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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
This novel is a story about the environmental impact of fracking (to extract natural gas). Heat and Light: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh - 4 stars - My Review
Finished The Yellow Bird Sings. Another emotional WWII read with a different perspective. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boynehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Friends Don't Lie by Cath Weeks
Friends Don't Lie
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
The Descent by Matt Brolly. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I read Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera about the civil war in Sri Lanka told through the voices of two young women on opposite sides of the ethnic divide. The writing was lyrical, eloquent, and immersive. I highly recommend it.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Melancholy story of a young man who tries to make his mark in boxing:Don't Skip Out on Me by Willy Vlautin - 3 stars - My Review
My review of The House at Mermaid's Cove by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up on reviews: two Bronte biographies and one Bronte novel, plus one in the Matthew Shardlake seriesDaphne du Maurier's biography - The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3468820388
Juliet Barker's biography - The Brontës - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3468826251
Charlotte Bronte's The Professor - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3494592881
and C J Sansom's Sovereign - review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2981055749
Award winning writing, but too grim for my taste:Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward - 3 stars - My Review
My review of A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parryhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading
The Child Across the Street by Kerry Wilkinson which I really enjoyed. https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
While You Slept by R.J. Parker, parts of which were excellent and parts of which weren't at all good. Check out my review on https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDWtUbg5...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I read Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Sady Doyle, a feminist exploration of how popular culture reflects and reinforces patriarchal norms. The work is well-researched, educational, and insightful. In spite of some of the gruesome details of real-life crimes against women, Doyle manages to inject a touch of humor in her exploration where appropriate so the work is not all doom and gloom. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Anne Bronte's two novels though probably unfortunately in the wrong order:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3498646951
Agnes Grey - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3506361609
Set in Australia in 1885, this novel is a story of brothers driven apart by differing convictions. It is a story of twisting the “law” for nefarious purposes. It is a historic novel based on the Native Police of the time, conducting “dispersal” (genocide) of native people to accommodate colonial settlers. I found it well-crafted and extremely disturbing (content warning for brutality, rape, and murder). It has inspired me to read more about Australian history.Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth - 4 stars - My Review
Amalia wrote: "Finished Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
by Georges Simenon5 stars
My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/3502170385"
Amalia, your profile is set to Private (again), so only your friends can see the review if they click on the link. You and I have fallen off each other's friends list (again). It happens to me with one other GR friend regularly, but I have no idea why, and I have no way to contact you other than to hope you check in here!
I've enjoyed all the Graham Brack novels I've read so far, and the second in the Master Mercurius historical mystery series is another winner. Untrue till Death takes place in the Netherlands in the 17th century, full of murder and intrigue with the author's trademark humour.
4.5★ Link to my Untrue Till Death review
Anthony Horowitz's popular Magpie Murders has another fan. Two mystery novels in book. Loved it!
5★ Link to my Magpie Murders review
Finished Just Call Me Superhero by Alina Bronsky, translated from the German by Tim Mohr.I've loved everything I've read by her so far. This is a compelling coming-of-age story about a seventeen-year-old boy whose face has been badly disfigured by a Rottweiler. The boy has a strong narrative voice and he's very funny.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished an emotional family drama
The Last Piece by Imogen Clark 😍😍😍😍.3https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Three for Women in Translation month:
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina BronskyReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiayeReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlinhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I loved this one.The Space Between Worlds
by Micaiah Johnson. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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