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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
My review of The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Debra Oswald is a popular Aussie playwright, scriptwriter, and novelist whose brand new 'what-would-you-do' mystery/thriller, The Family Doctor, has just been released. What a nerve-wracking read!
4.5★ rounded up Link to my Family Doctor review
I read In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar.A compelling first person narrative of a nine-year-old boy growing up in Gaddafi's Libya.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I completely enjoyed both the story and the audio narration of Honeybee by Aussie author Craig Silvey. Sam is only 14 years old, but it's been a long 14 years when you can't trust anybody. Loved it!
5★ Link to my Honeybee review
My review of A Gift from Woolworths by Elaine Everest
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amalia wrote: "Finished How to Set Yourself on Fire
by Julia Dixon Evans5 stars
My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/3916567927"
Wow! What a great review of How to Set Yourself on Fire! I haven't read it, but if the book is as good as the review it must be very moving and powerful. Thank you Amalia.
Another
winner.
5 stars from me.
My review for you to take a look: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A good reference book for borderline personality disorder The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Living with BPD by Alexander L. ChapmanMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Sympathizer by Asian-American author Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, so I thought War + Big prize = Heavy (UGH). But I loved a preview chapter of his follow-up, The Committed, so I bought this first book and loved it! Some brutality, yes, but funny, informative and thought-provoking.
Plus, it's easy to read. You don't need a thesaurus or a history degree. 😊
5★ Link to my review of The Sympathizer
She Doesn't Want the Worms! Ella no quiere los gusanos: A Mystery is a delightful early language book by Karl Beckstrand and talented illustrator David Hollenbach. Kids will laugh and learn Spanish (and so did I) in this cute book. 
4.5~5★ Link to my Worms review with lots of illustrations
I read The Lost Soul, a short story/parable by Olga Tokarczuk. The text is minimal but inspiring. The illustrations are beautiful.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I also read Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. I've loved everything of hers I've read. My favorite is still Hotel Silence, but this is also very good. There is a quiet, subdued quality about her novels that I really love.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read volume 8 in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, From Dead to Worse - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3906575880and then from the ridiculous to the sublime, Jane Austen's Emma - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3919311557
My review of Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another brilliant offering from the talented Mr
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My review, five stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Three short ones, all recommended.Poetry:
Brown: Poems by Kevin YoungReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Short story:
Gooseberries: Short Story by Anton ChekhovReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and a very short non-fiction gem:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy SnyderReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. Green
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The One That Got Away by Zoë Wicomb. A collection of 12 short stories about characters straddling between two cultures--South Africa and Scotland. Some of the stories were better than others. But a good read, on the wholeMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Good Sister By Sally Hepworth4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I loved Trent Dalton's first book (Boy Swallows Universe), which was largely autobiographical. There's no question he can write.All Our Shimmering Skies is good, but I was spoiled by what I know he is capable of.
3.5★ Link to my Shimmering Skies review
Finished
. A little underwhelming for me but not for my other trusted GR friends. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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