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I just loved these early adventures of the exuberant child (who grew up to become the dashing Sir Robert Carey in his mystery series) in a couple of wonderful introductory works (free!) by P.F. Chisholm aka Patricia Finney. A Pest of a Boy and A Boy in Trouble.
4.5★ Link to my review of A Pest of a Boy
5★ Link to my review of A Boy in Trouble
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey was a struggle that I'm happy to be done with!Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A riveting crime thriller, here's my review of Spin Move by David Lender
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Other Half of Augusta Hope by British author Joanna Glen will be out mid-June. I found the characters a little hard to love at first, and the middle was rather dark and sad, but it was redeemed by the wonderful ending so I gave it 5★s
I got a bit carried away with quotes (and I didn't even include them all!) so my review is quite long...
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Boxed by Richard Anderson is another fun Aussie outback crime yarn from the author of Retribution
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for
The Crossing Places, first in Elly Griffiths's Ruth Galloway series 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thanks to Allen&Unwin for Alafair Burke's latest stand-alone, The Better Sister. A gripping page turner, I gave it 4.5★shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished, and really loved, The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
This is the second book in the 'Chocolat' series, which now extends to four books. Thought this was even better than the first book and rated it 5 stars:-
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My review of The Charm Bracelet By Viola Shipman
3 and a half stars
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I'm flying through with my five star reviews lately! Trace: who killed Maria James? by Rachael Brown
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Beautiful! More than a picture book, it's a poignant story of a little girl in wartime. Captain Rosalie by Timothée de Fombelle and Isabelle Arsenault (illustrator) is out in June and still available on NetGalley.
5★ Link to my review with pictures
3.5 stars for suspense thriller
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Cainehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3..."
Bad link Kylie:(
Something a little different -
Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky, a dark and creepy scifi novella 4★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you have not yet read Night, the 60-year old autobiographical account of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's time in Auschwitz (followed by a lifetime of teaching and the Nobel Peace Prize), it's time. Ignorance and silence are still responsible for killing people.
5★ (of course) Link to my comments
A fantastic crime thriller, here's my review of Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Excellent thriller set in Russia -
Black Wolf by G.D. Abson (sequel to Motherland) 5★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first graphic novel Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
i must stop looking at goodreads - i keep finding new books to read lol!!!
My review of The Girl Before
by Rena Olsen.www.goodreads.com/review/show/2813359768
5 stars all the way.
3 stars for this quirky supernatural/contemporary novel.
Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hoganhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another polished novel in the Enzo series, The Critic by Peter May 4★.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thanks to Penguin Random House for this fascinating read that looks at the book that Harper Lee didn't write.Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
4.5★s
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I enjoyed this literary novel based on the early silent films but it does take a while for the plot to gather speed.
The Electric Hotel by Australian author Dominic Smith 4.5★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finally read a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool. Loved it. Can't wait to read other books by him. Here’s my review
Phrynne wrote: "Kylie H wrote: "My review for Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine."
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Sorry about that! New link supplied ☺
David Bowie. Whether this makes you think of Major Tom or Ziggy Stardust, you've got to admit he was an artist like no other. Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara's colourful addition to the "little people BIG DREAMS" series will introduce him to kids today. (And she explains his eyes.)
5★ Link to my review with pictures
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The Quarantine Station by Michelle Montebellohttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4.5 stars for *romance/suspense*
Lawson's Bend by Aussie Author Nicole Hurley-Moore.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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