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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Read in one sitting (in between naps. No reflection on this wonderful read. Am home sick, and just keep nodding off) this wonderful Australian family drama/romance
Tiny White Lies by Fiona Palmerhttps://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder. It takes place on an unnamed island where things keep disappearing and where the population is under strict surveillance by the Memory Police. Weird and haunting but very good.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished We Of The Forsaken World... by Kiran Bhat1 star
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Back to science fiction/ fantasy with:Tanith Lee - Day by Night - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3506425954
and a re-read of one of my favourites, the first two volumes of Barbara Hambly's Darwath series - The Time of the Dark - original review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405987192
and The Walls of Air - updated review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405994598
Just finished Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder and thought it was fine, but nothing new. 3 stars
The Bad Sister by Kevin O'Brien was a dnf for me at 21%. Check out my review to find out why...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Here is my review of The Company You Keep by Angela Henry:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars
My review of The Forgotten Hours by Katrin Schumann
1 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I think most mystery readers are familiar with Daphne du Maurier. I just read Jamaica Inn, a suspenseful "it was a dark and stormy night . . ." thriller.
4★ Link to my "Jamaica Inn" review
Interviewing The Dead by David Field is the first in his Carlyle & West Victorian Mystery Series. London, 1892, ghosts of plague victims - what?? A doctor and a preacher join forces to investigate.
3★ Link to my "Interviewing the Dead" review
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I think most mystery readers are familiar with Daphne du Maurier. I just read Jamaica Inn, a suspenseful "it was a dark and stormy night . . ." thriller.[bookcover..."
I loved Rebecca, but have never read Jamaica Inn, Patty. It's something I keep meaning to do.....
Finished a disappointing read
My Mother's Choice by Ali Mercer. I didn't find it at all 'heartbreaking or emotional'You can find my review on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... and
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck. It depicts life in an upper class family in 1940s China. It focuses on Madame Wu, the overtly calm and sophisticated head of the large family household and the momentous decision she makes on her 40th birthday.I enjoyed it, especially the first half of the novel because of Pearl Buck's detailed description of the traditions and customs of upper class Chinese families.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Book of Secrets by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amalia wrote: "Finished Revenge
by Yōko Ogawa5 stars
My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/1775392879"
Amalia, either I've been specifically blocked or only your friends can see your reviews. GR says your profile is set to private, and we seem to have fallen off each other's friends list - again!
As a nostalgic break from the 21st century, I revisited the well-loved children's classic The Velveteen Rabbit Or, How Toys Become Real written by Margery Williams Bianco nearly a century ago. What an excellent visit that was!
5★ Link to my Velveteen Rabbit review with a few illustrations from the original 1922 edition.
In spite of the title, After The Carnage is NOT a grisly thriller but a mixed collection of short stories by talented indigenous Aussie author Tara June Winch, who won the prestigious Miles Franklin award for her latest novel, The Yield. These are urban, international, and varied. 
4★ Link to my review of After the Carnage
Three short ones that couldn't be more different:
Space Invaders by Nona FernándezReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Ponder Heart by Eudora WeltyReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Home to Turtle Bay by Marion Lennox
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am still not sure how much I liked this one.The Death of Vivek Oji
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read Anna Karenina. Here is my review (contains some spoilers): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
ONE TO AVOID!Just finished this very poor (and poorly edited!!) kindle book:-
Toxic: A Sociopath Novel by Savanna George
My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two five star reads in a row!
The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan the author had me tied in knots!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and
my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
The next book I picked up because I had the second in the series to read, and I didn't want to start on that until I had read
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham which turned out to be the best read of the year (so far)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Catching up on reviews:Volume 3 of Barbara Hambly's Darwath series (and the conclusion of the original story) - The Armies of Daylight - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3519174234
Tanith Lee's Days of Grass - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3519174234
Volume 1 of Robin Hobb's Rain Wild Chronicles - The Dragon Keeper - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405972503
and
Volume 2 of Rain Wilds - Dragon Haven - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405972641
I always enjoy Louise Penny's excellent Chief Inspector Gamache series and just finished Glass Houses, where many consciences are troubled.
4.5★Link to my "Glass Houses" review
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