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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Finished reading
Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall. I can't say that I loved it, but I believe that it will haunt me for some time. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFG0xuAAj...my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. Can never have to much of her! Well maybe her honesty can be overwhelming. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
. I am just sorry I have finished it!!!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
Final Cut by S.J. Watson which I didn't think was anywhere near as good as Second Life Check out my review on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just read The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, It's a wonder what strange things people believed in old Ireland. (Not that we're any wiser today.)
3★ Link to my review of "The Wonder"
Rowland Sinclair risks his beautiful yellow Mercedes S-Class and his life on the "Killer Track" speedway in 1934 Sydney in Give the Devil His Due by Aussie favourite Sulari Gentill. 
4.5★ Link to my "Devil" review
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Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy A. Taylorhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished volume 3 of Rachel Aaron's Eli Monpress series, The Spirit Eater, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3544760445.
My review of On Borrowed Crime: A Jane Doe Book Club Mystery by Kate Young
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Sustainable Kitchen; Recipes and Inspiration for Plant-based, Planet-conscious Meals by Jaynie McCloskeyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of An Almost Perfect Holiday by Lucy Diamond
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
Memories of Wild Rose Bay: An Utterly Uplifting and Gripping Irish Romance by Susanne O'Leary, a pleasant but predictable Irish romance. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. I think it got bogged down with recounting the political events in Spain and Chile to the detriment of the narrative.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan by Lisa Ireland
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Tanith Lee's A Heroine of the World and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3552070432.
My first Ann Cleeves book was the terrific The Darkest Evening, #9 in the "Vera Stanhope" series. I know and love Vera from television and am now a fan of her original self, albeit a little late. 
5★ LInk to my "Darkest Evening" review
Pockets by Amal El-Mohtar is a charming, thought-provoking short story, and it's available FREE online. It's fun!Link to my "Pockets" review (with a link to the story)
Finished A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read The Happy Marriage by Tahar Ben Jelloun, translated from the French by André Naffis-Sahely. A thought-provoking novel which interrogates class and racial tensions, age-disparity, and a traditional versus a modern view of a Moroccan marriage. I thought it was an interesting approach, skillfully handled.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Tanith Lee's East of Midnight and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3556854232
Just finished listening to
The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge, beautifully narrated by Henrietta Meire. This is a riveting mystery/thriller set around the child slave trade in Africa. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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by Ali Smith. Really really beautiful. Here's my review, if you're interested:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brooding? No. Atmospheric? No. Suspenseful? Mildly, in parts. Interesting? Yes, like a car wreck you can't look away from.
The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
My review of A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
So much fun!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Done reading The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy.Although I didn't like it as much as I did Anna Karenina and War and Peace, it was still a good read. My review:
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