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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
My very short review of Twenty-one Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars
I'm really enjoying this historical mystery series by C.S. Harris, set in London in the early 1800s with England and France at war (again? still? always?). In Why Mermaids Sing, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Lord Devlin, is investigating a murder, and then another, and then . . . 
4.5★ Link to my review of Why Mermaids Sing
I enjoyed Aussie author Kerry Greenwood's glamorous and fearless (almost) Phryne Fisher flying her Gipsy Moth over the Australian Alps in the 1930s in The Green Mill Murder, #5 in this entertaining series.
3.5~4★ Link to my Green Mill Murder review
While tackling some longer books, I've read three wonderful short ones:An essay
how the poor dieReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A short story
The Post OfficeReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And a poetry collection
The Weary BluesReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Things They Carried in Vietnam include more than stuff. This phenomenal book by Tim O'Brien was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Included in a soldier's burden are shame, fear, and embarrassment. I feel like I know his people, and I wish they hadn't had to go.
5★ Link to my review of The Things They Carried
Enjoyed the latest Reacher installment very much. 
by Lee ChildMy five star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
by Mary-Anne O'Connor and what a lovely cover!My review, 3 stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.This is a re-read for me. I'd forgotten it since it's been years since I last read it. I was reminded of how much I love Hardy's vision--as bleak as it is, or maybe because it is so bleak :)
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What an unusual book!
by Chris WhitakerA debut.
My review, four stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Author Chris Gill is originally a 'product' of the UK and NZ who now lives in Australia. (YAY!) His latest book, Boy Fallen, takes place on the rugged west coast of NZ's South Island. Accident or murder? It's a good story in a great setting - worth a look.
3★ My review of Boy Fallen
Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer has a long list of books coming out this year, and it includes excerpts from many of them. Authors range from winners of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes to debut authors new to the market. It's a great way to get a taste of what's out there.
5★ My review of Buzz Books 2022 Spring/Summer, which has a link to where you can download a copy for free
I had almost forgotten how much I can enjoy a family saga. 4.5 stars
The Family Chaohttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett. A first-person narrative of a quirky narrator who delights in the mundane. Some may find her self-indulgent and pretentious. I enjoyed her meanderings and observations.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556446723
Read the first edition of Make a Killing on Kindle and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4556612444
Reviews of Wild by Kristin Hannah
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
4 starsChasing Windmills
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Aussie author Anni Taylor's suspenseful One Last Child (Tallman Valley's Detectives, book 1), which takes place in the beautiful, mysterious Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Complicating things is that one of the abducted children is Detective Kate Wakeland's granddaughter. 
4★ My review of One Last Child
This is a bright, appealing children's picture book that would be good for pointing out shapes and finding items from one page to the next. Chelsea O'Byrne is both author and illustrator, and it's lovely.
4★ My review of If I Were King with several of her illustrations
I'm trying to get a better understanding of flora and fauna in nature because I'm abysmally ignorant about the subject. I read Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World by Candace Savage.A light, entertaining, and informative introduction to crow-dom. Peppered with beautiful illustrations and photos. I enjoyed it, but I think I prefer something with a little more substance.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. A contemplative journey for all including Sahro. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Crooked House by Agatha Christie and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558206878
A classic Dickens: 
The Old Curiosity ShopReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Probably Magda Szabó's best:
The DoorReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And two for Black History Month:
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia RankineReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Liked it quite, for the way it describes queer questions, especally regarding parentage issues
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