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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Just finished None but the Lethal Heart by Carter Brown
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One for the die-hard Carter Brown pulp fans.
Joseph Coelho's gorgeous children's picture book If All the World is about a young child and Granddad and . . . remembering Granddad. A new favourite!
5★++ I've included some illustrations here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi! I recently released my first self-published poetry book. This is an invitation into my personal process of reflection and elevation past certain, old phases in my life.I would love to receive feedback from as many as possible on the content of the book! Thank you in advance.
The Mind Inside The Mind
I have completed Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf. I thought this was an exceptional first novel.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kaaram wrote: "Hi! I recently released my first self-published poetry book. This is an invitation into my personal process of reflection and elevation past certain, old phases in my life.I would love to receive..."
Kaaram, you cannot promote your own work here at AAB.
Just finished Mick Herron”s London Rules, his latest visit to the Slow Horses of Slough House. Still an entertaining bunch of demoted (“demented”?) spooks.
4★ My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. A wonderful book by a very talented writer. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have wanted to read Their Eyes Were Watching God for several years. Finally it became available to me. :0)My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I learned something myself from a couple of vividly illustrated, picture book biographies for young kids. I expect more than a few parents and teachers could benefit from these. I included a few pictures so you can see what they're like.Bonyo Bonyo by Vanita Oelschlager is the true story of a poor Kenyan village boy with dreams of becoming a doctor.
Link to review of Bonyo Bonyo
Harriet Tubman by Isabel Sanchez Vegara is the story of a young girl who escaped slavery and joined the Underground Railroad. (And we're still waiting to see if she'll be on a new $20 bill!)
Link to review of Harriet Tubman
Yesterday I finished American by Day, the latest book by Derek B. Miller. He has quickly became a favourite author of mine. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Here’s my review
Chrissie, I am so glad you enjoyed Their Eyes Were Watching God. What you said in your review is so true, that it must be experienced. I love that book SO much.I'd like to recommend a book of poetry: Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters. For anyone who has enjoyed their novels, reading their verse is enlightening and it's interesting to compare to their prose. This is a thin little collection and quick to browse through. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
DEAD BAD a gripping crime mystery full of twists by Helen H. Durrant I didn't think that this was quite as good as the rest of the series, but is still a good read. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...Now reading
The Truth in My Lies by Ivy Smoak
A trio of terrific tomes for you all this evening:
We Should All Be Feminists ★★★★★Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming ★★★★☆ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fahrenheit 451 ★★★★★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Little Big Love. 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
my reviews of This Family of Things by Alison Jameson3 and a half stars
and
The Stolen Child by Sanjida Kay
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Too many posts since I last checked in for me to catch up on :/I recently finished listening to the audiobook of Strangers on a Train. I have seen the Hitchcock film of this several times but the book was actually quite different. That surprised me a little but upon reflection, it shouldn't have as the book was more in line with Highsmith's style. In any case, it is a "must read" for any fan of mystery/crime books!
I have completed The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After. I think it is definitely worth reading. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I absolutely adored The Maytrees by Annie Dillard. I have given both this and her An American Childhood five stars. That doesn't mean you will necessarily like her writing as much as I do.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished reading The Summer Book by Tove Jansson. I enjoyed the writing and the Grandmother's character. Some of these stories were particularly touching. However, for me, these were short stories about Sophia and her grandmother; not a novel.
The stories were lovely insights into island life for these 2 characters but there wasn't a plot, per se.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
by Jesmyn Ward -- 4 StarsReally enjoyed this one.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell. It read like riveting and transporting fiction. 4 stars.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished To Sir, With Love, which most of us remember from the movie of the same name.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A terrific read for anyone interested in old Australia - and I mean OLD. Academic, but easy. (Footnotes are unobtrusively at the back.)Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia by Aussie author Billy Griffiths does what it says - uncovers some wonderful history, archaeological and cultural.
5★ Link to my review
Read Andre Norton's Moon of Three Rings and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2397523288.
Read The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2397522524.
A review weeks after the finish date.. Goodwood by Holly Throsby Here it is..https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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