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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Review of The Tearoom on the Bay by Rachel Burton
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
by Louise Glück5 stars
My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/4566504654"
I haven't read this one, but I've read others by Glück. She is phenomenal! So glad you enjoyed it Amalia!
My review of The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raineshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One for the word nerds, like me.Jumping sharks and dropping mics by Gareth Carrol explains a lot of the idioms and phrases that have slipped into everyday English. Some I know and use, some not so much. Very entertaining.
4★ My review of Jumping Sharks, etc with several examples
Another one for the kiddies (and grown-ups).Love Grows Everywhere is a charmer of a small picture book by Barry Timms with some enormous ideas, wonderfully illustrated by Tisha Lee. Diversity and acceptance abound in glorious colour! I want to live there. 😊
5★ My review of Love Grows Everywhere with several of the illustrations
My review of Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckerthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Deacon King Kong by James McBride.I loved it! Hilarious, energetic, with delightful characters, authentic dialogue, and an exciting plot.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I thought this was extraordinary
by Meshel LaurieMy review, four stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Phrynne wrote: "My review of Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Snap! Just read that myself Phrynne. Review at - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4560491820
Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age, by Aussie author Ed Coper, is just as unnerving as you probably gather it is from the title. The current division in many democracies has been caused by bad actors with thousands of automatic bots that set us off down fake rabbit holes. Started with the printing press, escalated to social media.You may be sent one way, while I'm sent another. CLASH! If democracies crumble, guess what happens next?!
5★ My review of Facts and Other LiesIt's long, but I've included a lot of examples from this terrific book.
My reviews of Walking Shadows by Faye Kellerman
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
Those Hamilton Sisters by Averil Kenny
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. A frightening look at communism. Especially relevant right now as history is being made in Ukraine. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.An unusual book depicting a battle of wills between two women and which explores the lies we tell ourselves and each other.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Murder at Primrose Cottage by Merryn Allingham
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Nothing special, going up and down on the story of a relationship; something quite common, but well told
Mod
Nothing special, going up and down on the story of a relationship; something quite common, but well told"
I haven't read it Laura, but I saw an adaption of the book on PBS that had originally aired on one of the channels in the UK. I thought it was wonderfully acted and quite entertaining!
Mod
Review of The Glass House: A Novel by Beatrice Colin
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobiahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My most recent books were:A fun, illustrated biography
Charles Dickens: A Pictorial Biography by J.B. PriestleyReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A classic short story
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And the behemoth,
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera.It is a young adult novel set in New Zealand. I didn't realize when I picked it up that it is a young adult novel. So it's not really for me.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole-Grain Baking for Every Day by Mark Bittmanhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan is a departure from her Irish detective series. This finds a US group trying to rescue wrongly convicted people from Death Row. But were they wrongly convicted?
4★ My review of The Murder Rule
It was such a delight to meet the fantastic Amanda Gorman in the bright children's book by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. So young (only 24 on the 7th!), so talented, so inspiring. America's first Youth Poet Laureate.
4.5~5★ My review of Amanda Gorman with some illustrations and a photo
Mixed feelings about this one:
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Usurpers: A New Look at Medieval Kings by Michele Morricalhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
It describes the unity of Italy from Sicily, depicting Catania and the whole of the island from the second half of the XIX Century till the end of it.
Even if it was written in 1898, it is extramly modenr. Long, complex, but stongly recomended
My review of Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Faladéhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I didn’t love this book but others might be interested in it.
My review of The Fever by Wallace Shawnhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This play is available free in Audible Plus.
A quality audio read.
by Jacqueline MaleyMy review, four stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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