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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
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May 12, 2020 04:20PM
Sandy how are both of your books going?
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My review of Little Bookshop of Murder: A Beach Reads Mystery by Maggie Blackburn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A new favourite, the terrific Mystic River by Dennis Lehane. A 20-year-old classic that's lost none of its punch. Great story, great characters, first-rate writing.
5★ Link to my Mystic River review
My review of The Pier at Jasmine Lake by Danielle Stewart:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars
I finished Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt. It's an exploration of the various aspects of the ancient Mesopotamian poem, including its translations and interpretations. It's not for everyone, but if you're like me and love the poem, you'll enjoy this.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was provided with an ARC of The Name of Red by Beena Khan.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey by Abigail Wilson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a The Emerald Horizon by Jean Grainger and gave this 3 stars. This was Book 2 in this series and book 3 is due the end of June.
My review of Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga by Todd Alexander
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
After Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize in 2009 and was short-listed for the Golden Booker in 2019 (best in 50 years), I figured I should read it again and write something. So I did.
Link to my comments
My review of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Muratahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And of Vera by Stacy Schiff
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Ghosts of Harvard by Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritellahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Loved this mix of science, history, and unconventional women, based on the lives of real people, Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, amateur paleontologists in England in the early 1800s:Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier - 5 stars - My Review
My review of The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Kingdom of Shadows by Barbara Erskine and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1399413230.
I've been in the middle of Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy for what feels like forever now. It's really an excellent book but it's so emotional and has a lot of depth to it, making it a slow read. After this something lighthearted, for sure!
Read and enjoyed the dark fantasy The Chalice and the Crown
My 4⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This book is a good one if you're looking for a book about the home front in the UK during WWII (1940):The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan - 4 stars - My Review
My review of Heart of the Cross by Emily Madden
3 and a half stars
goodreads.com/review/show/2996830690
Historical fiction about life in the Appalachians, primarily in the late 1920’s to 1940’s. A young mother living in Charleston takes her two children and leaves her abusive husband to find her deceased father’s relatives in the Carolina mountains. Mary Seneca Steele moves into an old abandoned house and develops a romantic relationship with a cousin. It is a story of love, land, family, and finding a sense of home. This book is based on a real situation from the author’s family history, what she calls “an adventure of the heart.” It is too bad this work is not more widely known. It is wonderful piece of writing.Refuge by Dot Jackson - 4 stars - My Review
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. A beautiful story, beautifully told about South Africa during Apartheid. Although it's been years since I last read it, I think this is the third time around for me. It is as powerful and as beautiful now as ever. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished this contemporary satire on race relations in America:The Sellout by Paul Beatty - 3 stars - My Review
Recently finished the creepy and chilling
Dear Child by Romy Hausmann. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished The Paris Hours and almost threw in the book. As much as enjoyed another book any Alex George is how much I didn’t care for his new title. I gave this two stars and wouldn’t recommend it.
My review of The Life She Deserves by Maggie Christensen
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Former high school football star Jack Burdette returns to his hometown of Holt, Colorado, in the 1980's, after an eight-year absence. Jack has alienated the townspeople due to his past actions. His friend, Pat Arbuckle, the local newspaper editor, tells the sad story of Jack’s rise and fall. Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf - 3 stars - My Review
I read Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths by Helen Morales. She deconstructs some classical myths by interpreting them with a feminist lens and demonstrating their relevance to today. Some of the connections she makes are fascinating.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my review for Pekoe Most Poison by Laura Childs. I am disappointed in this series. I didn't have much to say.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 stars
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