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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
My review of The Goodbye Gift by Amanda Brooke
sadly only 2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Perfume of the Lady in Black by Gaston Lerouxhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just enjoyed The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd about stubborn American women fighting slavery and inequality in the 1800s. The battle continues today!
4.5★ Link to my review
While reading The Invention of Wings, I was reminded of a wonderful short story about a family quilt I read last year called Everyday Use, by Alice Walker, who wrote The Color Purple. I included a link to the story (free) online.
5★ Link to my review with picture of an 1898 quilt
My review of The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jen, would you mind, please, linking the title of the book and not just the cover so those using their phones can see the item.Your review link leads to the book page.
My review of The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read and liked the historical romance The Heiress He's Been Waiting For
My 3⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm really enjoying Aussie author Sulari Gentill's Rowland Sinclair mystery series. Artists, weathy pastoralists, and religious nutters mix it up in A Decline in Prophets in Sydney in the 1930s. Lovely people!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
B the BookAddict wrote: "Jen, would you mind, please, linking the title of the book and not just the cover so those using their phones can see the item.Your review link leads to the book page."
fixing it...thanks B
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No words needed.
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Didn't get time to post links to these reviews written over a week ago:Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1389245412.
Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1404851594.
I finished reading Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head. I found it enjoyable and fun in many places, not so fun in others (violence), lots of drinking. 3-star
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read and adored the YA book Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
My 4⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Wyntertide a while ago but just got round to posting my review.It is a fantasy but there is definitely something mysterious going on.
It was a 5 stars for me and I am so looking forward to the final book in the trilogy.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Atonement by Ian McEwan - 5 stars - My Review"
Really a great book that one!!!
I agree, LauraT! I've added it to my list of favorites.Lately completed:
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick - completed 7/8/19 - 3 stars - My Review
I read another re-telling of a myth. This time it was Ithaca: A Novel of Homer's Odyssey by Patrick Dillon, told mostly from Telemachus' perspective.Disappointing--mainly because of inconsistencies and inaccuracies.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've become very fond of Czech detective Josef Slonský in Graham Brack's excellent series. Funny, good plot, good characters and a new part of the world for me. Field of Death is #4. Good read!
4.5★ Link to my review
Finished: (non-fiction):
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts - completed 7/10/19 - 4 stars - My Review
My review of The Man That Got Away: A Constable Twitten Mystery 2 by Lynne Truss
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished a massive historical novel by Sharon Penman, When Christ and His Saints Slept and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2887886157.
I just completed this book today, and I rather enjoyed it! It is somewhat predictable and definitely a YA read, but if you're looking for an interesting retelling of The Little Mermaid that is actually much more complex than it seems, I recommend this book. The author, Sarah Henning, overall did a very nice job on this one. (Plus, I think the cover is pretty!) It's what I would consider a speedy read as well, so it could be good if you're in a reading slump.
To see my four star review (and my cheesy mermaid pun because I couldn't help myself...), feel free to look at my review! :) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Natalie wrote: "I just completed this book today, and I rather enjoyed it! It is somewhat predictable and definitely a YA read, but if you're looking for an interesting retelling of The Little Mermaid that is actu..."Your link seems to be broken Natalie.
I just finished the heart-warming The Messenger by Markus Zusak, one of Australia's most-acclaimed authors. This is written for young people, but like all good novels for the young, it's just as enjoyable for adults. 
4.5★ Link to my review
This short short story will delight anyone who loves how books and libraries change lives! A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow is available free online and well worth it.
5★ Link to my review
My last three reads have all been excellent - 5 star or nearly!The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash
The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent
My reviews are here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My review of Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "This short short story will delight anyone who loves how books and libraries change lives! A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by [author:Alix E. H..."Thanks Patty - and Phyrnne, whose link to this I saw first, on a Science Fiction/Fantasy group. Have read it and my review is here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2893196723.
Finished
. A charming read of a dysfunctional family. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. Book 4 in the excellent Murderbot Diaries
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Can't believe it took me this long to read The Thornbirds
Such an amazing book!
My 5⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wrote a review of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyinhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This one is both fun and thought-provoking--There but for the by Ali Smith. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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