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message 9751: by Suz (new)
Dec 05, 2022 08:53PM

Suz | 1106 comments This was, surprisingly, engaging, and more importantly, full of fact.

The M Word How to Thrive in Menopause by Ginni Mansberg read by the author herself Ginni Mansberg

My review, no Gwyneths (inside book joke) 4★

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


message 9753: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Dec 07, 2022 01:47AM

PattyMacDotComma I've been meaning to read Kent Haruf's much-loved Plainsong for years, and I'm glad I finally did. Wonderful people on the plains of Colorado. He wrote two more books about them, so I can see where they go.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf 4★ My review of Plainsong


message 9754: by PattyMacDotComma (last edited Dec 07, 2022 01:47AM) (new)
Dec 07, 2022 01:47AM

PattyMacDotComma The short story, Sweat, is from the American South. The acclaimed Harlem Renaissance writer, Zora Neale Hurston, wrote wonderful, real dialogue. This is from 1926 - I loved it.
Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston 5★ My review of Sweat with links to the story online


message 9755: by Raul (new)
Dec 07, 2022 09:51AM

Raul | 745 comments My review of In the Flesh by Christa Wolf

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

It's a wonderful small book that delves on illness, death, and confronting the past.


message 9756: by Tamara (new)
Dec 07, 2022 11:01AM

Tamara Agha-Jaffar | 1428 comments I read Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin; translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins.
The narrator is a young woman working in a run-down resort hotel close to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Very little action occurs since most of it takes place beneath the surface. The novel's strength lies in the narrator's interiority.

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


message 9757: by Suz (new)
Dec 07, 2022 04:14PM

Suz | 1106 comments LOVED LOVED LOVED

November Road by Lou Berney November Road by Lou Berney

My review 5★

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


message 9759: by Dale (new)
Dec 07, 2022 06:58PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments *My review of Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9760: by Dale (last edited Dec 08, 2022 08:17PM) (new)
Dec 08, 2022 08:17PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My reviews of
A Christmas by the Sea by Melody Carlson
A Christmas by the Sea by Melody Carlson
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9761: by Dale (new)
Dec 09, 2022 07:42PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My review of The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson
The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9762: by Canadian Jen (new)
Dec 10, 2022 07:24AM

Canadian Jen Finished The Orchard by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry . A heavier read but well worth the time. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9767: by Dale (new)
Dec 11, 2022 06:04PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My review of The Long Road Home By Fiona McCallum
The Long Road Home by Fiona McCallum
1 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9773: by Dale (new)
Dec 13, 2022 07:20PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My review of Can't Find My Way Home by Carlene Thompson
Can't Find My Way Home by Carlene Thompson
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9775: by Tamara (new)
Dec 14, 2022 07:19AM

Tamara Agha-Jaffar | 1428 comments I read I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell.
In this unconventional memoir, O'Farrell chronicles seventeen self-contained episodes in which she comes close to death. She communicates the intensity of each experience in detailed, evocative diction with a fear and anxiety that is palpable. A compelling memoir.

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


message 9777: by Dale (new)
Dec 15, 2022 03:38PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My review of The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
four and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9780: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Dec 15, 2022 11:22PM

PattyMacDotComma If it weren't for challenges, I might never have stumbled across this amazing story, just because I needed a U

Ousman Umar's memoir North to Paradise: My Journey Along the World's Most Dangerous Migrant Route, is unimagineable. It's amazing he survived his trek through Africa as a kid. Compelling story! (Lovely guy, too.)
North to Paradise My Journey Along the World's Most Dangerous Migrant Route by Ousman Umar 4.5~5★ My review of North to Paradise


message 9781: by Dale (new)
Dec 16, 2022 06:34PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My review of Under A Cornish Sky by Liz Fenwick
Under A Cornish Sky by Liz Fenwick
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9782: by Christine (new)
Dec 17, 2022 01:59PM

Christine Hatfield (christinesbookshelves) | 1615 comments Sandy how’s your book going called The Doctor's Wife by Fiona Lowe?


message 9783: by Suz (new)
Dec 17, 2022 05:31PM

Suz | 1106 comments Not for me I'm afraid. I will pass on to another librarian at work, hoping it can still be appreciated.

Women I Know by Katerina Gibson Women I Know by debut author Katerina Gibson

My review 2★

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


message 9785: by Pam (new)
Dec 18, 2022 01:50PM

Pam Baddeley | 1531 comments Read Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5170122916


message 9786: by Pam (new)
Dec 18, 2022 03:09PM

Pam Baddeley | 1531 comments Read The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5170414488


message 9787: by Canadian Jen (new)
Dec 18, 2022 03:23PM

Canadian Jen Finished Winterland by Rae Meadows . A terrific read on an olympian in Russia. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9788: by Suz (last edited Dec 18, 2022 05:13PM) (new)
Dec 18, 2022 04:40PM

Suz | 1106 comments Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

My review 5★

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


message 9791: by Suz (new)
Dec 18, 2022 05:57PM

Suz | 1106 comments Again, I am an outlier.

Retribution by Sarah Barrie Retribution by Sarah Barrie


My review 3★

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


message 9793: by LauraT (new)
Dec 19, 2022 01:06AM

LauraT (laurata) | 14377 comments Mod
Finished Appointment in Samarra; strange book, a bit confusing in its changing perpective often enough. Still interesting glimpse into the 20s in USA


message 9794: by Raul (new)
Dec 19, 2022 08:23AM

Raul | 745 comments I finished reading a great collection of poems Domestic Violence: Poems by Irish writer Eavan Boland

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

I also finished reading a collection of two short stories and a novella The Wedding of Zein by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih which centers characters in rural Sudan villages. Another fantastic read. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9795: by Dale (new)
Dec 19, 2022 05:54PM

Dale Harcombe | 1966 comments My review of Murder on the Hoof by Kathryn O'Sullivan
Murder on the Hoof (Colleen McCabe, #2) by Kathryn O'Sullivan
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9796: by PattyMacDotComma (new)
Dec 20, 2022 02:37AM

PattyMacDotComma I'm sure we've all been guilty of Keeping Up Appearances or worrying 'what will the neighbours think'. Aussie author Tricia Stringer gives us a group of older women in a small South Australian town who think they know all the town's secrets. HA! I can see why the author is so popular.
Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer 3.5★ My review of Keeping Up Appearances


message 9798: by Tamara (new)
Dec 20, 2022 09:51AM

Tamara Agha-Jaffar | 1428 comments I read Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. A historical novel about the plague in a seventeenth-century English village. Unfortunately, what was otherwise a good historical novel, in elegant language and immersive detail, was spoiled by its improbable and somewhat bizarre ending.

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


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