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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
My review of Secrets in Summer by Nancy Thayer
2 and a half stars
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As late as the 1960s, Australian Aboriginal children with white blood were forcibly removed from their black families, who were considered incapable of taking care of them. The White Girl is a fictional story about a grandmother and her very fair granddaughter, by Indigenous author Tony Birch. Thought-provoking (and infuriating).
3.5★ LInk to my White Girl review
Finished listening to a mostly previously unpublished collection of golden age detective and mystery short stories and novellas
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection edited by Tony Medawarhttps://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Finished two books this week: 
The Book of Carolsue by Lynne Hugohttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Whisper Man by Alex Northhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review of The River Home by Ha
nnah Richell4 and a half stars
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My review of Take a Look at the Five and Ten by Connie Willishttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm not sure I'd be up to the challenge of visiting Matt Haig's imaginative The Midnight Library, but it sure would be tempting!
4★ Link to my Midnight Library review
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LauraT wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I'm not sure I'd be up to the challenge of visiting Matt Haig's imaginative The Midnight Library, but it sure would be tempting
5★ Link to my review of Ebenezer Le Page
I read Apeirogon by Colum McCann.Based on the true story of the tragic deaths of two young girls and the unlikely friendship and collaboration forged by their respective fathers--an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Muslim. A challenging read that leaves a profound impact.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
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My review of The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
3 and a half stars
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My review of All Summer With You by Beth Good
3 and a half stars
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I read Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley.A feisty, energetic translation of Beowulf replete with contemporary idioms, raucous rhymes, and refreshing language. An absolute riot and definitely not your father's Beowulf.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Uncle Silas by J Sheridan Le Fanu and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3590605839.
I listened to Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. The narrator was Marin Ireland and this is an example of what a terrific actress can do. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
As the Last I May Know is a short story by S.L. Huang that won the 2020 Hugo award for best short story. It's free online, and I added a link in my review.
3.5★ Link to my short story review
Igifu means hunger, and Scholastique Mukasonga's five stories show what a weapon it is.
5★ Link to my Igifu review
I am another enthusiastic fan of Graham Brack and his mystery series. Dishonour and Obey is the third outing with Master Mercurius, who investigates a murder for colourful English King Charles II. This is the way to learn history so you remember it!
4★ Link to my review of Dishonour and Obey
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Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenterhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review of The Transatlantic Book Club By Felicity Hayes-McCoy
4 stars
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Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...⭐⭐⭐⭐
City of Friends by Joanna Trollopehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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The Girl She Wanted by K.L. Slater https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell
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Good Girl, Bad Girl by great Aussie crime-writer Michael Robotham just won him his second Golden Dagger Award. The second in the series, When She Was Good is very, very good, and the bad guys were absolutely horrid!
5★ Link to my review of "When She Was Good"
If you're from a rev-head family, you'll want this little book for the kids. Ayrton Senna has often been called the greatest racing driver ever. 
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I read The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing. A compelling novel that shows the damaging impact of South African apartheid.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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A hybrid combining memoir and fiction presenting a raw and gripping portrait of America and of life post 9/11 for an American born Muslim son of immigrants.
My 5-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...