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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
It was fun to turn to a lighter read with Debbie Macomber's
Alaskan Holiday. Being one of the authors's Christmas stories, It is an easy one-day read.Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Leslie wrote: "Sounds like a lot of fun! Enjoy Cleo!..."It was Leslie and I will! I'm about to begin The Secret Adversary!
Chrissie wrote: "Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis was a very good read!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review, Chrissie!!
During my holidays I finished Under the Influence from Joyce Maynard
Here is my five star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thank you, guys, for your well wishes and support!
My review for Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another holiday read Back, After the Break by Osher Gunsberg
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Cleo wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis was a very good read!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Great review, Chris..."
Thank you for telling me, Cleo. (((((Cleo)))))))))
Writing a review for a book you really like is difficult. You want to do the book justice. Also you know that just because you like it yourself, others may not--you have to explain why! On the other hand when you are going to write a review for a book that is bad you feel the need to warn others, and a book to which you are indifferent it can be hard to find anything at all to say. BUT if you skip writing a review, many books just fizzle away and you do not even remember them years later.
Nichole wrote: "Guys, I'm sorry I have not had time to do much reading lately. My mother had surgery, and I am her caretaker. The rest of January will be dedicated to caretaking. I will be back in a few weeks."
We'll hold your place, Nichole! You take it as easy as you can while you're doing good things for your mother.
Does My Head Look Big in This? is a Young Adult book that I'd be happy to recommend even for some pre-teens. Aussie author Randa Abdel-Fattah writes about an Aussie Muslim teenager wanting to wear a hijab to school in spite of her parents' worries. YIKES! 
3.5~4★ Link to my review with some pictures
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Here's my reviews - brief indeed! - of The Gathering - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Z Murders https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and The Black Robe https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Tiny Americans: A Novel. 4.5 stars rounded up. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jodi wrote: "I just finished up Educated by Tara Westover and really enjoyed it. I am almost finished with Where the Crawdads Sing and love it way more than I expected. It's a great book."Hi Jodi, I loved Where the Crawdads Sing too was a great book.
I have recently found a new favorite author - Kristin Hannah. The first book I read of hers earlier in the month - The Nightingale, wow what a book it was amazing. Since then I have read Winter's Garden which I also enjoyed..... next on my list is The Great Alone.I really enjoy her writing, she transports the reader into her books, she creates these vivid images in my mind of the surroundings and her characters wow.... the empowered women in her novels I'm captivated, looking forward to the next book
Paulette , I enjoyed all three of those by Hannah.
Angela M wrote: "Paulette , I enjoyed all three of those by Hannah."Thanks Angela, I'm keen to read even more from her this year
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I've never heard of her; since you talk so I'll give a look at what I can find
I have completed A Shooting Star by Wallace Stegner.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The End of Eternity; 4*My very short review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Reviews up now for Small Blessings By Emily Brewin
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and The Orchardist's Daughter by Karen Viggers
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Swing Time by English author Zadie Smith was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.
My review of Swing TimeI actually preferred the winner that year, Lincoln in the Bardo.
(If you're interested, My review of Lincoln in the Bardo )
LauraT wrote: "Paulette wrote: "I have recently found a new favorite author - Kristin Hannah. The first book I read of hers earlier in the month - The Nightingale, wow what a book it was amazing. Since then I hav..."Hi Laura,
The Nightingale is the most popular of her books in reviews...
Here is the link to the book, mine review is the latest one on there, it was a brilliant book :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Hope you get a chance to consider reading her books too
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That I have not found here in Italy; I've seen Winter Garden, True Colors and some others ... I'll let you know!
Read Jane Yolen's short story collection, Tales of Wonder and reviewed it -https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2683850898.
And also read Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2442804694.
My review of A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Sarah Arthur
I adored this one.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bond. James Bond. Need I say more? Good prequel to the famous Ian Fleming spy series. At the request of the Fleming estate, Horowitz wrote Forever and a Day to introduce us to 007 and the woman who explains why she orders martinis "shaken, not stirred."
A solid 4★. Link to my review
Read book 3 of Barbara Hambly's James Asher series - Blood Maidens and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2442822767.
I very much enjoyed A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuścińskihttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and am not raving about it like just about everyone else. I still gave it 3 stars. I have tried to articulate why I wasn't blown away in my review.
Finished Half a King by Joe Abercrombie, one of my favourite authors.
My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Short and sweet! Sweet price, that is. Author Gregg Hurwitz is giving readers Buy a Bullet FREE on Amazon! It's a self-contained story plus extracts from Book 1 of his popular Orphan X thriller series. 
4.5★ Link to my review
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Fixed it Angela. Thank you!