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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Read and loved the Sense and Sensibility retelling Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility
My 5⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A book full of sunshine, laughter and love
It Started with a Secret by Jill Mansellhttps://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Silver, by Aussie author Chris Hammer, follows investigative journalist Martin Scarsden from Hammer's popular mystery, Scrublands. He's perfectly captured my part of the beautiful NSW North Coast, with drugs, backpackers, developers, politics and murders. A good read.
4★ Link to my review of 'Silver'
Finished Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated from the French by Tina Kover. It won a lot of writing awards in France. It captures the immigrant experience of an upper class Iranian family forced to flee to France. I thought it was fantastic. I especially enjoyed the narrator's voice. I highly recommend it.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished the somewhat controversial American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. I am not raving about it but enjoyed it enough to give it 3 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
All kids love dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs love each other! I Will Never Forget You by Tatsuya Miyanishi is a children's picture book about a Tyrannosaurus and a little potential "lunch" who become friends.
My review with pictures
A favourite author is Aussie Sulari Gentill. I love her historical mystery series, and this episode, Gentlemen Formerly Dressed, is a treat! Rowland and his mates are in 1930s London, trying to elude the Nazis. It's a great mix of high and low society, politics, and murder in pre-war England. 
5★ Link to my 'Gentlemen' review
Short poetic book about loss and friendship:Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson - 3 stars - My Review
Finished 2 books The two star
I Know Your Secret by Ruth Heald https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
and the 4 star
Last One to Lie by J.M. Winchesterhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Omat, a young Inuk living in the arctic in the 11th century, inhabits the soul of a hunter and the spirit of a wolf. The author weaves together a pleasing mix of historical fiction, magical realism, mythology, folklore, religious beliefs, and both Inuit and Norse traditions. The story is a compelling and creative journey of self-discovery and survival. The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky - 4 stars - My Full Review
Joy D wrote: "Omat, a young Inuk living in the arctic in the 11th century, inhabits the soul of a hunter and the spirit of a wolf. The author weaves together a pleasing mix of historical fiction, magical realism..."Wrong link, Joy!
What's not to like about a selection of chapters from upcoming books? Publishers Lunch puts out a series of previews which I always look forward to, and Buzz Books 2020: Fall/Winter is as good as ever. Something for everyone, including non-fiction. 
5★ Link to my review of BuzzBooks Fall/Winter 2020 including a link where you can download the BuzzBooks for free.
I recently read Missing William Tyrrell by Aussie investigative journalist and author Caroline Overington. It's a thorough, sensitive look at the puzzling and ongoing case of three-year-old William's sudden disappearance in 2014.
4★ Link to my William Tyrrell review
I read Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀. It is set in Nigeria. The narrative unfolds through the alternating first-person voices of a husband and wife. The plot is well-constructed with shocking revelations interspersed throughout. The narrative weaves elements of Nigerian culture, traditions, customs, and folk tales. I thought it was very well done. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finished The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading The Deep by Rivers SolomonHere's a short review of my thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the crime thriller
Gone in Seconds by Ed James. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
My review of Death Comes to the Nursery by Catherine Lloyd
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just read the powerful #BLM memoir When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors about her growing up years and the price her family and friends paid - and are still paying - for ‘breathing while Black’. #Juneteenth
4.5★ Link to my Terrorist BLM review
Published in 1975 and set in the mid-1960's, this is the story of an obsessive captain and a crew of many nationalities on a sea turtle fishing voyage:Far Tortuga by Peter Matthiessen - 4 stars - My Review
I read The Break by Katherena Vermette. A dark and intense intergenerational family saga that sheds light on the plight of Métis women in Canada. The story is very powerful; the language, beautiful; the execution, problematic. This is not an easy read because of the nature of the subject matter.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read a couple of books and reviewed them:Tanith Lee's The Blood of Roses - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3396615673
and
Tom Holt's The Good, the Bad and the Smug - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3407339435.
Read and greatly enjoyed the fictional memoir The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
My 4⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The House on Bellevue Gardensby Rachel Hore
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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