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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Wish by Chris Saunders is a very attractive children's picture book about figuring out what to wish for if you ever get those magic three wishes!
3.5~4★ Link to my review with illustrations
Any youngsters who want to backpack around the world (and their parents!!) should read this cautionary tale See You In September by (now) NZ author Charity Norman. New Zealand, but not as you know it. Don't let my 3★ put you off. 
3★ Link to my review
My review of Dalila by Jason Donald. A very emotional and affecting book.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Tramp Across the Continent by Charles F. Lummis I like a lot! It's a very good book. I had no idea it was going to have such good writing. On top of that it was interesting and exciting. It is a short book.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I really, really liked Truman Capote's first published novel Other Voices, Other Rooms.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am not so sure it will fit all readers though.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Cried for days, crying still. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...#
My review of The Comforts of Home by Susan Hill
An enjoyable read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Carolyn wrote: "A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Cried for days, crying still. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...#"
It is a tough book, but I adored it.
Diane, thanks for the review on Seuss!
Mod
Really a great book. Showing that not everybody thiught the same, even in Nazi Germany. And that fear was not always blocking people doing the right thing. It wasn't use. Wasn't it? At least many said "not in my name"
Done reading The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkMy short review to the short book
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
an addictive read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "Isn't Spark, great?!"Truly is Chrissie! It was quite a read.
Into the River (or Wimmera) shows the dark side of the 1980s for two Aussie schoolboys. Good mystery, but not a comfy cosy one!
4.5★ Link to my review
I found The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt definitely worth reading, despite the fact that it gave trouble at the beginning. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I listened to the audio book of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Phil Rickman's first novel Crybbe (called Curfew in the States) and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2747889601.
My short review of Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (2014 World Fantasy Award Winner) & wrote a 5-star reviewhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
REally beautiful. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two very different non-fiction books I've enjoyed recently:Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished and reviewed The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century by Ross E. Dunn. It recounts the 24-year journey of a 14th Century globe trotter as he traveled to the far reaches of the Islamic world. Professor Dunn situates each location in its historical and cultural context.
My 4-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have really, really liked everything I have read by Richard Yates, so of course I picked up another. This time--Cold Spring Harbor. This was a disappointment for me.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi everyone,I finished reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
I gave it 5 Emerald Green stars! Its amazing
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi Guys,Here is the second book I finished: I Found You
It was an enjoyable thriller - I gave it 4 stars (Its an easy read)
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Heartwood Hotel by Kerry McGinnis
A great Aussie rural read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have completed the very short (view spoiler) A Mind of Her Own by Paula McLain. I think it is one of the Audible Original freebies now.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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