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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Finished #10 in the Calladine & Bayliss series
DEAD WICKED a totally addictive crime thriller with a huge twist by Helen H. Durrant. https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is book of a Viking adventures based on real leaders of the 9th century. It gets gruesome in places, but is entertaining and led me to look up more about the history of the Viking wars in England.Wolves of War by Martin Lake - 3 stars - My Review
My review of The Bells of Little Woodford by Catherine Jones
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I didn't want to write the review for this book. It's new and all the other reviews are stupendous. I feel kind of bad for not liking the story.The Night Nurse: A Massage Therapy Thriller (2-star)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My new favourite book! Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir is funny, poignant, witty, unique. The anonymous author shares her real, broken life and the wise tweets of her 81-year-old Twitter alter-ego. "People often come to me seeking the true meaning of life, but I find they’re usually satisfied with half a sandwich." DG
5★ Link to my Duchess Goldblatt review with some of her many observations on life
Finished Valentine. A terrific debut and a good story. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Valentine. A terrific debut and a good story. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trumphttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Unbowed by Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. It was an inspirational memoir of a very courageous woman.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two very different five star reads in two days!The very emotional
The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
The most exciting and fun read of the year
One In Three by Tess Stimson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
My review of The Choices We Make by Karma Brown
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Pardoner's Crime: A historical crime thriller featuring Robin Hood is the first in a new series by Keith Moray, who writes under a couple of other names. Light, easy read.
3★ Link to my Pardoner's Crime review
There Will Come Soft Rains is the phrase Ray Bradbury pinched from a poem for the title of this 1950 short story about California in 2026. 
5★ Link to my Soft Rains review which has a link to the small PDF online
Just finished this book about the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, and migrant farm workers. It was written in 1939 but not published until 2004 due to its similarity to The Grapes of Wrath.Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb - 4 stars - My Review
My very tiny review of Hollywood Insanity: Searching For Meaning Where None Exists by Roman Lillie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars
I just finished
Overall solid. I don't think it quite lives up to the hype, but it is pretty good and I'd be interested in reading more by the author.
4 stars
Fabulous ending to the Cromwell trilogy - I expect this book to win literary prizes:The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel - 5 stars - My Review
Finished
Ten Little Words by Leah Mercer. A little mystery, a little romance, and a good look at the debilitating effects of depression. https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I thoroughly enjoyed this light, entertaining and thoughtful read of Zombie, Ohio.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up with reviews. Read Poseidonis by Clark Ashton Smith and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3384353013
and the first big volume of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3454281335.
Antonio, a young boy living in New Mexico in the mid-1940s, is exposed to a variety of beliefs:Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya - 4 stars - My Review
My review of One Step Closer To You by Alice Peterson
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of why I DNF this one Better Luck Next Time by Kate Hilton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga. A coming-of-age story of a young girl in Zimbabwe. Very well done.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
John Updike won Pulitzer prizes for books three and four of his Rabbit, Run series. I've just read the first, and he certainly does know how to write.
4★ Link to my Rabbit, Run review
I do so enjoy Louise Penny's Canadian Inspector (now Commander) Armand Gamache series, so I was delighted to visit Three Pines again in A Great Reckoning.
4.5★ Link to my Great Reckoning review
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