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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Read this a while back, finally reviewed today: 
by the interesting Marie KondōHere tis': https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars
Kathleen wrote: "Finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. What's good in this one are the themes. For her time, Anne was daring and bold!Review: https://www.goodreads.com/r..."
Yes, she is my favourite Brontë sisterfor this--did you get a copy that was based on the original before Charlotte made some post-mortem edits? (Anne died before she was 30 as I recall, but I know for sure that Charlotte took out the most controversial section(s) ).
That said, I still really like Jane Eyre.
I have read a number of books so far this month, but only these plus one other got 4 stars (no 5 stars--if I like a book, that's a 3)
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride4 stars my review
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allendemy review for Long Petal
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedomy review of With Fire...
Before I Called You Mine by Nicole Deesereview of Before I Called You Mine
This was great
by the talented Brit Bennett. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A definite 5 stars!
My review of Blueberry Hill: a Sister's Story by Bette Lee Crosby
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I do love a good short story, so I'm glad that Amazon is publishing originals from many different authors. In the Empty Quarter by G. Willow Wilson is a scary little cautionary tale I enjoyed. 
4★ Link to my review of In the Empty Quarter
They broke the mould when the Artist Known as Prince came along. This is another of the Little People BIG DREAMS series. Author Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and illustrator Cachetejack have produced a bright, appealing children's book
4.5★ rounded up Link to my Prince review with several illustrations
My review of The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read two rather different books and reviewed them:Carmen Varricchio's Doll Junk: Collectible and Crazy Fashions from the '70s and '80s - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3842073524
Lucy Worsley's A Very British Murder - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3764508621
Read and enjoyed The Witch's Heart
, a reimagining of Norse Mythology.My 4⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3687955132?...
My review of Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 by Lucille Cliftonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih, translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies.A delightful novella about life in a Sudanese village and the village idiot who turns out not to be such an idiot, after all.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have managed to read just 3 books this week, all from my Netgalley shelf. 
Lost Souls by Chris Merritt https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
The Dare by Lesley Kara https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read and liked Where the Stars Meet the Sea
My 3⭐ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3446498040...
Return to the Most Beautiful Village in the World is a bittersweet follow-up to Japanese artist Yutaka Kobayashi's previous two picture books about a little boy who left his war-torn village in Afghanistan. Kobayashi says we must inspire the children!
4.5★ Link to my Return to ... review with many illustrations
My review of The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP by Alex Tresniowskihttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My latest review of an unusual one: 
by the talented Helen FitzgeraldMy review, 3.5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finally read the first book of the much-loved Monkeewrench mystery series by mother-daughter duo P.J. Tracy. People and plot were every bit as good as I was told. I'm delighted there are more!
5★ Link to my Monkeewrench review
Heartstone is the fourth in the excellent Matthew Shardlake historical mystery series set in King Henry VIII's very bloody England. Author C.J. Sansom seems to know his stuff (excuse the academic terminology) about the wars of the time.
3.5~4★ Link to my Heartstone review
Karin wrote: "... did you get a copy that was based on the original before Charlotte made some post-mortem edits? (Anne died before she was 30 as I recall, but I know for sure that Charlotte took out the most controversial section(s) )...."
Hi Karin--sorry for such a late response. I think I got the original The Tenant of Wildfell Hall--it seemed to be comparable to what I heard from others who had the original, but it was a library copy so I'm not sure. That phrase "post-mortem edits," it gives me the shivers! What an awful thing to do!
I've read some philosophy and some poetry, both very enjoyable.The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The People in the Photo by Hélène Gestern, translated from the French Emily Boyce and Ros Schwartz.An old photograph triggers a search for a long lost parent. A poignant story about the role of memory in identity formation.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Humor is such a personal taste, and this just is not mine (I read it for a group):The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren - 2 stars - My Review
Only an ok read this time
by Caroline BondHere is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished Educated, an excellent memoir. One feature I particularly liked, which I didn't address in my review, is the way Westover included notes about when her memory of certain events varies from that of one or more of her siblings or when she is not sure whether she is confusing 2 different but similar events. This aspect (a result of her education in history, I presume) made me trust this book much more than I did The Glass Castle, for example. Highly recommended, 4.5*
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