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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
This one was just okay for me Under the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kathleen wrote: "I read Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, and while it isn't my favorite collection of his poems, I still loved it. Review: https://www.goodreads.com..."I love Pablo Neruda's poetry too. Great review, Kathleen!
Cleo wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "I read Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, and while it isn't my favorite collection of his poems, I still loved it. Review: https://..."Thank you Cleo. Yes, I hope to eventually read all of his poems, and then keep re-reading them … :-)
I will now officially read anything this author writes. She is so good!My review of Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Any Ordinary Day: What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life? Acclaimed Aussie journalist Leigh Sales has done an extraordinary job of helping people share their horror stories (I can hardly call them anything less!) so that we might understand how to cope and care. It's a page-turner of a different kind.
4★ Link to my review
Young Master Reacher makes his debut, chronologically speaking, in Lee Child's novella, placed in the High Heat of 1977 New York City. Jack, at not quite 17, is already a formidable force!
4.5★ Link to my review
I finished reading Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett.Beckett is a confusing, strange story-teller, yet his story is (so far) a positive look at Life. His writings do take work to make one's way through. The story is sometimes confusing, to say the least.
My reviews of both Molloy and Malone Dies (they are part of a trilogy): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and our group read for this month.My five star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It was a curate's egg. 3.3 stars.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tamara wrote: "I finished All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and our group read for this month.My five star review: https:/..."
I'm so glad you liked this so much!
Karin wrote: "I'm so glad you liked this so much! ..."Loved it, Karin. Still gushing over it.
My review of Frank Derrick's Holiday of A Lifetime by J B Morrison
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A disappointing one for me Lost Without You by Rachael Johns
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nobody should pass up the BuzzBook previews! As expected, I enjoyed Buzz Books 2019: Fall/Winter: Excerpts from Next Season's Best New Titles by Susannah Cahalan, Eoin Colfer, J.T. Ellison, Jojo Moyes, Jeanette Winterson and More which, as you can see, has a lot to choose from. I made a few comments, but it's worth checking the Goodreads blurb for a good list.
5★ Link to my notes with where to download free copy
"Now a major film" as the saying goes, Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley will make your blood boil. What we DO to kids!
4.5★ Link to my review
My review of The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington
2 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
im currently reading murder,plain, and simple by Isabella Alan. it is excellent so far I would give it 5 stars
Just finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2840839587.
I finished So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, winner of the 1980 Noma Award. I really enjoyed Ramatoulaye's voice, strength, and stoicism. And I loved the supportive sisterhood relationship she had with her friend.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A great memoir of addiction [and recovery]. 5 stars from me. The Sober Diaries: How one woman stopped drinking and started living by Clare Pooley
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just read and absolutely loved The Silence of the Girls
My 5⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is a review (of sorts) on a book, written by a brave girl I discovered in the news this week: Noa Pothoven Winnen Of Leren
My review, in which I am attempting to raise attention to the publishers that an English translation is hoped for!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue by Victoria Thompson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A catch-up on my last 2 reads:Phil Rickman's The Wine of Angels - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2839108055
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The Terminal Velocity of Cats by Carol Westron - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2849651732.
My review of A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I loved this one!My review of Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson was a re-read for me, and a good one, too! She's written book 5 of her Jackson Brodie mystery series, so I thought I'd catch up. Just as much fun this time around, and I think I enjoyed the characters even more. 
4.5★ (rounded up) Link to my new review
Read The Art of Taxidermy
, an interesting verse novel about grief.My 3⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read The Wind Eye by Robert Westall and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2851973882.
Read The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2852179688.
I finished A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. It's a retelling of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. I enjoy the retellings of classical myths. I thought this was one of the better ones I've read.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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And Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo is a wonderful multi-generational epic told in a very unique style. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...