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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Just finished this audio on the way to work.
by Eckhart TolleMy review, 3 stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the sequel
. A good one that didn't disappoint after
. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Highly recommend for historical fiction fans.
My review of People Who Knew Me by Kim Hooper 
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was surprised to really like this one:
The Overcoat by Nikolai GogolReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And surprised I didn't like this one more:
Black Narcissus by Rumer GoddenReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Big review catchup:The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719802886
Richard III by David Baldwin - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4737104501
and the 'Dogs of War' series by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Dogs of War - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4737135182
and
Bear Head - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4737145116
This was a pleasure, and completely unexpected
by Charlotte McConaghyMy review, which I just changed to five stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It's unusual to cheer for a bad guy who steals just because he's good at it, but I did find myself warming to Aussie author Garry Disher's Wyatt. Kickback is one of Disher's earliest books and the first in the Wyatt series.
4★ My review of Kickback with no spoilers
I just enjoyed the first of this entertaining, quirky historical mystery series. Lady Hardcastle is seeking A Quiet Life in the Country, but author T.E. Kinsey ensures her sleuthing talents don't go to waste. Just what I needed - a good cosy!
4★ My review of A Quiet Life in the Country (with quotes, but no spoilers)
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Forgot to review this in my catchup - The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Stories - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4742503137
My review of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millardhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel.Loosely modeled on the Indian epic, the Ramayana, Patel re-fashions Kaikeyi as a feminist heroine who challenges patriarchal norms. Those who are familiar with the epic may be disappointed with the extent to which she deviates from the original tale. I am familiar with the Ramayana since I taught selections from it in my Early World Literature course. I wasn't expecting a faithful adherence to the epic and so wasn't bothered by the changes. I thought Patel told a good story and told it well.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
. What an awesome cover and amazing if not shameful story. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I really enjoyed the characters in The Secret World of Connie Starr, Aussie author Robbi Neal's new novel. It begins during the Depression and goes to 1952 in the small country town of Ballarat, Victoria. It's hard to keep secrets in a small town.
4★ My review of The Secret World of Connie Starr
Doctor Ice Pick sounds like some kind of snake-oil salesman from a couple of centuries ago, but this short non-ficton piece by Claire Prentice explains how recently he and his trainees were poking into brains of disturbed patients. ACK!
3★ My review of Doctor Ice Pick
My review of The Secret World of Connie Starr by Robbi Neal
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Turstenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi I found this book totally fascinating :The Mystery of Charles Dickens and you can check out my review here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Re-read Zenna Henderson's The People: No Different Flesh - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367376610and read a police procedural by Margaret Kirk, In the Blood - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4753256649
Dale wrote: "My review of No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Once was definitely enough Dale though it isn't showing that you've read it twice when I view your review on a PC.
Seem to have forgotten to post my re-read of Zenna Henderson's first collection of People stories, Pilgrimage: The Book of the People - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1367373620
Home for a While by Lauren Kerstein, brightly illustrated by Natalia Moore is the story of little Calvin, who is arriving at yet another foster home, feeling unwanted and angry. But Maggie knows what she's doing!
4.5★ Link to my review of Home For a While with several illustrations
All readers should download these Buzz Book samplers for free when they are offered. Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter has excerpts from heaps of new Fiction, Debut, Nonfiction, and Young Adult books due out soon. I've mentioned some I like, of course!
5★ Link to my review of the latest Buzz Books with some quotes
Classics:
Bleak House by Charles DickensReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
Home of the Gentry by Ivan TurgenevReview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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4 stars
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