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Jul 17, 2019 02:51AM
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara has added another cute book to the Little People BIG DREAMS series for even littler people. Jane Goodall. What a wonderful woman! 
4★ Link to my review
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Jinx Brenda!My review of A Whisker In The Dark by Leighann Dobbs
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Greenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.5 stars for
Seven Letters by Sinéad Moriarty.A thought provoking topic in this book for sure.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For some reason (totally unplanned!) I've fallen into reading a string of novels centred around abusive men (The Perfect Wife, The Marriage Betrayal, The Ex, The Family Upstairs, All the Lovely Pieces, The Third Mrs. Durst, Cold Woods, The Great Alone, A Nearly Normal Family) and needed something amusing to cheer me up.
The Drop a short novella by Mick Herron (as recommended by Marianne) was just the ticket!my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Definitely Brenda! I'm over the controlling, abusive male sub genre for now! Maybe I need to read some romance ;)
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I've had my eye on that one Brenda. It does sound good!I've just started a dystopian, futuristic novel The Warehouse and from the library The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths. I'm crossing my fingers that neither feature nasty controlling men or domestic abuse!
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I just finished a compelling Aussie readUndara by Annie Seaton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "My review for The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Greenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/sho..."
I will be finishing this one tomorrow and will read your review after I've written mine :)
Carolyn wrote: "For some reason (totally unplanned!) I've fallen into reading a string of novels centred around abusive men (The Perfect Wife, The Marriage Betrayal, [book:The Ex|45..."Glad you enjoyed it, Carolyn. Can't really go wrong with the Jackson Lamb books
Thanks to Sapere Books for this reissue of Casualties: Relationships are shattered after the trauma of WWII by Lynne Reid Banks. Moving and thought-provoking, and I learned some things about WW2 in the Netherlands that I had not come across in other books, or from my family's experiences.Originally published in 1986, it doesn't feel at all dated.
5★s
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Undara by Annie Seaton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
An excellent read wasn't it Kylie :)
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The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Greenhttps://www.goodreads..."
No problems Marianne :)
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How did you get that one Carolyn? I saw it was over $9 on Amazon which is a lot for a novella!
Phrynne wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "For some reason (totally unplanned!) I've fallen into reading a string of novels centred around abusive men (The Perfect Wife, The Marriage Betrayal,..."I've had it on the kindle since last year so I can't remember what it cost, but I'm too stingy to pay that much for a novella - maybe a top new novel occasionally. I don't usually buy novellas at all so maybe it was a special that caught my eye.
I think it was on special for 99c pre-order...
Brenda wrote: "Kylie wrote: "I just finished a compelling Aussie readUndara by Annie Seaton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
An ex..."
It really was Brenda :) Most enjoyable
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And I missed it:(
Marianne wrote: "I think it was on special for 99c pre-order..."Aha - that makes sense!
My review for
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christiehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For those who enjoy twisty thrillers,
Cold Woods by Karen Katchur was a good read.my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It was a treat to re-read One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson. I liked it even better than before. First published in 2007, it was re-released along with the rest of the Jackson Brodie series to get us warmed up for #5. 
5★ Link to my new review
My reviews for back-to-back noir thrillers by the late Philip Kerr, March Violets 3.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and The Pale Criminal 4.5★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is a book I've bean meaning to read for such a long time and it was a really fantastic read!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
An exciting thriller set on the high seasThe Scoop by Terence J. Quinn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'd say it's a close thing, but I think that Sophie Green's latest novel, The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle is probably even better than The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club. Four strong, brave women and some great male characters too!5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Fortune by Lenny Bartulin
Kind of random but I enjoyed it!
Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Gameshouse is a series of three novellas by British author Claire North. I thought #1 The Serpent was pretty good 4★s (would have been 4.5★s but for the missing quote marks for speech)
#2 The Thief was brilliant 5★s but
#3 The Master was a bit disappointing. I got bored in the middle and, after a rather bloodthirsty climax, I thought the end was predictable. 3.5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts by Erin Johnsonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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