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Aug 10, 2019 05:45AM
For a complete change of pace, I read Mahatma Gandhi by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Albert Arrayás, which is an attractive introduction to the non-violent protester for justice. It's for the very young, but it will help their teachers and parents learn about him, too.
4★ My review with several pictures
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Read a couple of biographies. Loved the first, not so much the second:Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2923787278
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A Life In Secrets: The Story Of Vera Atkins And The Lost Agents Of Soe by Sarah Helm - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2934217362.
It's been ages since I've posted a review here. Sorry for the long post and the long delay in posting these.Monkey Beach (3 strong stars) - [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
[book:Bookclub Social: A Reader's Guide to Online Book Clubs|47130227] (3 star) - an interesting look at on-line bookclubs.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lady Helena Investigates (4 star) - a good start to a new series that I hope the author continues with. The mystery is barely there, though. This is a character and family study set in changing times.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy (2 star) - the author only interviewed one of these people. Most of the information is taken from previous written sources. Choppy writing, at best.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Memories That Make Us by Vanessa Carnevale
4 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Etta and Otto and Russell and Jamesby Emma Hooper
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong - 3 stars - My Review
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman - 4 stars - My Review
I finished Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England by Liza Picard. It was a wonderful romp through the life and times of medieval England. I'm not sure but I think someone in this group recommended it. Sorry, but I can't remember who it was. If you're out there, thank you very much for recommending it :)
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Cazalet Chronicles: Five Novels in One Collection:-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read another Clark Ashton Smith short story collection, Lost Worlds: Volume 2: Atlantis, Hyperborea, Xiccarph and Others - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2867995776and
Volume 1 of Joe Abercrombie's trilogy The Blade Itself - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2934335538.
Just started
Black Light by Kimberly King Parsons after finishing
The Verdict by Olivia Isaac-Henry. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
My review of The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Missing Pieces of Us by FleurMcDonald
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Blood Heritage by Sheri Tepper and posted a review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2939750061.
Read the follow up to Sheri Tepper's 'Blood Heritage', The Bones and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2939751877.
My review of There's a Word for That by Sloane Tanen:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars
Ghost stories, revealing diaries and murder! What more could you want? The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths will keep you guessing. 
4★ Link to my review of The Stranger Diaries
I finished Spring by Ali Smith. This is the third book in her seasonal quartet. I loved her Autumn and Winter This one was even better--one of my favorite books of the year so far.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have read only Autumn loved it immensely, other two are on tbr list. Wonderful review. Thanks.
Nidhi wrote: "I have read only Autumn loved it immensely, other two are on tbr list. Wonderful review. Thanks."Thank you, Nidhi!
I love all three of the series, and I'm looking forward to reading her Summer when it comes out.
My review of Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays by June Jordanhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2943516699.
My review of Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry S. Strauss:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Joy D wrote: "
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson - 4 stars - My Review"
Joy, I can’t make the link work to your review. :(
I’ve officially added a new favourite to my collection, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. I’m glad the Pulitzer people enjoyed the wild ride as much as I did!
5★ Link to my “Amazing...” review :)
A small sampling of my heat-of-summer reading thus far:
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (2019) Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond (2019) Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews (1979) Review (fair warning, this ended up being a hate-read): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mary, Mother of Sorrows, Mother of Defiance by Peter Daino (1993) Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sula by Toni Morrison (1973)Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read A Merritt's Seven Footprints to Satan and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1649443781.
My review of The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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