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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
I've recently read the first 2 books in The Caster Chronicles, Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness and i loved them. I'm also reading The Cruel Prince and I'm liking it so far
My review of Music Across the Merseyby Geraldine O'Neill
3 stars,
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just started
A Forgotten Murder by Jude Deveraux after finishing the beautiful and emotional
One Moment by Linda Green. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
For those that like Fantasy Books... I'm reading, Age of Legend, the 4th book in Michael J Sullivan's Legends of the First Empire Series. Book 1 was good, the 2nd and 3rd were terrific.
Stephen wrote: "For those that like Fantasy Books... I'm reading, Age of Legend, the 4th book in Michael J Sullivan's Legends of the First Empire Series. Book 1 was good, the 2nd and 3rd were terrific."I'm so glad to hear you saying that. I'll definitely read them pronto.
Finished A Meal In Winter by Hubert Mingarelli, translated from the French by Sam Taylor.Set in World War II in Poland. It's short, powerful, and brilliant.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
A Forgotten Murder by Jude Deveraux, an intriguing cosy......my spoiler free review can be found at https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Am starting
The Liberation of Brigid Dunne by Patricia Scanlan
My review of The Diva Sweetens the Pie by Krista Davis
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sandy how are both of your books going?
Finished The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. An 18th C. classic. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Kitchen Marriage by Gina Wellbrn and Becca Whitham
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
About to begin
Unfollow Me by Charlotte Duckworth after finishing
The Liberation of Brigid Dunne by Patricia Scanlan. My spoiler free review of this family drama set against changing times in Ireland can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Mod
I really love this writer and Gamache series. Really looking forward next one, due this late summer.
Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wellshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Cruel Prince a few days ago and now I'm reading Beautiful Chaos, the 3rd book in The Caster Chronicles
I have been reading a bunch of Golden Age mysteries this month. The most recently finished was Deadly Nightshade: by American author Elizabeth Daly. 3.5*
Read and enjoyed the historical romance Chasing Cassandra
My 5⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently enjoyed the prequel (#.7) to Aussie-Irish author Dervla McTiernan's excellent Cormac Reilly mystery series. The Roommate is delightfully creepy.
4★ Link to my "Roommate" review
Loved Death in Delft! This is the first of a brand new series from Graham Brack, (creator of my favourite Czech detective, Josef Slonsky). Master Mercurius is already another favourite character. 
5★ Link to my reviewp.s. The Kindle copy is on sale at AmazonUS for 59c and can be pre-ordered at AmazonAU for AUD 99c.
Reviewed some books a while back but didn't get round to actually posting links to them:Book 5 in Tanith Lee's Flat Earth series Night's Sorceries - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3233262822
Book 2 of Louise Cooper's Chaos Gate trilogy, The Pretender - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3216392791
Volkhavaar by Tanith Lee - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1915124871
and as a break from fantasy
Colin Dexter's Death is Now My Neighbour - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3233304182"
My review of Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Café by Milly Johnson.
A disappointing 1 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished reading Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand and rated it with 3 Stars. While I have read this author and enjoyed some of her books especially The Blue Bistro, I found this book very mediocre. I didn’t like any of the characters, thought they weren’t unique or interesting. And since I was in college during the 60’s and remember the summer of ‘69, I think the author missed the true essence of that summer. I rated it with a 3 because of the subject matter rather than the finished product.
Just read Personæ: The Shorter Poems by Ezra Pound. This was a return to a genre I read read earlier in my life.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Seagulls in the Attic: Making a New Life in Cornwall by Tessa Hainsworth
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am just starting
The First Wife by Jill Childs after finishing
Knock Knock by Chris Merritt. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Mod
Strange book; it was given me by a book-friend and therefore I've read it, also because BArth was an author I had a seminar on in University. At that time I read The Sot-Weed Factor, and, even if as strange as this one, I have to admit I liked it better ...
Sandy how are both of your books going?
My review of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurstonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi and translated from the Arabic by Sawad Hussain. It takes place over a thirty year period in Kuwait and is a compelling narrative of the devastating impact of war and sectarian violence. Edited to show the correct link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
About to begin
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben after finishing a book that drew me in as I read,
The First Wife by Jill Childs. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage.
I can't resist a visit to Canadian author Louise Penny's Three Pines, so I recently enjoyed The Long Way Home. Now looking forward to the next one!
3.5~4★ Link to my Long Way Home review
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