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What have you just read? Opinions, recommendations, reviews Part 2
Finished The Body in Question. A different read and not what you'd suspect from the title. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated from the French by Melanie Mauthner.It uses the backdrop of a girls' school in Rwanda as a microcosm of Rwandan society leading up to the Rwandan genocide. Mukasonga incorporates witch doctors, magic, and traditional belief systems alongside Christianity.
She packs a lot in a fairly short novel.
My 4-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was quite taken with The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Aussie author Robert Hillman. Tom Hope is an Aussie farmer, abandoned and stunned, who meets Hannah (of the bookshop and an Auschwitz survivor), and what a pair they make! Excellent book.
4.5★ Link to my review of Bookshop
Read Barbara Michael's The Dancing Floor and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2946774412.
Just started
The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker after finishing the vibrant and exciting 5 star
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
It was a delight reading The Prodigal Son, the FREE prequel to Aussie author Sulari Gentill’s popular Rowland Sinclair historical mystery series. Rowly’s just returned to Sydney from Oxford and meets a bunch of ‘colourful’ artists - let the fun and games begin! 
4.5★ Link to my review of Prodigal Son
Finished The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Didn't love it as much as others but still an alright read.
Want to share some of my favorite summer reading. Sci Fi, literary, and mystery, but all packed with lots to ponder:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Laura by Vera Caspary Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Silence and found it to be a powerful book exploring Faith and Mercy. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read Stephen King's The Outsider and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2950259389.
Read Wild Chamber by Christopher Fowler and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2954357223.
I am done with What Was Lost by Katie Cross. My review below:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars
Kate Atkinson is so good that I enjoy her mysteries even more the second time around. When Will There Be Good News?, #3 with Jackson Brodie, is a firm favourite.
5★ Link to my "Good News" review
Lizzie Siddal: Face of the Pre-Raphaelites by Lucinda Hawksley. A biography of the stunning red-head who was the muse and model of many of the Pre-Raphaelite paintings. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - completed 8/28/19 - 5 stars - My Review
It's a heart-rending tragedy, but beautifully written.
Read Green Phoenix by Thomas Burnett Swan and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2950258456
My review of The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet, revised and updated: More than 100 Plant-Based Recipes for Vegan Burgers, Fries, and More by Joni Marie Newman:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
To any fan of Peter Pan or great retellings in general, I wholeheartedly recommend The Wendy
My 5⭐️ review: https://www.goodreads.com/review...
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4 stars