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message 7802: by Esther (new)
Jun 19, 2021 11:30PM

Esther (eshchory) | 1368 comments The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas The Mad Women's Ball
A translation from French. 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7805: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Jun 21, 2021 01:28AM

PattyMacDotComma Getting Tyson is exactly what the good guys are trying so hard to do with such little luck in this UK thriller by P.K. Davies. Big Dave Tyson has zero redeeming features!
Getting Tyson by P.K. Davies 3★ Link to my review of Getting Tyson


message 7806: by LauraT (new)
Jun 21, 2021 01:39AM

LauraT (laurata) | 14362 comments Mod
Finished yesterday A Thousand Ships, our Group Read of this month.
Interesting. We live since kids with the Troy War, but it is not so common - more and more I have to admit though, to see it from the female point of view.
High time we think also from this perspective


message 7810: by Dale (last edited Jun 22, 2021 06:14PM) (new)
Jun 22, 2021 06:13PM

Dale Harcombe | 1938 comments two reviews now up
I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella
I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Small Acts of Defiance by Michelle Wright
Small Acts of Defiance by Michelle Wright
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7811: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Jun 23, 2021 02:05AM

PattyMacDotComma I didn't know Daphne du Maurier wrote this kind of entertaining, historical romance. Frenchman's Creek is a light, atmospheric bodice-ripper in which no bodices are seen to be ripped.

Pirates, lords and ladies, Cornwall!
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier 4★ Link to my review of Frenchman's Creek


message 7813: by Tamara (new)
Jun 24, 2021 07:59AM

Tamara Agha-Jaffar | 1410 comments I read Nothing Holds Back the Night by Delphine de Vigan, translated from the French by George Miller. It's a gripping blend of fiction, memoir, and biography. The author explores her mother's childhood and adult life to try to understand the cause of her suicide. Intense and well-executed.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7820: by Dale (new)
Jun 25, 2021 05:54PM

Dale Harcombe | 1938 comments My review of Deep Secrets by Enid Reece
Deep Secrets by Enid Reece
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7824: by Tamara (new)
Jun 27, 2021 09:58AM

Tamara Agha-Jaffar | 1410 comments Read Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt.
It's about a single mother struggling to raise her three-year-old daughter while coping with her estranged husband and the demands of her employment. I was impressed with the use of light imagery. Other than that, I thought the novel was disappointing. It just wasn't for me.

My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7826: by Nichole (last edited Jun 29, 2021 01:18AM) (new)
Jun 29, 2021 12:52AM

Nichole | 554 comments My review of Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5 stars


message 7827: by Phrynne (new)
Jun 29, 2021 12:55AM

Phrynne | 2473 comments My review of A Question of Navigation by Kevin Hearne A Question of Navigation by Kevin Hearne

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Do not judge this book by its cover!!!


message 7829: by Tweedledum (new)
Jun 29, 2021 04:14AM

Tweedledum (tweedledum) | 2166 comments Visited the White Rose bookshop yesterday in Thirsk and came away with The Book Collectors of Daraya and Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: The Thai Cave Rescue because they both shouted at me … you have to read me… halfway through both of them! Highly recommended.


message 7832: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Jun 29, 2021 07:31PM

PattyMacDotComma A road trip to track down an unknown father and perform at an international comedy festival. What could possibly go wrong? The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson follows twelve-year-old Norman, his mother, and an old codger to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Don't trust me - many readers just loved this one!
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson 3★ Link to my review of Norman Foreman


message 7833: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Jun 29, 2021 07:31PM

PattyMacDotComma Malala Yousafzai isa another inspiring Little People BIG DREAMS book from Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. The Taliban tried to assassinate Malala, but she recovered and went on to become the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala Yousafzai by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara 4.5~5★ Link to my review of Malala Yousafzai with several illustrations


message 7834: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Jun 29, 2021 07:31PM

PattyMacDotComma Aussie journalist, reporter, and writer Rick Morton bared his family's soul in his memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt. His childhood in far outback Queensland sounds like something from a couple of hundred years ago.
One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick Morton 4.5~5★ Link to my review of One Hundred Years of Dirt


message 7837: by Pam (new)
Jul 02, 2021 08:22AM

Pam Baddeley | 1529 comments Read Cell by Stephen King and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4090894065"


message 7838: by Canadian Jen (new)
Jul 02, 2021 11:13AM

Canadian Jen Finished Tears of Amber by Sofía Segovia . This is a translation of 2 German families in Germany during WW2. A different perspective of the war. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7843: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Jul 04, 2021 05:02AM

PattyMacDotComma Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land, by Métis author Toni Jensen, is a collection of powerful essays and stories about dispossession, trafficking, gun violence and general abuse of and disregard for the First Nations peoples of the Americas.

Jensen has had quite a life and shares it, warts and all.
Carry A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen 4★ Link to my review of Carry


message 7845: by Nichole (last edited Jul 04, 2021 07:11PM) (new)
Jul 04, 2021 07:09PM

Nichole | 554 comments My review of Sifting Through Clues by Daryl Wood Gerber:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4.5 stars


message 7846: by Esther (new)
Jul 04, 2021 11:30PM

Esther (eshchory) | 1368 comments The Promise by Damon Galgut The Promise
3.5 stars - I enjoyed this in a depressing sort of way.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7849: by Tamara (new)
Jul 06, 2021 07:11AM

Tamara Agha-Jaffar | 1410 comments I finished a couple of books lately:

A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America by Leila Ahmed.
A well-documented research study of the veil's resurgence and the increasingly activist role of Muslim American women.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi; translated from the French by Polly McLean.
A compelling novella that gives voice to the plight of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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