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Half The Lies You Tell Are True by C.P. Wilson after staying up reading until 3am to finish
Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea. Yes, another 'stay up all night reading until you finish it' book! 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/...
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Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir is really good. I recommend it, and I am a person who avoids books about medical problems.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "YAY, somebody is reading Shirley Ann Grau!!!!!! She is a totally fantastic writer. Now go read The Hard Blue Sky..."She's great! Now I'll find to ferret around to find The Hard Blue Sky.
Read Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2409078286.
Tamara, if you cannot get your hands on The Hard Blue Sky by Shirley Ann Grau pick another. I can recommend all of the following:
The Hard Blue Sky 5 stars
The Condor Passes 5 stars
The House on Coliseum Street 4 stars
The Keepers of the House 4 stars Roadwalkers 2 stars This one was just OK for me.
Chrissie wrote: "Tamara, if you cannot get your hands on The Hard Blue Sky by Shirley Ann Grau pick another. I can recommend all of the following:
The Hard Blue Sky 5 st..."
Thanks, Chrissie.
I checked and the only book my library has is The Keepers of the House. I'll see if I can get a couple of the others through interlibrary loan.
Angela M wrote: "I read The Removes. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."Angela, that link is a bad link.
my reviews of The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen Whitehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
Summer at Shell Cottage by Lucy Diamond
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
both 3 and a half star reads for me
Amalia wrote: "Finished Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Joan LindsayI was disappointed...3 stars
My review:www.goodreads.com/review/show/241096..."
Have you see the movie of PAHR? It is great. I might give the audiobook a try; I see now that there is finally an unabridged version available. I think it is atmosphere rather than action that draws.
Angela M wrote: "I read Another Side of Paradise.3 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."Angela, this link didn’t work fo me either:(
Amalia wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Amalia wrote: "Finished Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayI was disappointed...3 stars
My review:www...."
Hmmm, movies and books are two different things. That you like one, does not mean you will like the other. Now I am again hesitant toward picking up the book. This is not the first time I have considered the book and then chosen NOT to read it. I am terrible.....I cannot make up my mind!
Helen Garner is one of Australia's best writers, whether it's long or short, fiction or non-, and she's a firm favourite of mine. This volume comprises 3 previous books in one, plus some. Love it! True Stories: The Collected Short Non-Fiction
5★ Link to my review
Read Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study in Failure by Jenny Wormald and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2413420051.
Read Grave Concerns, book 2 in the Drew Slocombe cosy crime series by Rebecca Tope, and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2409077080.
Phrynne wrote: "My review of Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I looked at your ratings for the books you've read by him--3 stars is a like for me, but yes, you tend to rate them lower than many. I have rated his books all over the place, but usually 4 or 5, so I'd agree that he doesn't seem to be for you.
I'm enjoying Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series. The Likeness is #2, in which Detective Cassie Maddox goes undercover.
4★ Link to my review
Karin wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "My review of Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I..."
I guess I do like them just no where near as much as many people do:(
my review of Broken Fences by Camilla Noliis now up
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Man Who Planted Trees is a short 1953 "parable" by French Jean Giono. It makes a great conversation starter for both the dinner table and the classroom, but it needs to be read and read again by politicians!
4.5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just read the most amazing book. Recommended to all!The Red Tree written by talented Australian author Shaun Tan
Please take a look at my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong by W. Somerset MaughamMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman, the book recommended by Amber in the recommendation swap.It was informative, interesting, well-researched, and written in an engaging, accessible style.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished House of Rougeaux. 3.5 stars rounded up . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Ownhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
by Rene Denfeld-- 4.5 StarsThis one was brutally gorgeous.
My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Like that phrase, brutality gorgeous, a very apt description, Britany.
I have completed The Blue Flower, another by Penelope Fitzgerald.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
When I was exasperated I stuck in a short story by the author, Jhumpa Lahiri. Here follows a link to my review of The Boundary:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It contains a link to The New Yorker where it is accessible to all.
She’s an itchy-footed Runaway. I enjoyed the title story of Alice Munro’s book of the same name. I’ve included a link to more of her stories online.
Link to my review
Chrissie wrote: "I have completed The Blue Flower, another by Penelope Fitzgerald.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
When I was exasperated I stuck in a short st..."
Great review, and thanks for the link! Can't wait to listen to this one.
I finished reading a touchingly beautiful letter to a daughter, I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Last week I listened to Notorious Nineteen. After a few lame episodes, this one was quite funny.
My short Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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