planet Visualized with More Than 100 Maps, Charts, and Infographics by Brian Buma
- a different perspective on climate change from a professor of Integrative Biology.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4289864022
Whetting the appetite for domestic explorations - 
100 Great American Parks by Stephanie PearsonMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4292858137
Fun with 50 States: A Big Activity Book for Kids about the Amazing United States by Nicole ClaesenMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4292857493
Today I just finished Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim. I enjoyed this so much and it has me thinking about my garden for next spring. :) And I also loved the fact that she was a new gardener as well just like me. :)
Sea themes:
Octopus, Seahorse, JellyfishMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4299696551
The World of Coral Reefs: Explore and Protect the Natural Wonders of the SeaMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4299694010
The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge - best installment so far as third's the charmMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4184893655
After a long hiatus, Ilona Andrews have returned to their Kinsnen series with this novella - 
Fated BladesI haven't read the preceding installments which were really just short stories. There's plenty of world-building here with a Sci-fi setting instead of their usual UF.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Silverview was the last complete manuscript John le Carré left behind. It has just been published by his estate -My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4302579893
After reading an ARC for Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews, I looked up the 2 preceding installments. 
Silent Blade #1My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4314911062
Silver Shark #2My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4314912139
I read Home Body by Rupi Kaur this morning.
I gave up on the histrionic Russian fantasy
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Rating: 1 star (did not finish)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not sorry.
and I started reading the "other book" by that Neverending Story guy
Momo by Michael Ende
The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni. After appearing in the David Sloane series, Charles Jenkins gets the starring role here. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4315225867
The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni - #2 in the espionage series and can be read as a standaloneMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4328188805
The Silent Sisters - With the best installment of the trilogy, Robert Dugoni concludes his espionage intrigues featuring Charles Jenkins and Russia.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4331453956
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle CosimanoThis was a very fun revenge fantasy thriller to read after much heavier fare.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4342285515
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A very important book in the light of the current climate events.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I have this on my TBR list. I first heard about it from one of the booktubers that I watch. She just made it sound so wonderful!!!