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Read and reviewed Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405974127
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My review of Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder by Catherine Lloyd
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
The Story of Our Secrets by Shari Low
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Sun Rose in Paris by Penny Fields-Schneider
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
See Them Die, by Michael Fowler, introduces forensic psychologist Dr. Hamlet Mottrell, who is lying in a hospital bed with bandaged wrists, accused of slaughtering his family. Not a bad start for a new psychological mystery series
3★ My review of See Them Die
Finished reading the collection of poems Reconnaissance by Carl PhillipsMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
by Karin SlaughterMy review, four stars, happily going along with audio:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Murder Most Fowl by Donna Andrews
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up:The Sea Wolf by Jack London
Not as good as Call of the Wild
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A fun George Orwell essay, Books v. Cigarettes
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Jane Austen favorite, Persuasion
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And, the first (but not the best) gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read Take It Back, the first of Kia Abdullah's popular new mystery series. Interesting premise: In London, a white, disabled girl accuses 4 Muslim boys of rape. Her lawyer is a beautiful, smart Muslim woman. Dilemma?
My review of Take It Back
What a genre-busting delight The Nancys is! NZ author R.W.R. McDonald's debut is a funny, amateur-sleuth mystery with bright, young Tippy Chan and her over-the-top gay uncle and his beau.
4★ My review of The Nancys
My brief review of Embrace the Suck by Kristen Painter. Gonna miss vampire Queen Belladonna!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars
Finished Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405975126
I read Optic Nerve by María Gainza; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead.The author braids snapshots of her life and family with analysis of paintings that hold significance for her. She demonstrates the profound impact art has had on her perceptions and her life. A compelling and engaging read.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wolf Girl is a shy little girl who pretends to be a brave, fierce wolf. The illustrations by author Jo Loring-Fisher are just beautiful.
3.5★ My review of Wolf Girl with some of the lovely artwork
by James Clear, I enjoyed the audio version. My review, four stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I loved The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes about a man whose memory is as fallible as everyone's. Wonderful story with an ending that has generated a lot of discussion since it won the Booker Prize in 2011.
5★ My review of The Sense of an Ending
My review of The Racketeer by John Grisham
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have been rifling through the back catalog of 'Levar Burton Reads'. I like the way he reads though I am less enamoured of his commentary before and after.
No Man's Guns
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Goat
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Paper Menagerie
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. Not overly impressed - just seemed to be it could have gone deeper but just skimmed the surface. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I think The Strange Adventures of H, a young girl, by Sarah Burton could be an entertaining introduction to historical fiction about 17th century London. It covers the Plague, the Great Fire, and bawdy houses.
3★ My review of Strange Adventures of H
Read Lynda La Plante's Good Friday and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697678185
I am one of many fans of pre-teen sleuth and poisons expert Flavia de Luce, whose chemistry skills are legendary. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag is the second in the series by Alan Bradley, and his depiction of 1950s rural England is a treat. Love it!
4.5~5★ My review of . . . the Hangman's Bag
A well written serious memoir by a new to me author. 
by Louise BeechMy 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My reviews Dancing with the Enemy by Diane Armstrong
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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