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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Catching up on the review of another book I didn't really love - 3 stars
The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murderhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sandy how are 3 of your books going?
Catching up on some books that have been on the shelves for a loo-oo-oong time.Montague Summers' Witchcraft And Black Magic - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3983499642
and Witchcraft in Britain by Christina Hole, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3984787199
I read Swimming Home by Deborah Levy.Set in a tourist villa in Nice, France, the novel is populated with characters suffering from depression. It's an unusual book that packs a powerful punch.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I can see a market opening up for dog buttons! How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog is a fascinating look at author Christina Hunger's work with pre-lingual kids who need help communicating and how she adapted her techniques so her dog Stella can communicate. And boy, does Stella 'talk'! Terrific!
5★ Link to my review of How Stella Learned to Talk
It's almost beyond me how Aussie journalist Shannon Molloy survived his teens as a gay kid in a country town, but I'm glad he did! His memoir, Fourteen: My year of darkness, and the light that followed is sad and funny and worth a listen. 
4★ Link to my review of Fourteen
Two reviews up nowSometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. An ok one but didn't blow my mind or knock my socks off. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Shadow by Karin Alvtegen, translated from the Swedish by McKinley Burnett.It's a riveting, page-turning crime novel. I don't read a lot of mystery or crime novels, but I couldn't put this one down.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I also finished a re-read of Pride and Prejudice for a group read. It's been over a decade since I last read it. I got a lot more out of it this time around.
The Last Reunion by Aussie Kayte Nunn is historical fiction with a war story (Burma), romance, and mystery (stolen works of art).
4★ Link to my review of The Last Reunion
I loved Aussie author Garry Disher's country cop mystery in the dry, dusty (dangerous) outback of South Australia. Peace is the 2nd book featuring demoted cop Hirsch. The powers-that-be did not appreciate his whistle-blowing.
4.5~5★ Link to my review of Peace
My latest two were very absorbing!I loved the writing style in Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And The Siege by Helen Dunmore was horrific, but I'm so glad I read it.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you want to read a simply, poetic, small book, I highly recommend 'Tin Man' by Sarah Winman. Just beauty!
LauraT wrote: "Karin wrote: "
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Maimy review"
I'm going to read it soon!"
I hope you like it :)
Two reviews up nowThe Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Girl in the Painting by Tea Cooper
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My 3-sentence review of
Long Island Iced Tina by Maria DiRico:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars
I read Consorts of the Caliphs: Women and the Court of Baghdad by Ibn al-Sai, translated from the Arabic by Shawkat M. Toorawa.Researched and compiled over 1,000 years ago by a Baghdad scholar, these short biographical sketches of 39 consorts cover a 500 year period, beginning in the 8th century. The sketches include the women's impromptu poems. I found it fascinating to hear their voices through their poetry. The sketches shatter stereotypes about the nature and role of these women.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wrighthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I've finished yesterday Quicksand by Nella Larsen. Interesting view of -almost - the same themes, but on a female point of view!
Here's my short review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Blacktop Wasteland is where author S.A. Cosby's Beauregard 'Bug' Montage earned his reputation as a high-speed wheelman and risks everything for one last job. Promise. Yeah, right.
5★ Link to my review of Blacktop Wasteland
Here’s my review of Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagan. It’s part memoir, part music essays, and part tour journal. As a Steely Dan fan, I loved every bit of it.
2 reviews up nowThe Garden House by Marcia Willett
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catchup on posting a couple of reviews - The Crow Road by Iain Banks, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2078259951
and
Fagin's Children: Criminal Children in Victorian England by Jeannie Duckworth, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4005114090
Just finished a cosy crime - Strictly Murder by Lynda Wilcox - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4008400262
William Faulkner was a giant of American Literature (with a capital L!), and I just enjoyed his short story A Rose for Emily. It's about an elderly widow who gets more and more reclusive and peculiar.
4★ Link to my Rose for Emily review with a link to the story.
Another cute Story Without Words, Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words by Karl Beckstrand. I can imagine little kids making up dialogue and "telling the stories" themselves.
4★ LInk to my review of Polar Bear Bowler with enough of the pictures to get the idea of the story.
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