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[Tamara]

I read another great novel by John Williams.
His last novel, Augustus is a fictional retelling of the life of Octavius Caesar Augustus, unfolding through a series of letters, journal entries, excerpts from memoirs, dispatches, and senate dictates. Williams was an incredible author. His novels tackled different subjects, but they were all equally brilliant. I'm a huge fan of his writing.

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

[Faith]

My review of The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

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

[Pam]

Review catchup:

The Gawain Quest: A Medieval Mystery by Jay Margrave - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5116464730

Echogenesis by Gary Gibson - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5108281954

A Cast of Falcons by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5116402685
and finally
The Child In My House: A gripping and emotional page-turner with a breathtaking twist by Lucy Lawrie - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5116431502

[Pam]

And one I forgot - Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4890356509

[Dale]

My review of The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan

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

[PattyMacDotComma]

Katherine Mansfield was one of New Zealand's most well-known authors, and I'm a fan. Her short stories are insightful and biting. Poor Miss Brill just wanted a little attention.
4.5★ My review

[PattyMacDotComma]

You looking for a great book for kids? Little Platypus: A Day in the Life of a Platypus Puggle, by Aussie author Anna Brett with perfect illustrations by Rebeca Pintos, should be at the top of your list.
5★ My review of Little Platypus with several illustrations

[Kim]

Here is my review of:

Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce

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

This is the third book in the 'Harold Fry' series - 4* (8/10).

[Suz]

An unexpected treat for me.

by Heather Rose

My review, 4★

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

[Dale]

My review of Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Accompanying me on a road trip was by Danielle Steel

My review 3★

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

[Faith]

My review of Tutankhamun, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife by Aidan Dodson

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

[Canadian Jen]

Finished Signal Fires. Could be a case of it's me, not you, Story. my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Suz]

Continuing with an older series.

by Michael Robotham

My review 4★

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

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Working through War and Peace (Tolstoy), so I can read Stalingrad (Grossman).

[LauraT]

Rebecca wrote: "Working through War and Peace (Tolstoy), so I can read Stalingrad (Grossman)."

All Russian "bricks" as we say in Italian!!!

[Faith]

My review of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

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

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Laura, so true!

[Dale]

My review of
At Home by the Sea by Pam Weaver
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Jon McGregor is a terrific Irish author who was commissioned by the BBC to write these stories, The Reservoir Tapes, to follow his highly acclaimed debut, Reservoir 13. He is just so good.
5★ My review of The Reservoir Tapes

[PattyMacDotComma]

I've also just read Where Shadows Dance, #6 in the Sebastian St. Cyr historical mystery series by C.S. Harris. 1812 England - intrigue, murder, a bit of romance. What's not to love?
5★ My review of Where Shadows Dance

[Faith]

My review of The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump by Bob Woodward

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

[Tamara]

I read The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng.
I enjoyed it although I had some minor quibbles with the narrator and the extended passages of martial arts. I thought his The Garden of Evening Mists was a much better novel.

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

[Kim]

Here is my review for:

The Nesting by C.J. Cooke

Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Jess Kidd has many fans who will enjoy Dirty Little Fishes, her award-winning short story, available free in 'The Irish Times' and on her website. It is a creepy delight! 5★

My review with links to the story

[Phrynne]

My review of Death in the Margins by Victoria Gilbert

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

[Suz]

Very unique.

by Holly Throsby

My review 4★

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

[Suz]

Audio read.

by Alice Ryan, a debut.

My review 3.5★

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

[Suz]

2★ for by Alissa Callen

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

[Tamara]

I read Walking on the Ceiling by Aysegül Savas.
This is the second novel I've read by this Turkish author. I enjoyed her White on White, but I enjoyed this novel more. Her style is unusual--very subdued and muted. Nothing much happens in her novels, but her character's interiority is fascinating and her voice, mesmerizing.

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

[Faith]

My review of The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America by H.W. Brands

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

[Suz]

Loved this one!

by Lisa Genova

My review 5 stars

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

[Dale]

My review of Death by Chocolate Snickerdoodle: A Death by Chocolate Mystery by Sarah Graves

2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and

Deception Creek by Fleur McDonald
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Phrynne]

My review of The Botanist's Daughter by Kayte Nunn

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

[Suz]

Haven't read a Monica McInerney for quite some time, and this did not disappoint.



My review 5★

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

[PattyMacDotComma]

I messed up the link when I posted this earlier.

Rook is a fictionalised account by Stephen G. Eoannou of ex-cons who teamed up to become an odd pair of "badfellows" and ended up on the FBI's most-wanted list.
3.5★ My review of Rook

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Really Wild Family series is a delightful introduction to wildlife for children. Great information and wonderful illustrations!
Little Elephant: A Day in the Life of a Elephant Calf by Anna Brett is the latest one I've read.
My review of Little Elephant with several pictures

[PattyMacDotComma]

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. I recently read one of those stories, Flowering Judas, which is also the title story of a later collection.

It takes place in the early 1920s in revolutionary Mexico. I can see why it made an impression in 1965.
My review of the story Flowering Judas

[Faith]

My review of The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp by Simon Parkin

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

[Canadian Jen]

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

[Suz]

by Tori Haschka

My review 2 stars:

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

[Dale]

My review of Counting Chimneys by Sandy Taylor

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

[Greg]

Just finished Fully Empowered by Pablo Neruda, and re-reading it almost a couple decades later, it's still my favorite of the five or six of Neruda's books that I've read so far. I can see why it was a personal favorite of his, and the translation by Alastair Reid is wonderful! It holds up much better than his The Yellow Heart that I re-read earlier in November.

Also finished Rabeah Ghaffari's extraordinary tale set in the times of Iran's 1979 revoluation, To Keep the Sun Alive. And I finished Foundation and Empire, a fun light read.

Now, I'm reading The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I'm only 6 chapters in, but I've somewhat pleasantly surprised. I was worried it would be only a philosophical allegory with characters serving as props to demonstrate ideas and that it would bore me slightly . . . but Hawthorne's writing has kept me well engaged, at least so far. I'm enjoying the symbolic, metaphoric and suggestive language and images.

I'll probably also pick up The Night Tiger and/or Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker soon.

[Pam]

Just finished Drood by Dan Simmons but sadly found it disappointing - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5116645818

[Phrynne]

My review of A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren

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

[Dale]

My review of An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tamara]

I read A Collection of Essays by George Orwell.
I found it just as inspiring today as I did when I first read his essays years ago. Of particular relevance in this age of fake news and incendiary language is his essay, "Politics and the English Language."

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

[Karin]

My review of The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[PattyMacDotComma]

Richard Flanagan is a favourite author of mine, a Tasmanian, and I can see why The Sound of One Hand Clapping was on the award lists in 1998. It's the story of a migrant family who came to Tasmania in the 1950s. Australia wasn't war-torn Europe, but life for them was no picnic.
4.5★ My review of The Sound of One Hand Clapping

[Dale]

My review of A Family Secret by Kitty Neale

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