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Apr 13, 2021 02:19PM
Finished this awesome one!
. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My tiny review of The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars
My review of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just enjoyed the thought-provoking second book of the Monkeewrench mystery series, Live Bait by mother-daughter duo P.J. Tracy. As if the concentration camp hadn't been bad enough, a Holocaust survivor is murdered. I'm glad there are more of these to look forward to!
4.5★ Link to my Live Bait review
Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words is another colourful conversation-starter for children by Karl Beckstrand. As the title suggests, no words are necessary - except for the person answering the inevitable questions!
4★ Link to my Butterfly Blink review with several pictures
New and old, short and long, both of the highest quality!
The Tradition by Jericho BrownReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Cross by Sigrid Undset (Last of the three-part Kristin Lavransdatter series)Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was very different
by Susan JohnsonMy five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I know he's not little now but he will always be Little Stevie Wonder to me! Another inspiring Little People BIG DREAMS book for all families and schools!
5★ Link to my Stevie Wonder review with lots of pictures
I just enjoyed The Old Men Who Row Boats and Other Stories, a collection of stories that take place in Spain and Portugal. Author David Joseph has a good feeling for his people and the places where we meet them.
3.5★ Link to my Old Men Who Row Boats review
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Not masterpieces, neither of them. Still interesting reads
I finished Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi. An incredible book that took me some time to finish and review, my review can be found here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán; translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes.Haunted by their parents’ activism during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, the protagonists are the remainders, burdened with the corpses of the past and seeking a way to bury them. A compelling narrative.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of CenterStage: My Most Fascinating Interviews—from A-Rod to Jay-Z Michael Kayhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions: The ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher collection by Kerry Greenwood
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Based on a real event in Poland in 1941, Winter Journey by Aussie author Diane Armstrong is a reminder of what we are capable of, both good and bad. 
3.5★ Link to my review of Winter Journey
Graham Brack is a favourite author of mine. The Vanishing Children is the latest Master Mercurius mystery set in the Netherlands in the 17th century. I'm very fond of this gentle, witty cleric whom William of Orange keeps dragging away from his comfortable university post to work for him. History, mystery, and humour - love it!
4★ Link to my review of The Vanishing Children
My review of New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawlhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have just finished
The Girl and the Stars.I really enjoyed it but as so often happens with the first book in the series it didn't have a proper ending so only 3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes. I loved her A Thousand Ships, so I was looking forward to this. But Haynes deviates too much from the original myth so it is barely recognizable as the story of Oedipus and Antigone. Disappointing in many ways.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading At Night All Blood is Black by David DiopA story about a WW1 African soldier. An interesting and important book, but one that left me underwhelmed. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up on reviews:Tove Jansson's The Summer Book - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3935040618
Joyce Carol Oates' Mysteries of Winterthurn - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1954230884
Tove Jansson's The True Deceiver - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3950746114
Joyce Carol Oates' We Were the Mulvaneys - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3950766424
Read a couple more: Norman Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367359114
Tove Jansson's first Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3960455989
Finished
. A story of sacrifice and the costs of being a woman in a suppressed society. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 reviewsThe Memory House by Linda Goodnight
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
Too Charming by Kathryn Freeman
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie B Michael Radburn is a reliable, go-to author for thrilling mysteries. The Reach is the third featuring Park Ranger Taylor Bridges in a beautiful (though terrifying!) Australian bush setting.
4.5★ Link to my review of The Reach
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