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Dec 31, 2018 10:23PM
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The Promised Land by Barry Maitlandhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I really, really tried to finish Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners in 2018, but couldn't quite make it over the line. But now it's my first book finished for 2019!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My first review for 2019Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first review for 2019 - an underwhelming gothic horror by Jennifer Hale, Ravensridge
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi lovely people - my first review posted for 2019 is for Cedar Valley by Aussie Author Holly Throsby - and it's a big 5 stars from me :) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
As soon as I knew that The Rosie Result was coming out, it was on my wishlist. And lucky me, a copy from Text with a personal letter from Graeme Simsion! But not until I began reading did I realise how much I'd missed Don Tillman. This is a great dose of Don, and a great end to the trilogy, a big 5★s from me. But Graeme, if you ever feel like revisiting Don and Rosie and Hudson (maybe a short story or some edited bits from this one???) I know we Don fans will welcome it with open arms!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Christmas-themed kindle freebie that didn't really grab me: Christmas Blue at Flynn's by Aussie author, Angela Verdenius3★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first read of the year was an absolute corker!The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thanks to a sore throat and ear infection, meaning I did not go to work today, I have finished my second book for the month/year. Any Ordinary Day: What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life? by Leigh Sales.Not my usual type of book, but also not quite what I was expecting (I tend to skim reviews and blurbs so as not to spoil the surprise) I enjoyed this book, and particularly found the personal reflections on the role/behaviour of journalists interesting.
★ ★ ★ ☆
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We know there is A Rule Against Murder, but one takes place anyway in Louise Penny's picturesque Quebec. I am not alone in loving Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Penny's delicious, atmospheric writing. (aka The Murder Stone)
4.5★ Link to my review
Finished my first and WHAT A START!!This one was a group read with guest author for another group and it was incredible.
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Good idea to start a 2019 thread Brenda 😀👍🏻I finished
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts - the second in the The Chronicles of The OneMy review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The final book THE RISE OF MAGICKS is not due out till 2020!
This was actually my last read for 2018 (still catching up!) so I don't know if you want me to post here or on the previous thread?
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi is a ya fantasy and has been getting a lot of 5★ reviews from that group. However I felt it fell down badly on the world building to the point of being distracting and confusing. So although the adventure side of it was quite good I could only give it 3★, but please don't let me put you off if you intend reading it - many clearly loved it!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I finished
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts - the second in the The Chronicles of T..."That's a long while to wait :) But it'll be good because it'll be over once that one is with us...
My review of In Search of Us by Maria Duffy
3 and a half stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sally906 wrote: "Good idea to start a 2019 thread Brenda 😀👍🏻I finished
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts - the second in the The Chronicles of T..."Sally, I'm reading this now, and I saw that: will we remember what happened by the time book #3 us published???
Finally finished reading Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero by Douglas Perry today. 
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5/5 stars. Great read of Ness which provides added insight into the public servant beyond prohibition.
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Perfect. Brilliant . Amazing.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first book for 2019 was an excellent read: 
The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan 5★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I finished
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts - the second in the Th..."That's one of the reasons why I write reviews - to prompt the memory when the next book comes out :)
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The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan 5★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."
Won't read your review yet Carolyn :)
Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Good idea to start a 2019 thread Brenda 😀👍🏻I finished
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts - theThat's one of the reasons why I write reviews - to prompt the memory when the next book comes out :)..."
Yes, I'm glad to still have my notes from #1
An intriguing thriller set in the Indian Himalayas. My review of Death in Shangri-La by Yigal Zur
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Woohoo! Finally for the first time, I have put together my favourites for 2018!
My list: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first review for the year The Black Box by Michael Connelly 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first pulp read of the year was a good one, Alice Dies Twice by Ben Grant
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
easily 5/5 stars!
5 stars for The Lost Man by Aussie Author Jane Harper, her best yet in my humble opinion :)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read and reviewed
by Michael McGuireAAWas a pretty good read - but don't read it on a plane if you are a nervous traveler ;)
Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I remember writing a review for this last year but it's still marked as currently reading (it was hiding behind the other books I hadn't reviewed!) so I guess the review wasn't saved. So here is take 2:
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak 5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Well, almost a year after reading #1 in the Chronicles of One series by Nora Roberts, I've read the second installment Of Blood and Bone (glad I kept my review notes) and it was easily as good. I'm looking forward to #3, The Rise of Magicks, but I wish I didn't have to wait nearly a year for that one. 5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Carolyn wrote: "I remember writing a review for this last year but it's still marked as currently reading (it was hiding behind the other books I hadn't reviewed!) so I guess the review wasn't saved. So here is ta..."Good luck Carolyn; that has happened to quite a few of my books/reviews over the past year or so.
Both Christmas and post-WWI France feature in Aussie author Jackie French’s novella With Love from Miss Lily: A Christmas Story. Not so much sugar and spice - more like Spanish Flu and a surprising bit of intrigue!
3.5>4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I became very fond of “reincarnated” Virgil Wander and the varied characters in Leif Enger’s excellent new novel.
4.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
As a horror fan, I can't believe it took me so long to read The Omen by David Seltzer
My (short) review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
easily a 5-star horror!
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